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Splits Balance is a challenging skill on aerial silks and it requires equal parts strength, mobility, balance, and spatial awareness for aerialists to make it successful. We consider the fuller and more advanced expressions of this skill to be a long term project, but there are also easier versions that can be accessible more quickly for aerial silks students.
Our aerial silks teaching tutorial video for Splits Balance covers key progressions and tips, warm-up drills, common mistakes to avoid, and several different variations of Splits Balance to explore.
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Some of the most important aerial silks skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Splits Balance.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Splits Balance and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.
These similar aerial silks skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Splits Balance to work on these related skills and drills. These drills may help your students make important connections and answer the question "What am I doing wrong?".
These are some of our favorite ground drills for aerialists for Splits Balance. They can be used as part of the ground warm up or as part of the aerial class teaching progression.
These are different variations of Splits Balance. Students should be very comfortable with the current skill before working on these different or more advanced variations. They can be used for further exploration, managing students with different levels and adding variety to aerial silks choreography.
These are the next steps we teach to our aerial silks students after they’re comfortable with Splits Balance. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial silks skills.
These are some of the more advanced silks skills that build on the strength and control taught in Splits Balance. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.
These are aerial silks sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Splits Balance. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
