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Kiss the Hands is a challenging conditioning drill on aerial sling but it is amazing for improving students control and their understanding of Straddle Ups. This inversion conditioning drill can be scaled up or scaled down in many ways to help students find quicker success, and our aerial sling teaching tutorial video covers those progressions and challenges, as well as highlighting common mistakes and how to avoid them.
Become an Aerial Fit Online member to access the video for Kiss the Hands. This in-depth video will explain how to properly train this skill. It also includes cross references to the most important Building Blocks, Common Mistakes, Related Drills, Ground Drills, Variations, Next Steps and Sequences.
Some of the most important aerial sling skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Kiss the Hands.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial sling skill Kiss the Hands and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.
These similar aerial sling skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Kiss the Hands 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 Kiss the Hands. 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 Kiss the Hands. 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 sling choreography.
These are the next steps we teach to our aerial sling students after they’re comfortable with Kiss the Hands. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial sling skills.
These are some of the more advanced sling skills that build on the strength and control taught in Kiss the Hands. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.
These are aerial sling sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Kiss the Hands. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
