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The Skin the Cat Forward Dive on aerial sling has an awful name, but despite that it’s a great move for teaching aerial students how to control their momentum in forward dives. Some forward dives are wrapped in a way that causes momentum to take over, and in those types of dives it’s important to control the momentum with body shaping and engagement. This particular aerial sling dive is more of a teaching tool than a performance move, but you’ll find that mastering this dive does carry over to more performative dives as well. For that reason this is a fundamental drop that we teach our aerial sling students before progressing them into larger versions. This aerial sling teaching tutorial video covers our teaching tips, recommended rerequisites, common mistakes to avoid, and of course details progressions for this move.
Become an Aerial Fit Online member to access the video for Skin the Cat Forward Dive. 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial sling skill Skin the Cat Forward Dive 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive. 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive. 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive. 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive. 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 Skin the Cat Forward Dive. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
