Finding Your Flow: Strength & Sequencing
Finding Your Flow: Strength & Sequencing
Finding Your Flow: Strength & Sequencing
Saturday, August 2nd 3-5pm
2 hours, including warm-up
Introductory-intermediate level. Prior aerial experience required, vertical apparatus experience strongly recommended.
This workshop will begin with a review and alignment of fundamental static positions on the rope for optimal stability, including front and back balances, meathooks (inside and outside), and/or scorpions. Then, we’ll explore climbs and sequences that bring us into and out of these key positions, plus other rope essentials like s-wrap, u-wrap, and hip key.
Students will walk away with a better understanding of how to move through the basic positions and wraps to find their own flow and sequences.
This workshop is geared toward folks who have a fair amount of aerial experience but may be newer to rope. Some experience with front and back balances on vertical apparatuses and hip keys is strongly recommended, and students should be able to invert in the air.
Dynamics & Half Releases
Finding Your Flow: Strength & Sequencing
Finding Your Flow: Strength & Sequencing
Sunday, August 3rd, 3-5pm
2 hours, including warm-up
Intermediate-advanced level. Vertical apparatus aerial experience required.
This workshop will help students clean up dynamic technique, preparing them to link pop-thrus, dynamic entrances to static positions, and half releases. The session will begin with a review of key beat pathways that may include straddle beats, planche beats, cradle/crucifix beats, amazon beats, and/or candlestick beats, depending on experience. Students will learn several pop-thru pathways, using beats as a way to initiate sequencing, plus dynamic ways to move through static positions. Those who already have a strong foundation will be guided through various levels of dynamic half-release moves, like cartwheels, cartwheel variations, and back saltos (back tuck).
Students should have at least one year or equivalent experience on rope or vertical apparatuses and should have at least a 3-second one arm hang to safely work on half-releases. Experience with dynamics is strongly recommended, but not required, as options will be available for those with more or less experience.