Aerials Curriculum
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JUMP JOINT: Unit #110-12332 Pattullo Place, Surrey, BC, Canada.
Aerials 2007 curriculum with Kerry Ward:
Aerials Basics
- Basic Prep technique 1, 2 and Down, Up: 2 kinds
- Timing together
- Use all your points of contact: teamwork
- Maintain your frame
- Know Commitment/Attitude/Trust
Fall 2006 CDS workshops:
- Swingout toss-She thinks up-he sends her out.
- Waterfall: He has his L arm up reaching toward the ceiling with a flat back platform. His R arm is bent. Facing his R shoulder and using basic entry she jumps onto his back landing on her stomach going under his L arm- reaching with both arms for his neck to wrap around. As she slides fwrd across his back he take her legs with his L arm and her neck with his R hand and he stands up without letting her touch the ground until the landing infront.
- She arrests her descent at the top of his legs. He lifts her with 1 hand on the back of her neck first and then the other under 1 leg as she comes between his legs in the fetal position. She lands infront.
- Fly
- Dips: Fwd Dip, Sit Dip, Arm X dip, Pop up Dip, Fwd fall unwind dip.
Jan 20 audition lesson:
- Frog Jump
- Hip Toss: Entry with standard aerial handgrip: He brings the girl in -guys hip goes directly infront of her back.. He puts her R hand aX his chest and he puts his R hand aX her chest onto her L shoulder. His L palm is facing away from his chest as it holds her R palm. She brings her feet up in a pike position. as the guys pops her up. She does a back flip onto her feet.
Jan 27:
- Monster back flip: guy thinks L hand to her L: put her arm around his neck, his arm around the waist or stomach With her legs bent she rests her back on his shoulder before the toss over. He looks fwd not back at her. He brings her in, down and up and over.
Feb 3
- Piggy Back to Walk Over: Girl behind the guy: She lands in piggy back with her hands on his shoulders and her feet flexed and legs parralel to the floor and her stomach comfortably away from his back so he can reach fwd to grab the soles of her feet. He brings her feet down and up and behind his back so she can stand leaning her thighs against his back for balance. She uses his shoulders to stand. She Looks fwd with arms out to her side. When ready to exit she leans fwd over his R shoulder and angles her body toward his left side and walks off with back straight. On the exit as she leans fwd he wraps his r arm around her waist and then grabs her extended L arm at the elbow. He grabs the arm and feeds her out with his l hand. She does not rotate her hips! Her feet are scissoring down-her body staying straight. No Backbend-she walks off.
- Swingout with Toss-Use triple jump jam cirlce entry. Think about Platform, connection and timing.
Feb 10
- Monster Flip
- Step Over: 1 Leg over to jump down infront to jump up over the head to behind the back. Guy is a firm platform for the girl to step up on. She stands on his R side at R angle to him. Both hands are joined in a Xed arm hold with the joined L hands ontop(his L elbow points front and his L palm is up and over his R shoulder. His R palm is up and his R upper arm is in line with his R thigh.) She steps up onto his R thigh with her R foot and sweeps her L leg over his head and jumps off landing directly infront of him. He then lifts her with the joined hands to land her directly behind him. The hands maintain contact. She must not let her legs go fwd on the lift to avoid pulling the guy off balance.
Feb 24
- Review of Hip toss
- Review of Piggy back to Walk Over
March 3
The Fly:
From a swingout he changes the hand grip to connect his left to her right hand in a secure tight hold. Using the standard aerial prep: 1, 2 down up: She lifts off from her right foot using his head to push her body up with her left palm and bending both knees.
As he rotates her around his right arm to land infront of him she extends her legs and her
right arm in the air then bends her knees and bounces on the landing using the hand connection to push away from the lead.
Just before lift off she should see his head just below hers with his eyes looking up at heras he wraps his right arm to lift and rotate her.
