Acro
Foot to Hand (low)
Related Skills
Videos
Foot to Hand Pistons
Foot to Hand Presses
Standing Flyer Balance Skills
Foot to Hand
Videos
Foot to Hand Pistons
Foot to Hand Pistons are a great exercise to develop coordination of base and flyer movement. In this skill flyers receive an opportunity develop smoothness of transferring their weight to allow the base to move, while bases develop unilateral strength in their arms from a wide range of motion.
Foot to Hand Presses
In this video we breakdown the mechanics of pressing a bent arm foot to hand to straight arm foot to hand. This skill is brought together by coordinated timing of base and flyer and strong grsp and stability of the two component poses. In this video we discuss several smaller progressions and breakdown of base and flyer roles.
Standing Flyer Balance Skills
This video contains a set of skills that is designed to increase the base’s ability to make the subtle adjustments needed for good feeling balance, and flyer’s ability to maintain body shape and tension in balance skills. Spotting demos come after base and flyer demos, so please watch through the video before attempting these skills. Mastery in these elements leads to comfort and ease in hand to hand later so take your time getting familiar with them! Hand to Hand Essentials Video 1
Foot to Hand
Foot to hand is a simple pose but can offer many challenges and possibilities. The flyer will be standing in the hands of the base, which asks for the base to create a stable platform and balance the flyer, while flyers are asked to execute precise alignment and mindful trust.