What do they rely on? More technique or leg strength/explosiveness?
I always thought you need a crazy amount of quad power for those aerial skills. But on team we have incredibly strong little girls, they do standing back pikes with ease, but have such a hard time getting their aerials. I made them do a lot of ploy stuff, but I am wondering if this is the wrong thing?
And then I see girls at dance with basically no strength or prior gym training at all learning those aerial skills from scratch by simply trying them over and over and over again.
One of my friends is 30+ years old, has 3 kids, does not do any exercise at all besides teaching and 2-3 yoga classes a week.
She is still able to do side/front aerial plus hand lay step out.
Any tips/opinions/experiences?
I always thought you need a crazy amount of quad power for those aerial skills. But on team we have incredibly strong little girls, they do standing back pikes with ease, but have such a hard time getting their aerials. I made them do a lot of ploy stuff, but I am wondering if this is the wrong thing?
And then I see girls at dance with basically no strength or prior gym training at all learning those aerial skills from scratch by simply trying them over and over and over again.
One of my friends is 30+ years old, has 3 kids, does not do any exercise at all besides teaching and 2-3 yoga classes a week.
She is still able to do side/front aerial plus hand lay step out.
Any tips/opinions/experiences?