• Warm-up and Conditioning: warm-up routines to prepare the body for aerial exercises. Focus on increasing flexibility and overall body strength.
• Strength Building: Exercises to build core, upper and lower body, and grip strength.
• Basic Routines and Intermediate Moves: Short sequences combining basic moves to build confidence and fluidity and introduction to more complex technical poses such as various inverts and entries, rolls, “contortion” poses and drops.
• Exploring All Parts of the Hoop: Instruction on how to work on and within all parts of the hoop, including mastering movements under the bar, the top bar, inside the hoop, and around the spanset, to expand spatial awareness, proprioceptive skills and technique versatility.
• Safety and Spotting: Emphasis on safe practice and learning how to spot partners.
• Transitions: Fluid movement between poses, focusing on control and grace and developing unique style.
• Sequences: Longer and more intricate routines, incorporating a variety of basic and intermediate moves, preparing students to perform in public.
• Musicality and Performance: Techniques for performing to music, including timing and expression.
• Safety Techniques: Preparing students to be autonomous in their practice, allowing them to train safely outside of class, introducing advanced spotting and self-safety methods, with a focus on preventing injuries during more complex moves.
• Cool down: Relaxation and gentle stretching before leaving the class.

Outcome: Students will enhance their aerial repertoire, develop smoother transitions, and build the strength and endurance required for longer performances and creating and performing routines with confidence and artistry.