Aerial Moves

Last night we worked on this duo move where the base is sitting and the flyer does a Russian split. Some findings: foot placement is key (the reason I come out so fast here is that I feel like the shirt is sliding) need to grab spansets to increase the “distance” between base’s chest (aka the bottom of the hoop) and the flyer’s arms base needs to start from horizontal and sit up, following the flyer (this way you’ll get a more horizontal split and also the flyer can push against a “vertical” surface)

This move I (as a base) always think of as “grab the butt”. It’s a bit sensitive to the fabric worn by the flyer (too slippery = worse, and we first got this move by wearing leather shorts which were quite easy to hold).