Roll-Over Bridge Breakdown: The Four Step System for Roll-Over Bridges

Roll-over Bridges (Tinsica’s) are one of the most technical tricks to teach and spot. Starting from “knee-to-knee), we break down Roll-over Bridges into 4 easy steps to help your students achieve it...
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Perfecting the Handstand in Acro Dance

Handstands are the cornerstone of almost every Acro trick and making sure your students master them is fundamental when developing a strong base of technique for your Acro dancers.  There are...
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How To Teach The Perfect Aerial

Ask any student: what is the number one trick you want to learn? The answer is always the same – an Aerial! The Aerial is one of the most challenging Acro tricks to learn, despite the fact that it...
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How To Become an ADTA Testing Day Examiner And Increase Your Freelance Services

How do you achieve a reasonable amount of progress with your Acro Dancers when you only get them for one or two hours of training per week…? How do you keep track of them all while working at an...
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How To Help Students With Shoulder Flexibility – At Home!

Do you have students who have tight shoulders and might be struggling with tricks like Bridge Recovers and Back Walkovers? In these tricks, shoulders need to be stacked over wrists - if...
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Avoid Student Injuries – Include A Warm-Up And Cool-Down In Your Class

We all want our students to be successful in acro class - and that includes preventing injuries! By ensuring a proper-warm up and cool-down each class, you can avoid injuries in your students, and...
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How To “Fix” Your Students’ Sore Wrists

How To “Fix” Your Students’ Sore Wrists

How To "Fix" Your Students' Sore Wrists An acrobat’s body is an instrument that can fluidly combine dance with inverted tricks, meaning that acrobats spend much of their training time inverted with their wrists bearing their body weight. ADTA students are taught to...

The Importance of Being Insured

The Importance of Being Insured

As Acro teachers, we take every possible step to eliminate accidents or injuries in our classes. Practicing new tricks on mats, making sure students are mentally focused, spending time on conditioning/fitness each class, following safe and logical progressions, and...

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