The bank position (hip width knee position) forms a secure pedestal, because the distance to the ground is low (body center of gravity is deep) and a large support surface is available. The back is straight, arms and thighs are pointing almost vertically downwards. However, the shoulder should never come in front of the palm. The flyer should only load the base within the hip and/or shoulder area, because there the spine arched outwards and thus is stable against pressure. However, reactive jumps are to be avoided there as well. Especially inexperienced flyers tend reaching quickly the ground in the […]
Kategorie: kneeling-sitting-shoring
In this position, the base has only one way to balance the flyer: With retracted chin directly over the neck (long neck). The base looks very grim, but can balance with the neck, if only very limited. In this variant, the base has no visual contact. Corrections come out of the middle of the body, so that the neck will not sheared A good preliminary exercise for the base is the free headstand on the ground. Well known circus duos are doing this one-armed handstand. This then turns 360 degrees with the flyer… very visible at the Peres Brothers (video […]
The more columns connect the base to the ground, the more stable it is against interference. Similar to the landing stage, he is extremely stable. However, stability always comes at the expense of flexibility. Thus, the base sitting on a bench or chair is affected by shear forces only from the hip upwards. Foot ankles, knees and hip, however, have no effect on the balance. The base can only balance with the joints of the upper body. Kneeling, the base can also use the hip to balance, but should always keep the line of force over his thighs, otherwise he […]
The base has no eye contact with the flyer when balancing on the shoulder. In order to nevertheless be able to bring in quick corrections, the base uses his head for balancing. This requires causes the flyer to lean with a slight pressure to the head of the base: 1) The lying flyer is held with the shoulder or arm against the head and as close as possible to the neck. 2) Sitting flyers lean slightly against the back of the head with the belly. Attention: a flyer sitting on the shoulder of the base (for example, the elephant), must […]
In contrast to the standing position while balancing are used only the back and hands, as the hip is fixed and the knees are not usable. Typical tricks in this position are: – Standing on the thighs – figurehead or chair (flyers should turn your feet outwards) – Handstand with held shoulder
The base can choose in this position whether he feels more comfortable sitting or kneeling. Kneeling, he can use the power from the thighs for a possibly necessary high relieving, but at the expense of stability. Short arm: The hands of the base are about shoulder width, as otherwise inwards turned hands of the flyer is the result. The stability is ensured by the alignment of the line of power in the direction of the center of gravity of the flyer. This is not a position for beginners, as they often tend to balance by using a hollow cross! In […]
The balance on the head is indeed much more stable than the balance on the arms, but since the base has no or very limited eye contact with the flyer, the risk of a shearing is very high. An injury to the cervical spine is very annoying and tedious! So please think twice, whether you really want to try this position … There are basically 2 ways to balance the flyer: 1) On the forehead with raised shoulders that stabilize the head and cervical spine (is usually used for one-armed counter handstand). Thus the base can not correct with the […]
In principle, it is possible to balance the flyer only over the contact point of the thighs. The flyer serves as a counterweight, while the thighs must be as horizontal as possible. The base balances in the interplay of knee and hip joints. With beginners it’s often observed, that those are pulled up on their tiptoes. For a stable balance, however, this should be absolutely avoided. Since the base with his center of gravity gets only with a lot of practice under the one of the flyer, this position is initially used only for a libra … see also special […]
The shoulder in the acrobatics extends from the neck to about (depending on the power of the base) to the middle of the upper arms, so room enough for several flyers! And that on both sides of the head. The shoulder is (unlike the hip) a floating joint, which means that it has no firm connection with the trunk skeleton. When the base pulls the shoulder to the neck, there is hardly any room left for one flyer. The most important ability of the base in this position is therefore to raise the upper arm without pulling the shoulder to […]