The high belly flyer is one of the first figures of the standing base onto the straight arms. As soon as a beginner manages this trick as a base, he rises to the status of an advanced 😉 Although this trick should be feasible even with pure power, I’ve already seen body builders failing with a 60 kg flyer, though they lifted 120 kg while lying and still 80 kg while standing. So what’s so special about this trick? On the one hand, he became a cult in 1987 by Patrick Swayze in “Dirty Dancing”. At that time every young […]
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In principle, I recommend the balancing on the palm! Watch your hand in the push-up position with straight arms. Try to keep your weight only on your fingers … It is possible, but unnecessarily difficult. And now watch the angle between forearm and back of the hand. Usually the possible range is between 90 ° – 270 ° DEG, but keeping a weight on the back of the hand is unnecessarily difficult too. I have met people who could move their wrist until the touch with the forearm on both sides. In the partner balance, only the range of 100 […]
The Courbet (Flac) is a trick from the category for experts. This trick starts for the flyer in the handstand and ends when standing in the hands. If the trick is caught on straight arms, it’s a trick for professionals, as you rarely see it in the circus. In principle, the Courbet is the second part of the flicflac, which is why this trick is more and more often called flac. Strictly speaking, the Courbet is only a section of the flac, namely the active leg pull just before standing. Unlike the flac, the flyer for the Courbet (in the partner […]
The Posechka is a trick from the category for experts. Where the term Posechka comes from is probably a myth. The best tip seems to be, that some Eastern European brought this trick to Germany about 30-40 years ago and called it “Posetschka”. Google only offers a Bulgarian translation, which tells us that Posechka means “sober”. Posetschka is not known by Google and Posedchka means saddle, which also does not make more sense!? In German, I prefer to use the term “reel-up”, which at least meaningful describes the type of movement to the handstand. Nevertheless, there are many acrobats who […]
Pitching to handstand using the wheel turn is a trick from the category for experts. Off the ground, it’s one of the easiest possibilities to a handstand on straight arms, as the base easily controls the shearing forces of the flyer. Furthermore, the energy from the legs of the flyer (with maximum torque while stretching) helps to push the handstand comparatively effortlessly on the straight-arm. As pre-exercises I recommend: the wheel-turn to the handstand for the flyer on the floor with the belly to the wall. The start position is as close to the wall as possible with the left […]
Pitching is a trick for the good advanced, but can be increased to any difficulty as desired. As preparation I recommend: the flyer jumps up from the side (lying base) with a quarter turn to the one-legged standing onto the one-armed at straight arm, the flyer jumps up from the front (kneeling base) with a half turn to the one-legged standing onto the one-armed at the short arm and the flyer jumps up from the front (standing base) with a half turn to the standing on the hands with straight arms. This trick starts in the deep squat for the […]
The pitch to counter handstand is also for experts always a challenge… Starting position: The partners stand in front of each other and hold hands. The hands of the flyer are turned outwards, those of the base grip them from below, suitable for the planned final position, the counter-handstand. After the initial tempo, in which the base follows the flyer, the flyer jumps off active and slightly leaned forwards (picture 1). As soon as the contact point is under his center of gravity (picture 2), the flyer starts leaning even more forward (picture 3 = taking off pantyhose). High relieving: […]
Actually, this position is called backflyer. Since the flyers initially like to sag through, for this position, also other names are known, such as cross-crusher and dead bird. The positive side effect of sagging is that the center of gravity of the flyer comes closer to the one of the base and thus creates less shear forces (for example, dislock and screw rotations from this position are easier). Especially during the entrance to this figure the Flyer creates very strong shearing forces, if he does not tilt to the final position, but straighten up too early. If a flyer overcompensates the sagging […]
This position is usually supported with the hand, thus it usually has 2 contact points. It is a popular, because audience-effective position, which can be learned with little effort. Analogous to the previous names, I call them side-flyer. However, she is also known by other names, such as swallow, high star, … just to name a few. The contact point of the base is always at the hip of the flyer below its center of gravity. In the supported side-flyer, the contact point of the base, the contact point of the flyer and the flyer’s shoulder form a triangle. The […]
Within this position is meant the conventional crocodile, which is balanced by the base at the upper arm of the flyer. The elbow is held as close to the center of gravity as possible within the hipbone. For that a shortening of the corresponding page is necessary. The opposite hip is held up. To get into the crocodile, the flyer first supports the entire weight on the elbow. So he achieves an “umbrella” position: After that he can pull his upper body and legs up. The shortening of the page creates an asymmetric figure. This results in a very […]
In the belly flyer, the flyer tends to shorten the back. This is an attractive position as it allows the flyer to raise his head and thus to present himself to the audience. For the transition to other positions this position is rather unfavorable (for example to the shoulder-stand or side-flyer). A pressed out belly makes contact with the hip difficult and, in the bad case, can lead to slipping. If the belly flier is not presented, then the flyer should take a position as if it were lying on the ground. His chin is on the floor and feet […]
Particular attention is paid to the dimensional stability of the flyer. Small changes by shortening the abdominal, lateral or back muscles significantly change the center of gravity and the flyer starts to tilt. In order to get from standing to the respective lying position, the flyer will lean in that direction and then be picked up. Although leaning in the opposite direction is instinctively made, unfortunately only increases the effort of the base. Often, tilting by the base is thereby also prevented, e.g. from the belly flier to the shoulder stand. Once the flyer has arrived in the desired position, […]
Since the base can not grip with the feet, balancing the flyer by using the shear forces is not possible. The base must always remain under the center of gravity of the flyer. In the position “headfirst” the base also has no line of sight to the flyer. This actually destroys almost all possibilities of balancing through the base. Either the flyer is so experienced that it remains in the line of force without causing any shear forces, or another base takes over the balancing… Standing on the head or shoulder, the line of power is distributed on 3 contact […]
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 […]
Initially, this is the most important position for the base, which he should soon master as if in his sleep. Elongation, body tension and stability during the balance are important basics that the base learns best on the ground. It is important that the base with the entire back including shoulder and hip is on the floor and can not roll when loaded.