tamikat started this discussion ·
Hey guys! Need your help. I am trying to put together a class to teach as a series for beginners. The class is an hour long and i was thinking of having it run 6 weeks or so. im having trouble with the format of the class as far as how long to stretch and what moves to teach. Im also not that good putting together choreography. Any help is appreciated!!
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i always start with a short warm up (walking, hip circles, move arms,....) for about 5min and then stretch every important part of the body just a little (legs, arms/ shoulders, neck, hips, ankles) then the main part follows (tricks and spins) i try to mix it a bit. to get more warm i start with spins, then continue with tricks and when they get too tired get back to spins. at the and i sometimes add some strenght training. and if your students get too tired (for beginners a hour can be really long) i do some stretching or floorwork in the middle. always start with some moves to get used to the pole like walking and turns on the ground. i think this is really important before you start with spins and tricks as some may never have used a pole before. i have a choreography on my youtube account i made for a girl who doesn´t pole that long. if you don´t want to make a own one, you could just cut out the invert. beside one invert it only includes spins and beginner tricks (for 6 weeks you also may have to use just half of it) but i would definitly teach them a choerography, my students always love them and it´s important to know how you can put tricks and spins together. hope this helped you a bit!
we always do 15 min warm -up, routine break-down, and the full routine together on left and right side. Follow up with 10 min stretching. for beginners, you need to show them basic moves first and have them build up to each level
