This course will ensure you can confidently identify a Catchers, Cross Catchers and S-Wrap and provide you with skills to challenge and engage your students with varied entries and a variety of poses, balances and transitions.
Online Course Cost: £175
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Course requirements and Pre-requisites
You will need:
- to hold a Spin City Spin City Foundation Aerial Silks Instructor Course certificate, or equivalent certificate
- access to the internet via a PC, laptop, or mobile device
- access to at least 1 set of aerial silks
- a minimum of 2 hours’ study/training time per week (to complete the course within the 1-year deadline)
- a device to film videos on (mobile phones are allowed)
Course Moves List
BASIC ENTRIES
- Catchers
- Prewrapped entry
- Basic entry
- Cross Catchers
- Prewrapped entry
- Basic entry
- S-Wraps
- Basic entry
- Meathook entry
- U-Lock from S-Wrap
BASIC EXITS
- Catchers
- Over-Under Exit
- Gripper Exit
- Hiplock Exit
- Slide Exit
- Cross Catchers
- Slide Exit
- Hiplock Exit
- Swivel Exit
- S-Wraps
- Retrograde to Catchers
- Gripper Exit
- Pike Exit
CATCHERS AND S-WRAP ENTRIES
- Catchers
- Russian Climb Entry
- Arabesque Entry
- Peter Pan Entry
- Swivel Entry
- Cross Catchers
- Russian Climb Entry
- Hiplock Entry
- Catchers Climb Over Entry
- S-Wraps
- Catchers Climb Over Entry
- Step Through Entry
- Swivel Entry
SKILLS FROM CATCHERS AND S-WRAP
- Catchers
- Catchers Shape Variations
- Candycane Catchers
- Candycane Catchers Peter Pan
- Catchers Amazon
- Candycane Catchers Teardrop
- Cross Catchers
- Half Miracle Splits
- Candycane Cross Catchers
- Cross Catchers Layout
- Sling Splits from Cross Catchers
- S-Wraps
- Miracle Splits
- Propeller
- S-Wrap Climb Over to Corset
SPLIT SILK SKILLS FROM CATCHERS AND S-WRAP
- Split Silks Catchers
- Split Silks Candycane Catchers
- Bow Pose
- Superman
- Pillar Splits
- Meathook
Core Moves
Compulsory moves required for technical assessment
- Catchers from invert
- Cross Catchers from invert
- S-Wrap from Catchers
- Candycane Catchers
- Miracle Splits
- Bow Pose
Course ASSESSMENT
This course has two main parts to the assessment; a theory assessment and a practical assessment.
| Theory Assessment | Practical Assessment |
| Answer theory questions related to each unit of the course. Questions are multiple choice, or short answers. | Part 1: Combination of Moves. Film a continuous combination of 5 moves from the course syllabus. The entry can count towards the total number – we will be looking for a minimum of four catchers or s-wrap-specific skills within your video. Part 2: Core Moves Technique and Execution. Film each of the core course moves. |
Course Description
Catchers, Cross Catchers and S-Wrap are all moves in which the body is inverted and supported by a wrap around the waist with one leg hooked on the post. The difference between the three lies in the positioning of the tail relative to the post and the body.
UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION TO CATCHERS AND S-WRAPS
The introductory unit of this course will provide you with a clear definition for Catchers, Cross Catchers, S-Wraps and U-Locks. We’ll cover entires to each individual skill as well as a variety of exit options to ensure you have a confident grasp of each move’s basic techniques.
UNIT 2 – ENTRIES TO CATCHERS AND S-WRAPS
In this unit we are going to cover a range of alternative entries to Catchers, Cross Catchers and S-Wrap. In the Foundation Level course, you will have covered the initial entries to Catchers (Catchers from Invert – wrapped and unwrapped). We are going to expand upon these entries, as the great thing about Catchers is the number of ways we can get into the same position.
UNIT 3 – CATCHERS AND S-WRAP SKILLS
The varying entrances to Catchers and S-Wrap can be challenging enough for some students, but others will want to know what they can do once they get there. This unit covers skills that range from being suitable for beginners up to more technical balances and transitions to keep your students progressing.
UNIT 4 – COMBINATIONS AND CREATIVITY
Catchers is one of the most natural skills to include in a combination. You can get into a Catchers from a huge variety of entrance points, and use some really innovative skills, poses and transitions when you get there. This unit will provide a set of fixed combinations, as well as a combinations toolbox to inspire your own combinations and freestyle activities.
UNIT 5 – CATCHERS AND S-WRAP SAFETY
The final unit of the course covers Catchers- and S-Wrap-specific health and safety considerations and provides and overview of the health and safety fundamental, covered in our Foundation Silks Instructor Course, including concepts such as public liability insurance and risk assessments.