I taught circus arts, primarily aerials, to kids who were between the ages of five to twelve years old. I helped them to understand that in order to increase their skills on their apparatus, they need to work on flexibility, strength, endurance and technique.
I volunteered as a coach at MSA Circus Arts, teaching classes every Wednesday and Saturday to about 10 kids for each class. I kept track of my hours over a ten week period of time, between September and November of this year to fulfill my service requirement. I have continued to coach during the last 4 months and plan to continue volunteering until the end of the year.
By coaching I was able to improve my own skill. I was pointing out small details that I wouldn't notice if I was doing the skill myself. I definitely would recommend that everyone volunteer as a coach or teacher because it helps improve teaching skills and allowed me to become more articulate. I also learned that I enjoy coaching and hope to pursue it in the future.
This is a quick update on my circus coaching experience, this spring term has been awesome. I have gotten a lot of new students so that always means new challenges. This class that I now teach seems to have a really hard time stretching but they're all very strong students. I'm also finding that dancers and gymnasts who come in to start taking area class are much better than the kids who come in without any experience. This is challenging me and my fellow coaches on how to bridge the skill gap in our classes. I have also been doing a lot of experimental aerial tricks in my more advanced classes. We try to teach aerials like learning the ABCs which is learning basic technique, and then we are able to create words and understand them. This allows aerialists to invent their own vocabulary and style.
This is a quick update on my circus coaching experience, this spring term has been awesome. I have gotten a lot of new students so that always means new challenges. This class that I now teach seems to have a really hard time stretching but they're all very strong students. I'm also finding that dancers and gymnasts who come in to start taking area class are much better than the kids who come in without any experience. This is challenging me and my fellow coaches on how to bridge the skill gap in our classes. I have also been doing a lot of experimental aerial tricks in my more advanced classes. We try to teach aerials like learning the ABCs which is learning basic technique, and then we are able to create words and understand them. This allows aerialists to invent their own vocabulary and style.
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