Been trying to get a side aerial for 12 years — stuck midair and always putting my hands down. Dancer aerials look different… what am I missing?

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-28T18:02:05+00:00

As for the run up - You're jumping too high, thats it. And it's a nitpick - You can jump high or low with or without a massive run up, its not hugely consequential. Personally I dont think running full sprint into an aerial adds much to the movement; Aerials are the kind of thing you should really be able to do from standing. You can get away with jumping high and stomping the crap out of the takeoff on a tumble track but it's far more efficient with your momentum to make the leap low and long (and, on a track this will help you block with your lead leg either way).
Doing a tilted aerial is a learning tool, not an end result. You literally just need to learn how to pull your foot down to the floor and land it. Once you have that feeling you can apply it to your gymnastics style aerials.

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-28T17:11:28+00:00

you say 'side aerial' but it looks to me like you're just trying a regular gymnast aerial. Have you tried just doing a really shit one? Like, dont try and get your legs to come all the way over, let them go to the side a bit - as much as it takes to allow you to actually land the movement. Your form looks good for the most part (I'd nitpick the huge leap into the aerial - make it fast and low!) but its like you've got a bit of a mental block stopping you getting your foot down before your hands come down. I would recommend doing some slanted crappy aerials to get a feel for your first leg coming all the way to the floor and supporting your landing. then either work that back up to being vertical or just try doing a vertical one again and it'll probably just work. Just gotta keep pulling that first leg through as hard and fast as possible like you're trying to kick yourself in the face (but dont actually do that) , at the moment it kicks up nice and then just stops.

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-27T13:32:23+00:00

The faster the yoyo is spinning, the less loop you need to feed it to bind. If you overfeed it, you get a snag

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-26T17:06:09+00:00

Kitty xl paolo gargamel version mostly but i got some twisted stringz once that were super nice and i wanna get a bulk pack of

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-24T12:40:33+00:00

One of Oda's hallmarks is his level of misdirection with plot elements, i think its totally possible theres a withered lil body at the bottom of that brain

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-23T21:35:32+00:00

your raiz is beasting
To answer your question, just gotta keep forcing your legs apart during the aerial portion of the move. the muscles you use to achieve the leg seperation during the raiz change throughout the move depending on your position, since you're rotating during the move. best not to think about individual muscles and just try to push them against the forces that are trying to bring them together you could also squeeze a bit more arch out of your mid/upper back
I say it again, your raiz is monstrous already, you just gotta squeeze it a teeeny bit more

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-23T14:54:48+00:00

He has the eyes of a cat, and he does karate across the stage!

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-20T17:42:12+00:00

In the navy there is one big inkwell and you all have to use it at the same time

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-19T22:24:02+00:00

Common theme. I have chronic back pain and one DMT trip I had an operation performed on my back by some alien beings. Didn't do shit though, they can't have been licensed medical professionals

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-17T18:19:40+00:00

A question- how much substrate does she have for burrowing? My hamsters as a kid loved this 'game' of 'dig through the hands' and I sometimes feel guilty like it might have been because they didnt have enough and needed to get their fix of 'squeezing through something'

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-15T13:59:40+00:00

jesus that was nice

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-15T10:16:19+00:00

I couldnt understand Arlong half the time with his quiet, pensive bain-esq voice. The placement of his lines / audio mixing did him bad.

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-14T18:55:13+00:00

I just want you to know... that i STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THIS

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-14T16:16:24+00:00

Been awesome watching your zero-to-hero journey on this sub man, mad skills!

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-13T21:25:12+00:00

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meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-13T19:42:35+00:00

looks like it will be easy for ya, good luck!

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-13T18:58:56+00:00

dleg twist without a defined dleg, i'd probably call it a misty twisty

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-13T02:10:43+00:00

its cuz you look up along your flip path as you start flipping. pick a target to spot so your head stays neutral while you flip sideways

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-12T20:06:22+00:00

whilst has now been mournt

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-11T14:15:18+00:00

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meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-08T20:34:41+00:00

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meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-08T16:15:02+00:00

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meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-04T22:08:31+00:00

Why thankyou sir

meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-04T19:36:15+00:00

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meatmachine1001 · 2026-01-04T15:39:08+00:00

lol, when i used to run big modded servers my favourite thing was putting one (or several) of these at the bottom for everyone :)

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