2 Day 1-2-1 How to Spin a Staff Like a Professional - Advanced Staff Spinning
Explosive Learning Jo Reynolds Life Skill Teachers
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In this class, I will teach the students advanced staff spinning, safety and many different tricks. Great circus skill and fun exercise that will improve hand eye coordination.
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 12
Beginner - Advanced Level
You do need any experience to join this class. If you do not have any staff spinning experience, please join my beginner staff spinning class from the list of my classes at the bottom of this page. Every student once enrolled will get a free PDF copy of my published 112-page instructional book "The Book of Staff Spinning" by Johnathan Reynolds (worth $20 in the shops). This will cover all the material I will teach in class and more. I will teach you by showing you how to do the tricks and...
Students will be able to pick up a staff and perform tricks in different sequences. They'll understand the theory and safety aspects of this amazing toy.
Jonathan has been a martial arts expert since the age of 9. From the age of 16 he worked with various circus teams where he learned many skills. He has travelled the world performing for audiences including Formula 1 events, royalty and international superstars. He is a fully insured fire performer with many skills including bubbleology, staff spinning, juggling and stilt walking, to name but a few. As a serial entrepreneur who founded three successful companies before the age of 30, my drive to succeed in life began in my teens when I realised the power of positive motivation. I was lucky enough to have a good mentor who guided me through the intricacies of financial management which helped me to understand the value of money, how to identify and seize opportunities to make money and how to manage an investment portfolio. He holds a Bachelors degree and also teaches conversational English to children and adults across the world.
Homework Offered
To practice the tricks learned in the class to ensure students are ready for the second lesson.Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
1 file available upon enrollmentStudents will need a staff for the class and to practice with. If you have never bought a staff before and are unclear which is right for you, please contact me and I will advise. The staff you buy or make will depend on your height and the types of tricks you are looking to learn. This will be explained in more detail during the class. If you want to make one I would suggest you have a dowl/mop handle/staff about the same height as the student is tall or just slightly shorter. I also recommend you have two tennis balls that you can cut a hole in each to fit on each end of the staff. Use a strong tape to tape the tennis ball onto each end of the staff so that they act as a bumper for anything they may hit. If you want help doing this please have the materials ready and I will teach you how to put them together. It might also be good to have a few different sized staffs to play with to help you decide which you prefer. 2 x short staffs will be needed for the second lesson for the introduction to double staff spinning. Every student once enrolled will get a free PDF copy of my published 112-page instructional book "The Book of Staff Spinning" by Johnathan Reynolds (worth $20 in the shops). This will cover all the material I will teach and more.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
The student will need space to spin a staff. If you are taking this class inside please make sure the ceiling is high enough for you not to hit it, I recommend a minimum ceiling height of 9 foot or more. The same goes for the space around you. Please make sure you have enough space to move around and spin your staff without hitting anything. This space should be approximately 8x8 feet. If you can I would suggest taking this class in as spacious an area as possible; gardens and garages are great. If you have limited space, not to worry, I will teach students much smaller tricks that don't need so much space. These are core skills and can be scaled up, so they're good to practice later in a more spacious area. Please note there are risks involved with this activity, including injury if the student hits themselves with the equipment while practicing. To limit this the equipment/staff we first use to practice will be a staff with tennis balls taped to the ends so the student can learn without any real injury. (They may hit themselves in the head a few times with the tennis balls while learning, as everyone does.) I, the teacher, will not be responsible for any damage or personal injury caused by the student during or after this class. Just so it is very clear, I will not be including the use of fire in this class. I will not be teaching any tricks with fire in this class. Working with fire is very dangerous. I will cover this and explain why they must become master spinners before they can ever think about working with fire.
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Average rating:4.8Number of reviews:(1,249)
Explosive Learning specialises in Life Skills classes that: * Develop essential life skills rarely taught in schools * Improve wellbeing by helping make kids happy and active * Increase confidence through performance skills * Are great fun to...
1-on-1 Coaching
$145
for 2 classes2x per week, 1 week
50 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-18
