Aerial Silks:Single Foot Lock

To get into a single foot lock, wrap one leg around both silks, with the silks held together.

It sometimes helps to think about giving the silks a bear hug - your leg should wrap around the outside of the silk, so that your inner thigh, not your outer thigh, touches it during the wrap.

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Once your foot is wrapped, flex your foot. Grab the pole with a free hand, and pull up about a foot and a half of slack. I know this seems like overkill, but it really is necessary.

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Making sure to keep tension in the pole by keeping your foot flexed, move the slack you are holding over your flexed foot, then under it.

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You can now step up onto your locked foot. Practice balancing here for a bit, and make sure to get comfortable in foot locks close to the ground. It's easy to get tangled up, and it's hard to rescue someone high up in the air.