First Steps
About Course
Hello! My name is Olena Minina, I’m multiple Ukrainian, European, World Pole Art and Pole sport champion. I’m doing Pole dance and teaching it around 10 years.
Welcome to my online course “First Steps”.
This course is for people with or without any background who wants to start Pole dancing. There will be 8 lessons + warm up, workout and stretching to prepare your body for the pole tricks.
Each lesson has a topic, and consists of different moves. The lessons are in the order from easiest to more difficult. You can either choose some movements from different lessons when you train, or you can do the lessons one by one with all the moves inside. I suggest you to learn all the basic moves on the both sides. Don’t forget to do warm up before every training.
What Will You Learn?
- Basic pole moves: static spins, climbs up on the pole, basic knee and hip holds, basic floor moves.
Course Content
Warm Up
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Warm Up
16:14
1. Basic steps moves on the floor with pole
1. Basic steps moves on the floor with pole
- walk around
- circle step around the pole
- basic turn with the pole
- spiral turn around the pole
- basic layback on the floor
- reverse side turn to side sit on the floor
- standing straddle flair kick
- combination with learnt moves from this lesson
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00:25
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Walk Around
01:56 -
Circle Step
03:18 -
Basic turn with the pole
02:32 -
Spiral turn around the pole
01:27 -
Basic layback on the floor
02:39 -
Reverse side turn to side sit on the floor
02:40 -
Standing straddle flair kick
02:03 -
Combination with learnt moves from this lesson
01:39
2. Basic spins on the static pole
2. Basic spins on the static pole
- basic spin with legs around the pole
- fireman spin
- front hook spin
- back hook spin
- chair spin + variations
- cradle tuck spin
- carousel spin
- reverse spin + variations
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00:29
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Basic spin with legs around the pole
02:04 -
Fireman spin
01:54 -
Front hook spin
02:40 -
Back hook spin
02:11 -
Chair spin + variations
01:57 -
Carousel spin
03:16 -
Cradle tuck spin
02:29 -
Reverse spin + variations
03:18
3. Basic climb on the pole
3. Basic climb on the pole
- preparation for being able to climb up
- position of legs and hands
- step on the pole into basic climb
- basic climb and how to go down
- basic climb from the spin
- side climb and how to go down
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00:18
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Legs, hands and body position
02:01 -
Step into the basic climb
01:26 -
Common Mistakes
01:45 -
How to climb up
03:11 -
Basic Climb from the spin
03:29 -
Side Climb
03:01
4. Combinations with steps and basic spins
4. Combinations with steps and basic spins
- basic steps + fireman spin/chair spin
- basic turn on the pole + basic turn with the pole on the floor
- circle step around the pole to front/back hook spin
- front hook spin + back hook spin
- circle step around the pole to reverse spin
- reverse spin to reverse side turn
- chair spin/carousel spin to reverse spin
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00:36
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Fireman into spiral body turn
03:12 -
Basic spin into basic turn
01:48 -
Circle step into hook spin
02:43 -
Front hook spin into back hook spin
01:14 -
Circle step into reverse spin
02:16 -
Reverse spin into reverse side turn
01:42 -
Chair spin into reverse spin
02:22 -
Carousel spin into the basic climb
02:19
5. Basic sit on the pole
5. Basic sit on the pole
- basic sit on the pole with and without hands
- basic sit on the pole with extended legs
- plank in the sitting position
- one arm plank in the sitting position
- straddle sit on your arm
- crossed knee release
- crossed ankle release
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00:17
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Basic sit
01:49 -
Basic sit with extended legs
02:14 -
Plank in the sitting position
02:23 -
Plank Variations
02:06 -
Straddle sit
02:15 -
Cross Knee Release
03:17
6. Basic knee hold moves
6. Basic knee hold moves
- knee and armpit hang
- side knee hook from the floor
– double knee hook aka spider
– knee and elbow hook aka martini
- side knee hook starting up on the pole
-double knee hook starting up on the pole
-knee and elbow hook up on the pole
- flatline inside leg hang from side hook
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00:37
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Armpit and knee hang
02:44 -
Side knee hook
02:35 -
Double knee hook
02:22 -
Knee and elbow hook
02:37 -
Side knee hook up on the pole
05:16 -
Double knee hook up on the pole
02:09 -
Flat line scorpio
03:16 -
Elbow and knee hook
01:42
7. Basic floor work moves
7. Basic floor work moves
- knee turn
- straddle flair kick from side floor sit
- side back roll
- shoulder stand with the pole
- forearm stand with the pole
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00:47
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Knee turn
04:03 -
Floor Straddle Kick
03:50 -
Side back roll
06:10 -
Back roll with the pole
03:46 -
Shoulder stand
06:49 -
Elbow stand
07:14
8. Combinations based on the learnt moves
8 combos based on the moves you've learnt in the previous lessons
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02:44
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1st combination
02:39 -
2nd combination
01:50 -
3rd combination
03:00 -
4th combination
03:39 -
5th combination
03:23 -
6th combination
06:46 -
7th combination
03:17 -
8th combination
02:27
Stretching
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Stretching
08:15 -
Pole Stretching
04:02
Conditioning
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Pole Conditioning
04:40 -
Body Conditioning
06:19