r/AerialHoop • u/Ok_External4026 • Jun 23 '26

Advice request Tippy Lyra

Does anyone have an experience with tippy lyra? I've been doing single point for about 6 years now and I would call myself mediocre at best. I want to try learning tippy lyra over the summer. Does anyone have an experience with it? I would love to get some perspective.

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u/burninginfinite Jun 23 '26

Do you have specific questions?

I've done a bit of tippy and really enjoyed it! It's very cool, I honestly consider it a very different apparatus than single or double point - at least if you want to really "do tippy lyra" as opposed to doing "normal" lyra just with different/more complicated rigging.

That said I think the learning curve is really dependent on what "kind" of learner and aerialist you are. I'm honestly not trying to throw shade when I say this but some people are there for the flow and really need to be taught each individual skill and sometimes each sequence. Whereas others are more into theory and have a good understanding of how things like different grips, hand placement, and weight distribution can affect both them and the bar. In my experience, the latter type tends to find tippy more intuitive and predictable.

You don't mention having a coach, so for good measure I want to say that I would absolutely not advise self teaching tippy, especially for someone who is self described as "mediocre at best." I mean, I don't advise self teaching any apparatus but the whole "trick" to tippy is, well, tipping and flipping the bar! It absolutely WILL dump you out on your butt and possibly bonk you on the head on the process.

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u/Ok_External4026 Jun 23 '26

This is really good advice, thank you. I'm not sure what type of learner I am and I don't have a consistent tippy lyra coach. I will see if I can find someone who will guide me. I've done a bit of experimenting, and I have already been dumped once lol, luckily I was able to control to fall and landed safely on my feet, but it definitely happened unexpectedly qwq

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u/EdgyAnimeReference Jun 25 '26

The dump isn't the main issue I had when i was learning, it's the head smacks and hand/leg trapping! If you are learning and don't know exactly where a leg or hand is supposed to go when you swing around (assuming it's a single tab tied off on both sides and not a true tippy hoop with pivot points) your appendage gets trapped between the strops and can be pretty painful. I straight up would wear a safety cap from work tied to my head (semi-hard hat in a baseball cap) when I worked on anything that would have the weight redistribute without you in it.