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Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I like the idea of a "Polefessionals" one, I think that would probably go down best. Listing "college" classes may work too, but the majority of ths schedule would then be this "college class." Also, I think if I target a "polefessional" class, it leaves the women who want to practice with college students free to come to any class, rather than feeling awkward for wanting to show up to a "college" class.
And for those wondering if it's an assumption, it's from feedback and the reason I say 30+ is because many of the women giving me this feedback are in their mid-30s and they suggested the class, we just couldn't come up with a name.
As for the registration thing, it's a good idea but since classes here aren't split by level, there wouldn't be much of a point. Our studio does drop-in classes, so we have to teach basically whoever shows up (not ideal, but I don't run it and it works in this town)
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I think the biggest thing is that most of the students who come to the classes have a very recent athletic background (gymanasts, dancers, swimmers, runners) and are still very strong and flexible so they're able to progress extremely quickly. For many of these students, spins and inverts aren't very challenging whereas for your average person (regardless of age) a one-handed spin or inverts may take some time to learn.
The way the studio is run, we have drop-in classes where we take all levels at one time and prices are extremely cheap ($5/class). As a teacher this is VERY hard for me to teach, especially when I have students at 4+ different levels in one class. So I'm looking for a way to separate the classes so A) Older women aren't intimidated by the student's strength and maturity level in the room and B) I don't have to teach so many levels in the room (there are times when I have some of the room doing back slides down the pole and others are working on TG handsprings in the same class)
In the town I teach in, it doesn't work to have beginner/intermediate/advanced classes separated because students have class and we lose a lot of business by separating the levels and students don't follow that schedule anyway and will show up regardless what level they are. So separating the residents/older women is probably the easiest solution. And yes, age is very relative but I doubt many 30+ women enjoy being in a class full of 18-23 year olds.
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I think the biggest thing is that most of the students who come to the classes have a very recent athletic background (gymanasts, dancers, swimmers, runners) and are still very strong and flexible so they're able to progress extremely quickly. For many of these students, spins and inverts aren't very challenging whereas for your average person (regardless of age) a one-handed spin or inverts may take some time to learn.
The way the studio is run, we have drop-in classes where we take all levels at one time and prices are extremely cheap ($5/class). As a teacher this is VERY hard for me to teach, especially when I have students at 4+ different levels in one class. So I'm looking for a way to separate the classes so A) Older women aren't intimidated by the student's strength and maturity level in the room and B) I don't have to teach so many levels in the room (there are times when I have some of the room doing back slides down the pole and others are working on TG handsprings in the same class)
In the town I teach in, it doesn't work to have beginner/intermediate/advanced classes separated because students have class and we lose a lot of business by separating the levels and students don't follow that schedule anyway and will show up regardless what level they are. So separating the residents/older women is probably the easiest solution. And yes, age is very relative but I doubt many 30+ women enjoy being in a class full of 18-23 year olds.
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And thanks for the support Katie 🙂
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Thank you, everyone for the comments/suggestions.
Girlunblogged – I really like your idea, and I think I'll try adding text explanations to the bottom of future workouts. Thanks!
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Something I was taught to do at parties was to teach about 4 or 5 basic moves (spins, back slides down the pole, maybe a climb) and do a little bit of simple floorwork. Give everyone a couple tries on the pole for each move and then at the end put a song on and have everyone come up and perform a little routine. Start with the main girl (birthday girl, batchelorette, etc) and then once they have finished "performing" have them pick the next person to go up and just keep the music running. This way everyone feels like they've learned a lot and usually they're pretty proud/happy that they can put a compilation together by the end.
Good luck!