How I Broke My Hand in an Acroyoga Class — And What It Taught Me About Safety

We were doing Pitching to Reverse Foot2Hand, and it was the first time I was doing it with this particular flyer (it wasn't Orin) and we were using spotting. Eventually, as it was working well, I suggested we do without spotting🦒

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The flyer expressed her fear, she was afraid “her body” would do something OFF because of the fear and make a mistake💃

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So we asked the spotter to stand a bit further away but still spot. We repeated the skill again successfully. Again, I said, we dont need spotting anymore, either way even if you make a mistake – ill catch you 🕺🏼

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We agreed that the spotter would stand a lot farther away this time.

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We did the skill and the flyer began the skill then immediately regretted it, didn't straighten her knees and didn’t come on top of my hand, which caused my push to send her forward. So I reached to catch her and put her down. On the catch her knee pushed my right pinky finger down and away causing a break on the PALM of my hand. Metacarpal 5.🤚🏿

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We both immediately understood our lessons🎯

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My lesson was to find a better line between “pushing” vs “encouraging”. And for her, to be more assertive and say no if she doesn’t feel comfortable 🎳

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I also accept this as part of the sport. A small silly accident that will pass. Im enjoying the time off and im happy to get to spend this time with myself. I also think this is a good “break” for my body, finally getting some time off (: