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Permalink Reply by kalah raela on April 5, 2011 at 6:38pm

I would like to hear your advice on the tricks you listed =]

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Permalink Reply by Stacey - Girl on Fire on April 6, 2011 at 12:14am

me too...although i am not even sure what they are...i never know the names for tricks, i just watch and copy from youtube lol 

 

I am trying the whole knee reversals thing though and just cant seem to get it....any tips would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Peas and hugsx 

 

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Permalink Reply by Comura Mae Harrison on April 6, 2011 at 1:34am

As far as the knee reversals go, be sure youre using a pretty light hoop. Its all about timing and putting your leg down and in front (or behind, depending on what leg you stand on, i remain standing on my left, so i place my leg in front) and sorta stay on your tip toes, don't lay your foot completely flat on the ground, to get a good rocking motion.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Somebody on April 6, 2011 at 4:57am

ok, knee reversals... :) 

first, you'll need muscle memory in both legs for knee hooping in both directions, and know the "kick start" on both feet, both directions. And the kick out with both legs, both directions. 

I'd recommend a big hoop, not heavy, just big. this allows your brain an extra half a second to catch up to your legs. :) 

 

Start by knee hooping in YOUR OPPOSITE direction. I found this easiest, because when you reverse the hoop, it will be in your natural flow. 

i spin to the left naturally, so I"m going to write this for me, if you naturally spin to the right, just transpose the lefts for rights and rights for lefts. 

So, I'm hooping in my opposite direction, to the right, on the knees. My left leg will be flat on the ground, holding balance. when the hoop hits the back of my left leg, I pull out my right leg. By the time i actually get the hoop out, it's on the front of my leg, (ready to be reversed). It's easier to reverse immediately, but, sometimes that just doesn't happen. Next, when the hoop rotates around the front of your left leg, stick your right leg down, outside of the hoop. This will reverse the hoop. Bring your right leg up quickly so it doesn't interfere with the hoop's spin, and when the hoop hits the front of your left leg, stick it back in.

I'm sure you realize from videos that all this happens in less than 2 seconds, so it's a lot to take in. Try with a big hoop. Make sure there is no water in it, cause that messes up reversals.  This is the one and only video i have on youtube, and the camera I was using didn't record sound, so I look a bit silly dancing (to what seems like no music), and I recorded it 5 minutes after I first successfully got the trick. It's called "sloppy scissor switch" if you would like to look it up. 
hope that helps! 
if you are having a specific problem you need troubleshooted, I'll try to help. These are just general guidelines for timing. <3  

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