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Permalink Reply by Carleigh Jo on July 15, 2012 at 12:56pm

OMGSH i feel like this EVERY time i bring out my LED hoop. and especially when other girls have their LED hoops on also, i feel like i need to compete. but then ur mind kind goes blank with the tricks u learned how to do and u just keep doing waist/chest/knee hooping cuz its the easiest to remember. lol!! and i know exactly what u mean about people not being interested...after watching the same moves over n over, i would prolly get bored too. but then we need to stop and realize that yea most ppl buy LED hoops to impress others and entertain ppl who are watching..but you hoop for YOU, not anyone else. the feeling u get when ur hooping the simple tricks is only something that YOU can feel. i guess the best thing we could do is just try to be dancy when hooping and not just standing still doing those same old moves. that way people are also looking at you & ur happiness, not just your pretty lights.
i hope this helped because i  was glad to see someone else felt this way!
peace, love, & hoopiness

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jessica on July 15, 2012 at 6:30pm

Yes - I especially find myself feeling that way when there are others with led hoops out!! I've even found myself once or twice being too intimidated to hoop anymore because of other's skill and trick levels with their leds. I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling this way, thanks for your input!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Sarah Maccarelli Jordan on July 15, 2012 at 11:27pm

I sort of feel the opposite...like my LED is impressive enough (because most people have never seen one) without me having to do so many tricks, that I can just kick back and relax and do easier tricks with it :) 

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jessica on July 17, 2012 at 2:42pm

Hm, that's a good way to look at it! I guess part of why I might feel this way is because there are a lot of LED hoops around here! I know when I first got it, I was ok with just being relaxed with it, maybe I need to try to get back into that mind set. Thanks for your input

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Permalink Reply by Gretchen / Alice on July 17, 2012 at 5:58pm

i second this feeling...weaves with LEDs are some of others' favorites...

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StudentPermalink Reply by Quixote on July 16, 2012 at 5:48am

I do a lot of isolations and that's more... uh, emphasized? with an LED hoop than dance footwork and nice arm/hand movements because there's more focus on the hoop than there is on you.

It also means, however, that "mistakes," less-than-clean planes, and missed catches when tossing are more obvious though, so I'm more attentive to my execution.

As for hooping around other people, I dunno... my flow is pretty constant and I figure as long as I have that going, it's going to look good.

But yes, it's not unheard of for people to consciously change their hooping because theirs doesn't quite suit a performance setting.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Kacie Knight on July 16, 2012 at 10:32am

My style definitely changes when I'm in public vs when I'm alone, and that's natural.  

I don't really do more tricks per se, but I do less on body work as I know I think LED hoops look cooler off body, specifically in the vertical plane. I also try to do more level changes.  I dance just as  much, but in a different way than I do with my day hoops, primarily because my LED just feels different, so it has a different flow. 

I might do way more palm and z-spins, as well as smears as well. Anything that flips the the hoop around cause it looks rad! 

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Permalink Reply by LOCO TOES DREA on July 16, 2012 at 7:34pm

Not caring what others are thinking I believe is a process, like everything elts.. Like me running around in a sports bra and work out skirt in my neighborhood because the sun was hitting directly on my sweet baby girls legs, so I took my shirt off to protect her.. This is a deal because I live in a stuck up mountain town with rich old people and im full of tattoos. Im not sure if they are looking to look or thinking a seat in church is empty for me. I have a tattoo complex in this town. Diffrent situation .. same feelings . I have to love and respect me and my process- to not care what people think and thats from experiances of being in the eye of the storm and dealing with letting go several times in the same hour. I hope you find your serenity in the storm, and live the bliss so your LED doesn't feel the need to preform for others. I will be there too, Im in my first month and just got my LED today. So I guess its a normal thing sence day one of hooping your eager to learn and show others ( as well as finding your special place ), then show others that, your good when your good, so they dont think your new when your not. At least I can see my self with that mentality. Thanks for reading my book LOL I hope your like aww thats cool instead of ummm ok. Good luck and keep us posted.

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Permalink Reply by Keseygirll~ on July 16, 2012 at 9:32pm

hahaha "i hope youre like aww thats cool instead of uummm ok" haha thats hilarious :)
good post.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jessica on July 17, 2012 at 2:43pm

Haha, no I definitely think this is a good story, I'm not feeling like "ummm ok" at all! Thank you for sharing! Hopefully I can get more comfortable with not caring what others think soon, but you are totally right.. it is a process. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Alycia Betts on July 16, 2012 at 9:48pm

Naaaahhhh. Hooping during the day is when you should be doing your beautiful tricks. Even the basic waist hooping looks good with an led. Nobody can tell if youre doing your behind the back elbos pass at night.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jessica on July 17, 2012 at 2:44pm

That is a good way to think of it.. You're totally right, at night nobody can really tell what exactly you're doing, just how the hoop is moving. Thanks for responding! 

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