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StudentPermalink Reply by Rayne MorningStar on October 3, 2011 at 11:58am

Hmmm, it might be easier to give feedback if you posted a video of yourself doing the move-maybe I'm just really bad at visualizing spacial things.  Anyway ...

 

I just did the move, trying to replicate how you described it.  What I'm noticing is that, when I do it, my hand that's holding the hoop (my right hand since I hoop to the left) doesn't go lower than my waist--so there is no reason for me to be hunched over.  The hoop is angled down a bit, so I can jump in on the left side without needing cat-like jumping skills. So basically I'm holding the hoop as low as I can hold it without having to bend over.  Does that help?

 

The follow through is sort of similar to doing a vortex.  Once I've jumped into the hoop, I am holding it with my right hand at the right side of my body.  I move my right arm diagonally up (in front of my body) so it ends up by my left ear and then continue on to lasso.

 

I'm not sure if this explained anything or if all of this was obvious.  Hope I helped!

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Permalink Reply by Kate Powell on October 3, 2011 at 3:29pm

Thank you so much! Turns out both of my issues were symptoms of the same mistake, which you identified: I was bringing the hoop down too low. Just like it's hard to vortex out of leg hooping, it's hard to get back into lasso when the hoop starts off too far down your body. This helped a lot! Thanks again!

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