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Permalink Reply by Annabelle on April 11, 2012 at 4:16pm

I think rushing the process is just part of tje process for some! No need to think too deeply into it, just different people , d%fferent processes :)

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Permalink Reply by Çaturn on April 11, 2012 at 5:01pm

I shrunk down from my 45" starter hoop, after about 2 and a half months.  Everyone was saying Belly button height, but that hoop was waayyy to big for me! I couldn't do anything except waist hoop and even then I get these NASTY bruises.   I thought it was way to soon to try and shrink my hoop down, but I found it greatly improved my flow, because so many of the 'tricks' or whatever that I thought I couldn't do, were really just cumbersome because my hoop was too big.  So there is something to be said for shrinking, if only to find something that fits better-- at the same time after i switched to a 36" HDPE-  I made a 34" PEX and for months I called it my challenge hoop-- it was what I used when I wanted something that was gonna make me work for it.  Its a resonant thought.  Everyone's process is different- there can be a billion factors as to why someone chooses the hoop size and material they do.

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Permalink Reply by Gillian Tunney on April 11, 2012 at 6:25pm

i had the same issues as you with a large hoop. i had a awful bruise on the bone of my elbow that lasted forever that i lived in fear of re-whacking for like 6 months. i was doing elbow reverses behind the back with the giant hoop when the injury occured. it seems stupid to me now, but none of the videos i watched mentioned to use a smaller more lightweight hoop, so i just assumed the hoop i had was the kind people used in the video.  i went lightweight and i was free to experiment without as much of a risk of injury.

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Permalink Reply by Masane on April 11, 2012 at 5:20pm

Do what you feel you are comfortable with :)

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Permalink Reply by RosieHoopsify on April 11, 2012 at 6:34pm

My dad always said ... "Just because you have fancy pots dosen't mean you can cook".

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StudentPermalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on April 11, 2012 at 7:17pm

haha! Your dad gets it!

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StudentPermalink Reply by MaisieHoops of *HulaHoopers.ca* on April 13, 2012 at 7:43pm

lol!  Wise, wise man.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Kerner on April 11, 2012 at 6:53pm

Whatever works for you works for you. I use many different sizes and weights, and I like them all for different reasons. Once I got a smaller hoop I started to have more fun with my hooping as well as started to learn new things left and right, not because I had a list, but because a smaller hoop opened a lot of doors for me stylewise.-

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Permalink Reply by Gillian Tunney on April 11, 2012 at 7:03pm

i have a theory that 'Polypro' became so hyped because it has the Pro in the name. Pro=professional.   I've seen a hundred videos with PolyPro practice in the title, but barely any with HDPE or Polyethelyne in the title.  it just doesnt have the same ring to it.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on April 11, 2012 at 7:21pm

When I 1st started seeing the word 'polypro' pop up online, I thought what a brilliant coincidence for the folks in marketing. ;-) 

But they're just hoops. Everyone has their hooping sweet spot. Mine's 1/2 125 psi polyethelyne. Your sweet spot may be polypro or a mini hoop. It's all good. I think we'd be wise to stop thinking of hoops as beginner or advanced hoops and focus more on what they do. What they work for. It would help people find the right hoop for their moves and their dances. 

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TeacherPermalink Reply by Hoop Cubed (Heather Says) on April 11, 2012 at 8:08pm

YES TIMES A MILLION! People seem super caught up in hoop sizes, types, etc and forget to love and really learn what it is they're doing. I learned isos on a HUGE hoop and I'm so grateful for that, it makes doing it with any smaller hoop so much easier. Sometimes I feel the need to scream that hooping is an eternal journey, not a destination.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Love, Adrienne on April 11, 2012 at 9:01pm

its weird cause my first and starting hoop was a 34" poly pro and it still is 1 month into hooping.

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