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Permalink Reply by Liquid Lucy on April 13, 2011 at 8:06pm

horizontal elbow pass!!  I am still waiting for that great piece of advice :)

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Permalink Reply by Lotus on April 13, 2011 at 9:37pm

SQUEEEEEZ YOUR SHOULDER BLADES TOGETHER AND BEND AT 90 DEGREES

 

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Permalink Reply by Kacie Knight on April 14, 2011 at 4:12pm

You know, I thought of the squeezing today when I was working on the vertical elbow pass and I did it successfully for the first time (and 6 more times after that! Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Liquid Lucy on April 18, 2011 at 5:40pm

Yay... thank you so much!!! it worked!  They (the elbows) have been way too far apart in the past.

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Permalink Reply by luluperuse on April 20, 2011 at 1:37am

Ohhh, thanks!  I'll focus on the squeeze and hopefully have more consistent success with this move.

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Permalink Reply by Toni Oertel on April 13, 2011 at 9:33pm

I'm still having problems with angled hooping. and knee hooping, went ahead and learned the tricks past it in the hoopnotica videos, on video 4 but still can't get these two... very frustrating. If anyone has any advice let me know!

 

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Permalink Reply by Lotus on April 13, 2011 at 9:42pm

Tons of practice on the knees.  accent whatever is facing the sky for angled (really bop your chest towards the sky, etc.)

 

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Permalink Reply by BABZ Robinson on April 17, 2011 at 9:21am

ohhhh, knee hooping is a hard one! for knee hooping i think of each knee doing a small circle when the hoop touches it. So you alternate knee pushing, left right left right left right etc....(the circles go in the same direction) Keep your knees relaxed and about HIP width apart, letting your heels come off the ground as your knees alternately push on the hoop. by keeping your legs relaxed and being able to shift your weight to either foot  lets you gain the ability to be able to walk and knee hoop at the same time. and i wouldn't try to learn knee hooping with your smallest hoop. yes it will hurt more with a larger heavier hoop but its worth it to get the skill down. oh! and put some shorts on! learning to knee hoop is way easier if you amp up the skin to hoop ratio! good luck!

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Permalink Reply by tiffany barnes on April 17, 2011 at 5:57pm

i keep my right leg straight and use the left the "push" the hoop around the kids I teach call it the "potty dance" because that's what it looks like when you're first learning

 

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Permalink Reply by luluperuse on April 20, 2011 at 1:41am

A couple of times I've noticed what comes natural isn't necessarily what they are demonstrating in the tutorial, and knee hooping was an example of this me.  I was getting conflicting info about which leg should stand, which should be the pusher.  For some reason, Caroleeena's video on it where she talks about whether you are a forward/back hooper or side to side hooper really did it for me.  I don't know why!

 

Also, practice knee hooping wearing jeans or your bare skin.  The hoop will stick easier and once you know the feeling you could translate that to other pants and adapt as necessary!

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Permalink Reply by Toni Oertel on April 13, 2011 at 9:49pm

thank you! I will try that tomorrow after work!

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Permalink Reply by amanda marie on April 13, 2011 at 9:57pm

so far angled hooping facing down... i can do it fine with my face up but... im constantly hitting myself in the neck and  face and the hoop goes crazy when i'm looking at the ground... i haven't found that good bit of advice yet... so i just keep practicing and hope i dont end up with a bruised face :)

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