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StudentPermalink Reply by Danielle Starshine on June 30, 2012 at 11:48am

the elbow pass is deceivingly difficult. it looks easy, but is all about the timing. practice by saying "now " when you are supposed to put your other elbow in. it also looks like your arms aren't tucked in closely enough to your body (think chicken wing).

for one leg hooping, take off those flowy pants! they get in the way. wear shorts.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Dawn on June 30, 2012 at 12:37pm

Yes, deceivingly difficult and painful!  I had to stop practicing because I ended up bruising my left elbow!  I guess the part I'm having real trouble on is when exactly to stick in my left elbow...thanks for the tips I'll be sure to bring shorts next time!  (I think I have a pair somewhere...)

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Permalink Reply by JJ Hula on June 30, 2012 at 2:39pm

with the elbow pass try and hoop on your elbow behind your back for a few minutes and don't do anything, take your time and wait so you can get used to the rhythm of the hoop's rotations. Then you can search for an opening better. Also sometimes it helps if you start out doing the elbow passes from the front first. With the one legged hooping, I couldn't do that for the longest time until one day I got out my heaviest hoop and tried it with that, which was much easier, also yeah shorts and lots of gaff tape help. Hope some of that helps~ good luck :)

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StudentPermalink Reply by MaisieHoops of *HulaHoopers.ca* on June 30, 2012 at 5:05pm

I haven't looked at the leg hooping one, but I have looked at the elbow pass.  You are going to get it very quickly I bet now...  You are spinning the hoop in the wrong direction...  Spin the other way, so when it you are doing the exchange behind your back, the hoop is spinning upwards instead of down.  The exchange happens at the very bottom of the revolution.  Good luck!!!

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StudentPermalink Reply by MaisieHoops of *HulaHoopers.ca* on June 30, 2012 at 5:11pm

Just watched the knee hooping one.  Have you ever tried to take your left leg out instead of the right leg?  I hoop to the left and naturally found it easier to take out my right leg... I have since learned my left, but right was my first.  

At first I thought it was your (very cute) pants hitting the hoop, but later on when you just tried to start it straight from around your one leg, it still fell.  I would continue to try practicing by starting it just around your one leg until you get it.  Try your left leg as well. I would also try using a smaller or bigger hoop too.  I find beginners do really well on springy, skinny but huuuuuge hoops.  

On the last try when you took your leg right out correctly, I notice that your right leg just stops moving.  You really have to emphasize the motion with your one leg to keep the hoop going.  Not only does that hoop still push back, now you need to add a forward motion to it too.  Bend - Straight - Bend - Straight.  

Keep us posted!  =)  You are very close for both!

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Dawn on July 2, 2012 at 9:47am

Oh my goodness...I didn't realize the hoop was spinning the wrong way!  That didn't even occur to me.  Thank you so much!  :)

As for one legged hooping...I used to try and take out my right leg, but upon watching SaFire's tutorial for about the sixtieth time I noticed she said to take out the "pusher" leg.  So that's why I started trying to take out my left leg.  I think you're right though.  The real trouble I seem to be having is keeping my standing leg moving and therefore the hoop moving!  For some reason it's like my brain shuts off at that point.  It forgets to keep that leg moving.  So, I think that's something I can only get down with practice.  *sigh* 

I'll definitely keep you all posted.  Thanks for the tips and words of encouragement.  I seriously love this community.  :)

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Permalink Reply by Alycia Betts on July 2, 2012 at 8:15pm

Hey girl! So with the one legged hooping you could take out whichever leg you feel comfortable with. The only thing that will afffect that is how you get out of it. I hoop to the right so when I want to be ablebto go from one leg and get my other leg back in is when I will take out my left leg balancing on my right. But theres so many different ways to transition. Just practice both legs till youre comfortable with them.
You dont need to put much motion into keeping the hoop rotating when you get the one leg down. Just slight bending of the knee.

As for the behind the back, that ones sort of tricky. Practicr quarter turns. If you practixe doing the rising sun behind the back you should pick up on this just fine. When I was learning for the transfer I sort od hopped into that last quarter where you pop your elbow in. And at the same time take out the lead elbow. The hop will help this motion fluid till you get it down.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Ingrid White on June 30, 2012 at 11:45pm

Hi Kimberly

I had a look at both your vids.

You are very close but there are a few things that may help:
firstly your behind the back elbow pass- I'm not saying you can't dot it from a backward spin, but it makes it very much harder! Spin the hoop to the front and as you turn keep your butt out of the way. You are getting the timing correct, it's just harder trying to get your other elbow in on a reverse spin.

As for your knee hooping, you spin anti-clockwise, and are using you left leg as the "pusher", then trying to get your left leg out. Practice alternating your "pusher" leg as you do need to use different ones for different moves, or try bouncing both legs. At the moment, using the left leg as the " pusher" and then trying to pull it out is making you stop the hoop spinning. Pulling out the left leg if you spin to the left is the easiest one to do as its easier to put it back in afterwards, I find. Wait for the gap to the left and pull it straight up and out to the side. Don't worry about the way it looks, just leave it bent and weird looking. As soon as you legs is out concentrate on bouncing the leg that's in the hoop. If it drops, wait until its at your ankle and then reach down and grab it at tye back of you ankle as you step out of it. If you can, hold onto a strap dangling from a ceiling so you don't have to worry about balance, then you can concentrate on timing.

Safire has a great knee-hooping vid to watch so search for it on YouTube.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Dawn on July 2, 2012 at 10:49am

Thanks for the advice!  I will keep this in mind.  I love SaFire and her tutorials!  I always watch them to refresh my memory before practicing a new trick. 

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Permalink Reply by Sairz ward on July 1, 2012 at 8:40am

Elbows:   Try spinning in the opposite current, but do your body in the same direction as you are in the video. AKA spin out and away from you so that you are scooping your elbow into the hoop as it comes up and behind you.

Knees:   Got to work on the timing part. Arg! My BF is sleeping or I would record you a video response to show you. The timing is the first part. The second part is remembering you can't abruptly stop the hoops motion, you need to move with it, slow it, then pop it the other direction again. you kind of control the hoop with your whole body more than just your legs.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Dawn on July 2, 2012 at 10:51am

Thanks for the tip on timing and changing the current...a few of you have mentioned this now and I can't believe I didn't think of it.  Sometimes it's something as simple as that that makes all the difference!

As for knee hooping...I think it's really difficult for me to do several different things with my body at a time so I think it'll come down to practice and trying really hard not to forget to keep that leg moving.

Thanks again. :)

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Permalink Reply by Phish Phan on July 1, 2012 at 4:38pm

Want me to send you a tutorial? I'd have no problem doing that. I make them all the time haha

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