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Permalink Reply by dani on March 25, 2009 at 6:28am

Right now I hoop in my house but my space is so small and I have very low ceilings so Im very limited to what I can do. I have same nervousness about doing out back b/c of neighbors but Ill see how that goes when the time comes. I think if I was a little more 'graceful' with the moves I wouldnt mind but I think Ill get alot better once I do have room to move.
Right now Im pretty much stuck in same spot doing same tricks just because of lack of space. I thought about renting gym space too but the couple gyms that are close to me are very small and dont have room either so Im stuck waiting for warmer weather and hoping my neighbors will be too busy to notice me in yard. They're good people so I dont think they would pay attention for more than a few minutes out of curiosity. Compared to all my battles with my old lawn mower they've witnesses, this could be some new entertainment for them (lol).

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Permalink Reply by Helfirey on March 25, 2009 at 7:11am

It's a bit of a vicious circle isn't it? You can't get good without the space to practice, but you don't want to go outside if you're not good enough! I'm going to get braver one day, just not today...

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Permalink Reply by Salali on March 25, 2009 at 6:40am

We don't have any yard at all. So we (myself and my daughters) hoop outside our apartment row in the parking lot. It is really hard on the hoop tape!I made a bunch of smaller hoops for practicing inside but we live in a tiny apartment and I homeschool the girls...so we always have to move the desks and the kitchen table.....and the plaster on the ceiling has suffered! There are 14 kids in our apartment complex...so whenever we are ouside we are dodging bikes and babies and balls! I love the freedom of being outside...I do feel that since we do a lot of practicing inside. I have been able to really learn control in some of the techniques for off body work but outside is so much better for us because we have room to actually DANCE in and with the Hoop.
I am so excited for mud season to be over so we can go to the park. When I don't have the kids I just put on the i-pod so I don't have to talk to anyone..I know that might sound bad but when I am practicing alone and people are watching me sometimes I feel like I should only do the stuff I'm already good at and I need the music to let me go inside myself enough to work on the things that make me look akward or dorky while I'm learning them.

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Permalink Reply by Helfirey on March 25, 2009 at 7:09am

Oh, this has raised a technical question for me. I've toyed with the idea of hooping with an i-pod - but isn't it in danger of getting crushed by the hoop? Tips would be appreciated! I think the fear of looking awkward is a big problem for me, although I know it shouldn't be, I think it's kind of natural not to want to be seen messing up repeatedly though (especially when I think of how much I had to wave my arms around when learning to chest hoop).

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Permalink Reply by Jacqueline on March 25, 2009 at 7:43am

I have had some luck hooping with a an ipod although if the hoop hits the wire it will pull it away. The best place I have found to put it is in your hair :) either tucked in to a pony or wrapped in a scarf

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Permalink Reply by Helfirey on March 25, 2009 at 8:05am

genius!

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Permalink Reply by Ele Shine on March 25, 2009 at 9:04am

I usually put the ipod in a pocket (if i have one that is) and run the wires through my shirt. It works pretty well!

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Permalink Reply by Mad Maxine on March 26, 2009 at 8:57am

I made a holster for my ipod that fits between my boobs. It's not perfect, but it was the only place I could think of that wouldn't get smashed. I may buy one of those super tiny ipods just for hooping.

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on March 26, 2009 at 4:53pm

ha! that is such a clever thing to do.

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Permalink Reply by Salali on March 26, 2009 at 6:20pm

Yeah I have a shuffle( the tiny one) it has a built in clip so I wear a wide headband and clip the i-pod to it and tuck the cords up under it so I can work on stuff higher than my waist without tangling...much

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Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on March 25, 2009 at 7:38am

I struggle with the same things hooping in the park. I want to practice, but I don't want to look the fool either. Usually I compromise and work a little on new tricks, but mostly stick to what I like best. That works because I love to spin the hoop off body & do the helicopter, things that are near-impossible inside.

I hoop in my (mostly empty, dark because I removed the light fixture) dinning room. I also hoop in an empty lobby on campus, outside on campus, in the park, in my yard, and at the community center where my kids have play group. It's weird, because I WORRY so much, but I still haul my (big, non-collapsable) hoop everywhere. It really is my protective circle.

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Permalink Reply by Kinetic Kristen* on March 25, 2009 at 6:48am

I hoop in my apartment, which I probably should not do. :-) We have tape marks all over this half wall between our kitchen and dining room, I have knocked a chunk out of the edge of the bookcase, marks on a white free-standing cabinet, there's a few marks on the wall behind the cat tower and amazingly enough, a purple gaff tape mark right above my couch. My boyfriend and I didn't even notice that one until one Sunday we had the windows open & I guess the light came in at the right angle and BAM! that mark showed up. So I'm trying to go outside more, but the rain is not allowing me...although, could one potentially hoop in a light rain without much problem? Scratch that thought, wet tape is probably not a good idea.

I have hooped outside though. I've been to one of the parks near our apartment and my boyfriend took me to one of the greenway trailheads on St. Paddy's Day. I picked a large open, sunny section of park grass with a view of the river and just hooped it up while my boyfriend read on a park bench. He said everyone who passed by (and there were many) either stared or said the hooping looked cool/fun/good. And I've hooped in the grass between the playground and the pool at my apartment complex. Some people stare, some teenagers were super interested the other day but most people just kinda let me be there. When I go home to Maryville, I hoop in my mom's backyard; her neighbors don't care because they remember me twirling flags and rifles in the yard in high school but I'm sure it's just as entertaining, lol.

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