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Permalink Reply by Lindsay F on August 8, 2012 at 11:12am

You are SO not alone, I feel the same way! I know very few tricks, but the first one I started with was the corkscrew. It took me awhile to get that down, but I do it all the time now :) I only hoop in one direction, too, the other current is too difficult right now.

Chest/shoulder hooping sucks for me, too. It's so hard. I just can't seem to get it. I've read all over the place to keep trying at it, but I think I'm going to put it to the side for now. 

Permalink Reply by Shiko 777 on August 8, 2012 at 11:41am

Thanks for the reply. I should try learning  the corkscrew or vortex, it looks cool

Permalink Reply by spiralroot on August 8, 2012 at 12:49pm

Hoop-trix.com has lists of tutorials for about any trick you could think of. If you can't get something and it's frustrating you ,put it aside for later and try something else. Hooping is supposed to be fun :) you can always come back to it later, it takes some people up to a year to get chest hooping down , byt everyone's different. Just have to practice,practice,practice :)

Permalink Reply by Mallorie Berube on August 8, 2012 at 1:40pm

I would start with halo..  get comfortable moving the hoop from from your waist to above your head into halo. I would say once you get that then try to work on the vortex.  the vortex was one of the first things I learned to do..  and trust me it wasn't the whole vortex...  just bringing it up was a big deal for me!!  lol  but the more you do it the more comfortable you'll get.  

I know everyone is different but chest hooping and leg hooping were prob the two hardest things for me to learn..  or took the longest to learn I should say.

Good luck!  youll get it!!   :)

Permalink Reply by Shasta Lee on August 8, 2012 at 3:59pm

Shoulder/chest hooping is difficult, don't get frustrated if it doesn't come easily. Try working with basic off the body moves on www.hoop-trix.com 

Practice weaving the hoop in front of yourself. Get comfortable with both planes off of the body.  

Don't get too bent out of shape if you can't learn 'tricks'. put some music on that you really enjoy and go with it and hopefully you learn something from that.

StudentPermalink Reply by Beetletrix on August 8, 2012 at 8:46pm

I agree have fun first, the tricks will come eventually. I've only been hooping for a few days, but I've been able to learn a few tricks by accident just dancing to the music :)

Permalink Reply by Shiko 777 on August 9, 2012 at 11:04am

Thank you people !! hoop-trix is a great site.

And it's not that I'm not having fun hooping, it's just I'm getting bored of doing the same thing every time

Permalink Reply by Mootie Scootie on August 19, 2012 at 1:44am

Shasta Lee, thanks so much for sharing that website, it is amazing, gonna keep me busy for a while!  Shiko 777, since starting to hoop one year ago now I made sure every time I said I couldn't do a trick or move I ended the sentence with YET!  To date, I cant do knee hooping yet.  Keep that door open to believing.  Dont worry it will all come to you the fact that others can do these tricks or moves is proof that it is possible.  This is one of my favorite videos by SaFire, every time I see this it gives me inspiration and hope:  <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nmEwVC9x-h4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>