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Permalink Reply by Alli Kobrick on June 15, 2011 at 12:35pm

Hi Shay! Welcome to the Hoop Community :)

 

I would start with these fundamentals:

 

WAIST HOOPING (in both directions)

HIP HOOPING

CHEST HOOPING (without your arms inside at first)

 

You could also begin to play around with hand work by trying to spin the hoop over your head.

 

And most of all - HAVE FUN!  Learning can be really frustrating and also totally rewarding. Give yourself a break from the hoop if it gets to be too much. 

Permalink Reply by Shay Davis on June 15, 2011 at 2:07pm

Thanks so much!! I've been watching a lot of tutorials and was wowed by how much stuff you can actually do with the hoop! And I was stuck on where to start. So thank you! :)

 

StudentPermalink Reply by Molly Miller (b0wieh00ps) on June 15, 2011 at 3:08pm

I have nothing to add to that. :) Excellent place to start. I would recommend starting to play with knee hooping which is totally frustrating by the way, just so you can have core hooping down. (the area from your knees to your chest or neck) It's just something a little more challenging to play with.

Permalink Reply by Alli Kobrick on June 15, 2011 at 3:17pm

And let me emphasize the word CHALLENGING!  I actually threw my hoop across the gym floor after becoming so frustrated with knee hooping :P

But like everything, its just practice.  There is really no other way to learn.

Permalink Reply by Shay Davis on June 15, 2011 at 6:28pm

Thank you so much for all your help!

 

Permalink Reply by Natural Rock'N -IVY on November 19, 2012 at 9:39am

belly dance is kinda similar. it actually helps to isolate your core.  also practice making a circle with your hips. have fun!