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Permalink Reply by Isa "GlitterGirl" Isaacs on April 13, 2011 at 7:19pm

congratulations and good luck. 

 

for warm ups i recommend any combination of the following:

- have them hoop or try to hoop at their own pace for several minutes

- lead them through a series of stretches you like to do  

- invite them to warm up using whatever stretches they want

- tell them which muscle groups you're putting emphasis on and what they should warm up (for example, in classes when i know i'm doing tons of kicks i do extra warmups for the upper leg/inner thigh) 

- start with basic waist hooping and then after they are doing that for a bit, then stop and do a more specific guided stretch session

- explain to them the risk of injury they could get if you got yours through hooping/injuries you have/injuries you have helped treat through hooping and the appropriate stretches to assist/reduce/avoid said injuries

 

:) 

 

blessings, bliss, beauty and brilliance to you...

...isa

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Permalink Reply by Cuban Leigh on April 14, 2011 at 12:00pm

I think this will be a fun and exciting venture for you....

For warm ups I always like to incorporate the hoop into the stretches ...

examples:

side bends: use the hoop behind the back and have the arms against the inside of the hoop while doing the side bend.

  Angel wings: If they are stretching standing up and touching their toes... Have them put the hoop behind their back with arms stretched out holding onto the outside of the hoop.  Have the bottom of the hoop touching their upper thigh below the booty... Then raise it over their head and infront of their body (the hoop will be on a vertical plane at this point)  then with a flat back have them put the hoop in front until the hoop touches the floor. Then they can pull their chest to the floor.  This will stretch their quads, shoulders, and back.

 

As for the actual workshop mediating the different levels is something I am working on as well since I am teaching a mixed level course.  What has worked best for me is adapting every move from beginner to intermediate or advanced.

Example:

If I am teaching how to pass the hoop around the body I am also teaching how to do the helicopter or the over the back pass... If its isolations I am teaching the basic isolation into iso pops and linear moves... If it is corkscrews I am teaching vortex, corkscrew break and reversals , or one handed vortex. 

 

By doing it in this fashion, every basic trick you teach their is an advanced move that is built upon it.  I like doing it like this since everyone is somewhat on the same page and you are describing similar motions to everyone that makes sense to the beginners as well as the advanced hoopers.

 

 

I wish you the best of luck and the happiest time

 

All Love