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Breaks and Reversals: Class Breakdown


Breaking the hoop repeatedly or reversing it entirely can alter your style dramatically. The best thing I've found in learning how to perform breaks is that it helps to teach you that the flow of the hoop can be broken without stopping your flow of dance. Practicing breaks will help to turn your mistakes into an opportunity because you're body will become more comfortable with approaching the hoop from different angles as you learn to simply grab/"safe" the hoop and flow right into something else. This practice has revolutionized my hoop dance.



Breaks and Reversals How-To Lessons Full Class Lessons
Coming Soon!
Session One Choosing your Hoop - Why size matters, hoop density, responding to your hoop
Reversing the Hoops Current - Quick Break, Slow Break and Freezes
Practicing in Reverse - Your First Assignment!
Full Class Session
Session Two Vertical Hand Hooping
Outside Breaks
Inside Break
Body Breaks - Tapping on Chest, waist, hits, legs, feet, arms, etc.
Toss and Grabs
Floor Taps

Horizontal Hand Hooping
Outside Breaks Using Opposite Hand
Horizontal Hand Breaks
Cradle Breaks
Body Breaks - Tapping on Chest, waist, hits, legs, feet, arms, etc.
Full Class Session
Session Three Waist Hooping
Hand Breaks - Above, Below, Inside, Cross
Arms - Cradle Breaks and Quick Taps
Knees - Quick Taps
Feet - Behind the Back Tap
Full Circle
Full Class Session
Session Four Chest Hooping
Hand Breaks - Above, Below and Pinch Breaks
Inside Break
Cross Break
Behind the Back
Vertical Chest Hooping Knee Taps
Full Class Session
Session Five Knee Hooping
The Scissor Switch - Using entire leg, knee or foot to reverse the current when knee hooping
Switch Back Scissor Switch - Breaks the hoop twice so it returns to it's original current
Foot Breaks
Full Class Session
Session Six Trick Breaks
Vortex Breaks
Helicopter Break
Step Through Reverse
Rising Sun Hand or Elbow Break
Revolving Door Leg Break
Full Class Session
Session Seven * BONUS SECTION * - Axis Switching
Introduction to the Concept of Axis Switching
Waist Hooping to "Catching the Air"
Waist Hooping to Skip Through
Vertical Chest Hooping to Skip Through
Vertical Vortex to Waist Hooping
Chest Hooping to Horizontal Isolation
Full Class Session

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