Comment by cassandra thomas on October 9, 2012 at 5:37am

progress, unfortunately does not always come in the form of instant gratification...though i wish it did ;) but you are getting better,even if it doesnt feel that way right now. Eventually your flow will come, you will find yourself moving more comfortably inside the hoop. that's a great start that you arent concentrating on tricks but more of the movement in general. Sounds to me like you are on the right track girl! <3 just keep spinning, and the rest will fall into place ;)

Comment by Sammy J on October 9, 2012 at 8:48am

I'm pretty much in the same spot you are. My advice would be to work on connecting all the moves that you have already learned. Work on a routine, and sometimes that will create a new move or something unique to your own style. If everything feels effortless, than you are progressing. Try adding a second hoop, or spinning while on the ground, or use your feet to spin with. Try and figure out different ways to toss it in the air and catch it. LIGHT IT ON FIRE

Comment by Sammy J on October 9, 2012 at 8:50am

LIGHT IT ON FIRE!! That never gets old for me. And if all else fails, start making your own tutorial videos. It will help you progress immensely when you learn how to explain tricks to others. Plus it feels good to be a teacher. Here's one I did: http://youtu.be/DgaqUGRmryg

Best of luck!

Sam

Comment by Phoenix Sprite on October 9, 2012 at 12:05pm

Best Advice that the universe gave me in reguards to hula hooping, you won't grow if you are not  hooping for yourself. For me that means film less durning practice sessions, don't hoop infront of others hoping to grap their attention and impress them, and put all my focus on the hoop, or hoops, and music and drop any and all thoughts otherwise. The brick walls bother you if you change your focus. We all have a brick wall infront of us, but it's important to enjoy dancing infront of the thick wall till the day comes where you are infront of a different wall.

Comment by Britany on October 26, 2012 at 3:37am

Aww. I was in the same situation, but I came up with a solution. 5 tricks that you wanted to learn. Then incorporated those into a routine. Once you keep doing that routine it will look more and more beautiful. You'll start to move your arms differently, even accidentally learn a trick or two. Once I get those down I learn more and more until I keep growing. You'll get tired of doing the same tricks since you nearly perfected them, you'll want to learn something else.

If you're just working on flow, your more concerned about how you look rather than how you feel. Work on feeling and then on looking.

Good luck :)

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