Comment by Jana from Ula Oopla land on February 7, 2010 at 12:08pm

That's great! How did you manage to get so many people involved/interested if nobody knew hooping before? I am at the same situation, lonely hooper, trying to spread the love but it is just so difficult, almost impossible. Any advise?

Comment by Amy Irish on February 7, 2010 at 1:01pm

Hi Jana :) It helped that I am a fitness instructor/yoga teacher, because I started offering monthly workshops where I work and got some interest that way. Then, last fall, I contacted our Adult Education program and pitched the idea. They got back to me a few months later, I had a short interview with them and then they did all the advertising etc. If you can go through a city Adult Ed program (through the school system), they usually send out a book of courses available every semester to all the residents of that city or town - free advertising for you! All of the participants are from my town except for 2 or 3 people. I'm hoping to bring it the surrounding towns next :) If you want a hoop community, just go for it! Another tip I would give is to tell any hopeful instructors to get a group fitness certification through, www.AFAA.com or www.ACEfitness.org. It's not very expensive and it will open a lot of doors for you. Also, you will need CPR. Good luck!

Comment by Amy Irish on February 7, 2010 at 6:00pm

oh and I started a hoop club on www.meetup.com. It's about $10 per month, but I have 34 members not including the people from my new class :)

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