hey everyone I was wondering how the heck do you get a hoop from your hips to your shoulders? I have tried all different ways to rock my body and cant do it. Can someone help me?
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Re: techniques
Wed, August 18, 2004 - 9:07 AM1. Practice, practice, practice!
2. Bend down slightly to "grab" the hoop with one of your upper arms first, then the other as the hoop comes around that way. (Note that this "grabbing" does not involve any hands.)
3. I have found myself moving side to side when the hoop is going around my shoulders while I move back and forth for most other moves.
4. Arch your back a little bit because the hoop needs a concave surface over which to roll. -
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Wed, August 18, 2004 - 10:12 AMalso, you can try starting on your neck and getting it down to your waist. if you get that, you might be able to see how it would want to come up.
(when you're learning to bring the hoop up using your body, you will at first probably look like a penguin, with arms pushing out from your body a bit to get the hoop up.)
are you the stilter who was saying you want to hoop on stilts? -
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Wed, August 18, 2004 - 12:02 PMWhen I first learned this I used my arms more so than body, mostly using my shoulders while keeping my arms alongside my body, but lifting them a little to puch the hoop up.. Also really focus on your breathing and "pushing" the hoop up from your diaphram... I found it easier to learn this way before learning to move the hoop up while your hands are over your head, but that came easily once I learned it the first way. You'll need to speed up a bit while you use your arms and focus UP UP UP... For me the breath was key.. and not looking at the hoop or the ground, but focusing on something in the distance and trying to just let it happen. Good luck and keep practicing!
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Wed, August 18, 2004 - 1:35 PMthis took me quite a while to learn. i think it helps to first be able to keep the hoop up at your chestunder the arms and/or over the arms before working on waist to chest. the funny thing is: you try and it doesn't happen. then, one day, you aren't trying, and it happens accidentally, and you can't repeat it. :) and then, one day, you start being able to repeat it. then, it suddenly becomes easier than hooping around the waist. weird thing, hooping! ;) gotta be zen about it. :) but once you learn it, it's like learning to ride a bike. it stays with ya. happy hooping! :) -
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Sat, September 11, 2004 - 2:56 PMI have to agree with "practice, practice, practice", your body normally dosent move like that, so its also a matter of getting acustomed to it. I also found that using a thiner, wider, weighted hoop was easier to bring up and down my body. Also, just start hooping around the area you want your hoop to go around, so your body can get used that movement. And always remember...have fun! -
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Sat, September 11, 2004 - 8:44 PMStick Yr butt out!~
No really, I just edge it up my chest and shoulders by bumping it up with my shoulders forward and my arse out.
Not nearly as graceful as snatching it from around your waist and placing it there, but far less likely to wipe out if youre still new at it!
Good luck and good question
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Sun, September 12, 2004 - 12:15 PMIf your hoop is at your waist, put your arms to your sides and start moving them like you would your waist. This is an arm flapping motion. To work it up to your shoulders you need to start holding your arms out farther while flapping them so the make a wider space (like a cone). This helps to inch the hoop up. It really helps to see this in person.
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Thu, September 16, 2004 - 7:51 AMHehe. Fun. I have gotten tot he accidental up. Although I have figured out how to grab it from my waste and get to my neck and a mostly fluidic motion. Although at Burning Man I was pulling it off my neck and up onto my arm and missed the opening and it cam around my head and managed to bust my lip open while dancing at the Deep End. Good luck, and Happy Hooping.
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Thu, September 16, 2004 - 3:43 PMAnybody got any tips for getting up from your knees or ankles?
I'm working on just grabbing it, but the timing has to be oh-so perfect for me to pull it off. I'm open to more suggestions.... -
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Thu, September 16, 2004 - 6:39 PMwhen I first learned how to get it up from my knees i exagerated my stance and bent my right knee ( when counterclockwise spinning) out to the right as if I was doing a slight lunge... You don't have to bend it too much, but a slight bend helps out. Use your knee to push it up and soon you'll be able to do it without the lunge. And most importantly of course, enjoy the bruises!! Good luck!! -
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Fri, September 17, 2004 - 9:08 AMAhh yes the shin bruise. I have a particularly interesting dilema. one of my legs has a nice bend in it left over from an accident. But it's also the leg that I seem to have he best control when doing one legged hooping. With jeans on it's not as bad, but with shorts it's becomes rather perpetual with the subtle pain as the hoop goes round and round.
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Fri, September 17, 2004 - 9:47 AMFrom my knees up to waist, I keep my right leg straight (w/ counter clockwise motion) and move my bent left leg in a counter clockwise motion with the hoop. It is like an Elvis leg motion. This will slowly inch it up. When the hoop gets nearer the hips I start wiggling my hips side to side to get it all the way up.
Happy hoopin! -
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Fri, September 17, 2004 - 1:03 PMThanks for the tips. I'll just have to practice more. I've been trying to get this one for the past year. For some reason, that trick just doesn't want to come. As for bruises, learn to love the bruises. I now have one on the right side of my face, where I got clocked trying to catch a throw. Caight it, but it scraped my face. I'm proud of my battle scars! :) -
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Tue, September 21, 2004 - 10:38 AMI was thinking that maybe your hoop is too slippery. If you have metallic tape on the inside this can be hard to grip on to your leg. Fabric tapes have more texture and are easier to work up from your knees to your waist.
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