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Beginning Lessons


This section covers:

* Everything you can do while hooping at the waist.
* Turning
* Walking
* Flow, movement and dance
* Introduction to the physics of hooping

Beginning Lessons- lessons to get you started.



Hand Hooping


This section covers:

* Hand hooping/Off the body tricks
* THE HELICOPTER (It's one of my favorites!)
* Tosses, throws and catches.
* Isolations!!

The Helicopter- Spinning the hoop around your body.



Leg Hooping


This section covers:

* Hooping at the knees
* Hooping on one leg
* Raising the hoop from the knees to the waist
* Jumping out of the hoop/Removing the hoop from knees
* Safety's in case the hoop drops below knees

Hooping at the Knees- Maintaining the hoop at your knees.

Raising from the Knees- Tutorial on how to raise the hoop from your knees to the waist.

Hooping on One Leg- Removing one leg, balancing and maintaining the hoop and then jumping back in.



Chest Hooping


This section covers:

* Raising the hoop from the waist to the neck - The Shimmy
* Alternating arms
* Maintaining the hoop at the chest
* Raising the hoop from waist to chest (no arms)
* Chest hooping on the vertical plane


The Shimmy- Raising the hoop from the waist to the neck using your arms to shimmy the hoop up.

Raising the Hoop (no hands)- Bringing the hoop up the body without your hands or arms.

Chest Hooping- This video covers how to work your way up to chest hooping by practicing alternating arms. As well hooping with or without your arms inside the hoop.


Moving Through the Hoop


This section covers:

* Jumping through the hoop; horizontal and vertical plane
* The Vertical step through

Jumping Through the Hoop- Jumping on a horizontal plane.


Flow and Style


This section covers:

* Ideas for improving your flow and doing less "tricking" and more "dancing"
* How to combine different styles of dance with hooping.
* Trick combination suggestions.
* Acting, clowning or developing a character while hooping.

Trick Combination- Two transitions from off the body hooping to waist hooping. This tutorial covers the duck in and the drop on.


Multiple Hoops


This section covers:

* Hand hooping with two hoops
* Hoop with multiple hoops on the body
* How to add hoops as you perform


Multiple Hoops- Example of hooping with four hoops.

Tips for Multiple Hooping- These are my suggestions for how to begin your journey into hooping with multiple hoops.



Making Hoops


This section covers:

* Daytime hoops
* Collapsible hoops
* LED and Glow hoops
* Fire hoops
* Decorating your hoop

Regular Hoops- How to make your own adult sized hoops out of plumbing piping.

Collapsible Hoops- How to make a hoop that will collapse so that you can travel with it anywhere!

LED Hoops- How to create your own glow hoop with LED lights and an on/off switch.



Performing


This section covers:

* How to choreograph a hoop dancing performance, timing, interactions with the audience, using safeties and planning costumes.
* Setting up your space, working the area
* Getting paid or working for free
* Fire vs. blacklight vs. multiple hoops, dancing vs. circus


Performing- Interacting with the crowd, choosing costumes and working the space.