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Revolving Door Tutorial – Jon Coyne

Jon Coyne from Hoop Smiles shares this great tutorial on how to Hula hoop for beginners: this tutorial features stepping through the hoop. This video looks at how to step through the hoop which is known as the revolving door and various step through related tricks.
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The Rebirth Of Hula Hooping

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Kent Bye gave this presentation in front of 600 people at Ignite Portland in the Bagdad Theater on November 19th 2009. Ignite presentations are 20 slides and 5 minutes long with the slides automatically advancing every 15 seconds, and Kent decided to do one about the Resurgence of Hula Hooping — while hooping. Continue reading The Rebirth Of Hula Hooping

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Knee Hooping Tutorial

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Learning to hoop on your knees ( knee hooping ) and lower body will open up a vast amount of movement, tricks and dance within your hoop dance. Babz Robinson gives us a fantastic knee hooping tutorial on how to spin with the hoop in your knee while spinning and hopping one foot! looks way better than it sounds! Continue reading Knee Hooping Tutorial

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Hooping Tip: Hand Movements while Hoop Dancing

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Do you ever watch a video of yourself and go “what is my hand doing”? This has been something I’ve worked on throughout my hoop journey and will likely always have to put energy towards. Often times it’s easy for us to forget about our other hand, the on that isn’t holding a hoop. What do we do with this hand? What can we do? Below is an inspiration video to get us started on some ideas. Continue reading Hooping Tip: Hand Movements while Hoop Dancing

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Saving the Hula Hoop

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Sometimes when we have those moments during our hoop dance where you know that a mistake is coming and you lose control of your hoop, instead of letting the hoop fall to the ground, save it and flow it into another move. This will make your hoop dance seem flawless and the mistake doesn’t look like a mistake but an intentional part of the hoop dance. Continue reading Saving the Hula Hoop

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Week 2: Hooping Idol Goes Country

Are you ready for some country hoopin’? You better be, because it’s Country Week on Hooping Idol! So grab a beer or some sweet tea and sit yourself on down for a spell. For those of you just tuning in, here’s what’s happened on Hooping Idol 3 so far. Continue reading Week 2: Hooping Idol Goes Country

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Sunset Hooping

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Hooping has been known to give us a good feeling, and when it’s a beautiful day and the sun is setting and the noise and pace of the world is slowing down around us inside the circle and we find our center, it can be a really good feeling indeed. Spring has most definitely sprung! They live in Bangor, Maine, USA, and the soundtrack for this is “Finally Moving” by Pretty Lights Continue reading Sunset Hooping

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Lisa Looping: LED Hoop Dance Performance

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Lisa Looping of Happy Hooping is here to share her mesmerizing LED hoop skills with all of us. With her hoops softly glowing at twilight, Lisa shows us her expertise with multiple hoops and she knows how to rock a pair of twins as well. Don’t be surprised if you feel a shift in the space time continuum. She lives in Vienna, Austria, and the soundtrack for her video is called “Finding the Future by Looking Backwards” from the album “The Divine Invasion” by Bluetech Continue reading Lisa Looping: LED Hoop Dance Performance