cat-britches replied to your video post: “It was a little darker than I wanted it to be and I was literally in a…”:
Dude how did you get started with this also where do you get that hoop I THINK I HAVE FOUND MY LIFE’S GOAL
OKAY. So i’m gonna make a hula hoop video like REALLY soon (i have a new roommate and i am not at the level yet where i can be like ‘dude please turn down your country music so i can talk to the internet’) BUT basically three years ago I found hooping through someone on tumblr who I will not name because she’s actually like a pretty horrible person but ever since then EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MAGICAL. I’m gonna make a long post now so idk if you know what you got yourself into.
start with a beginner hoop. I don’t care who tells you otherwise. starting with anything other than a humongous polyethylene hoop will likely lead you to a whole pile of frustration because, contrary to how little kids make it look, hooping is hard. you wanna know why you can’t hoop as well as your 5 year old cousin? it’s because you aren’t the same size as a 5 year old. that shit needs to be scaled up. and for the love of god please don’t buy a “fitness” hoop at walmart or target or wherever. you will literally destroy your body.
Watch. A. Million. Tutorials.
i’m kind of old school, so i’m a real advocate of the idea that you need to be able to waist hoop for 5 minutes straight without touching it with your hands or dropping it before you really move onto anything else. foundations are the key to being able to really dance inside of a hoop.
in kind of an opposite suggestion, hoop dance IS dance, so i like to suggest starting by just feeling the music and doing what feels right. i actually set aside times to “drill” certain tricks so i get them down foundationally, so when the time does come that i’m flowing and i’m really feeling a transition into a certain trick, i’m more likely to nail it.
likewise, put on some of your favorite music. you can hoop to literally anything. the internet will suggest that it’s really only good for edm and jam bands, but i have hooped my ass off to some screamo and some chill indie piano and anything in between and it has been a great time
i think this is the most important tip: if you don’t get something, don’t freak out. it took me three years to figure out this one move and, yeah, it sucked that i couldn’t get it for that long, but it was SO rewarding when i finally nailed it. some people pick up waist hooping immediately. some people don’t. the great thing about hooping is it’s a totally non-competitive form of exercise both mentally and physically. if you can’t waist hoop right away, count each rotation of the hoop as a new success. the only progress you should be measuring is against yourself.
my last tip, because this post is like 17 novels long at this point: record yourself. you don’t have to post it anywhere. record yourself and watch the footage back and then delete it if you want. by watching what you’re doing, you can spot small corrections that may need to be made, or you can see something you did that was really cool that you may want to try again! all tricks probably started accidentally at some point, so you could be creating new tricks for all you know!
wow i’m so sorry about this post haha. hooping gets me all jazzed up.
My hoop’s from here! I have nothing but wonderful things to say about that shop. I’ve also purchased an led hoop from here and I have a Hyperion on the way, but I started on like a 42″ polyethlene hoop. If anyone has any questions about starting hooping/what size hoop they should order/what kind of hoop they should get based on their hooping goals, message me! Also if anyone wants to be a guinea pig and buy a hoop from me, hit me up. I have lots of super pretty tape in all sorts of colors.
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