Amy, my Canadian hoop instructor, had us doing different waist hooping drills last night. Walking while hooping was one of them.
In the GIF on the left, I'm hooping in my dominant direction (to the right / clockwise). You can tell I can move forwards and backwards without having to "catch " the hoop. In the other GIF, I'm hooping in my non dominant direction (this is most folk's dominant/to the left/ counter clockwise). I have to do an extra waist hooping rotation to make sure I have control before attempting to walk backwards.











