Getting Started:
1. Choose your hoop! Find one that is:
- larger, making it easier to hold
- heavy, helping it keep a rotation pattern
- hip height, ensuring it’s the right size for you
2. How do I Hula? Here’s the do’s and dont’s:
- DO rock your feet back and forth with one foot forward
- DON’T roll your hips
- DON’T tilt your hips side to side
- DON’T tilt your hips forward and backward
3. Time to spin! Follow this sequence:
- place the hoop on the small of your back
- turn to the left or right, whatever feels right
- rock your feet a little faster and start the spin
- turn in the same direction as the hoop to help keep it moving
Try some tricks!
Elbow Hoopies:
- spin the hoop between your wrist and elbow
- bend your arm toward your shoulder and away
- follow the motion of the hoop
On Body Movement:
- start the hoop spinning on your waist
- wiggle your hips and waist
- use your body to move the hoop up to your chest and back down
Hand Twirl:
- grip the hoop in one hand
- start spinning the hoop above your head
- keep the hoop rotating on your palm
- grip the hoop as you move your arm below your waist
- release the hoop and spin in the opposite direction
Isolation:
- Hold the hoop in one hand in front of you
- turn the hoop parallel to your body so you’re looking through it
- grip the hoop at 3 o’clock (left side)
- turn your hand to 12 o’clock (the top)
- turn your hand to 9 o’clock (right side)
- turn your hand to 6 o’clock (bottom)
- in a smooth motion, slide your hand around the circle, changing your grip when needed
