While I was hooping in the park this weekend, a number of brave passers-by picked up a hoop for the first time (or the first time since childhood) and gave it a whirl. I say brave because it takes courage to agree to try something new, to move your body…
“Most tricks I can learn in an afternoon,” my hooping friend Hannah was telling me on our ride back from the hoop gathering. “That must be nice,” I said. I was thinking that it must be true for a lot of skills that some people just catch on quickly. I’ve…
You can do a whole lot with a hoop without ever spinning it around your body. On the other hand, it’s awfully satisfying to feel the hoop roll smoothly around your waist–or other body part. You can do whatever pleases you with your hoop, of course, but I suggest everyone…
Forget about your height. Some advice on getting the right size hoop.
More than once, I’ve heard people admiringly exclaim that a friend “never drops the hoop” or “can go forever,” as if this were the point of hooping. I’m here to tell you, it’s not. It’s true that with practice, hooping around the waist (and elsewhere on the body) becomes…
It’s that time of year when we make promises to ourselves– “this year I’m going to…” Perhaps hooping is on your list of resolutions under the category of getting in shape, feeling better about yourself, or trying something new. If so, you’re already on the right track. While by the…
With all the additional calories and stress Americans seem to pile on ourselves during the holiday season, don’t forget to carve out time for a little self-care. Hooping is a great cure and here’s some advice on finding space to do it.
Dr. Hoopwell says… Hooping at an angle is entertaining and challenging, but sometimes you just want the hoop to go around in a flat, horizontal plane, and it seems to want to go crooked. For most people frustrated with Unintentional Angle, the hoop’s path is maddeningly consistent and the…
Why it pays to try it in reverse.
A difficult hoop learning moment and what it taught me.
