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How often does it happen that ... you're hooping, you lift your hoop and ... while it's spinning overhead, you think,
"what do I do next?" Finally, you execute your newly learned move flawlessly, and then ... panic or confusion ...
"jump through?, back to the waist?, down to the knees?"
Every once in a while, does your hooping start to feel like just an endless loop of "what trick next?" In a way, it is.
But in another way, it isn't. Here are a couple ideas for navigating the space in between and to speed up and
even eliminate the urge for split-second decision-making in your hoopdance.
Part One. Okay, Hooping can be a series of tricks. For example, let's take a progression of 3 relatively basic
moves -- 1) Lift 2) Lasso, and 3) Around the World. In the first, you lift the hoop off your body. Next, you bring it
around in a figure eight in front of your body. And lastly, changing hands, you pass the hoop around your body.
Go ahead and try the three together.
Count. Now how much time (or how many beats) passed in between the moves? For many hoopers, we can count
to at least four. We lift the hoop and wait a couple seconds. Then Lasso and hold. And finally you pass it around
your body. Now take it down to one beat each. Lift, Lasso, Around the World.
Do it over and over again until you're no longer thinking about it. Learning to hoop was all muscle memory - why
shouldn't it continue to be so? Repeat three to five movements back-to-back, giving each one beat, and leaving
no time in between. You should feel faster and less stressed about "what's next." Committing several 3-5
movement series to muscle memory -- that you can mix, match, and mix up -- can increase your confidence and
help you to think differently about your hooping.
Why? Because it may not actually be just about the tricks. For two reasons -- here's the first. While putting
together these 3-5 movement series, you're forced to think about natural transitions. Not in the moment of doing
it, but beforehand. You will have to think about how different hooping movements go together - not just in general,
but for you. After putting a few one-beat wonders together, you'll begin to get a picture of what your body wants to
do with a hoop ... and when.
Ready for Part Two?: Dance Hoopless!
"what do I do next?" Finally, you execute your newly learned move flawlessly, and then ... panic or confusion ...
"jump through?, back to the waist?, down to the knees?"
Every once in a while, does your hooping start to feel like just an endless loop of "what trick next?" In a way, it is.
But in another way, it isn't. Here are a couple ideas for navigating the space in between and to speed up and
even eliminate the urge for split-second decision-making in your hoopdance.
Part One. Okay, Hooping can be a series of tricks. For example, let's take a progression of 3 relatively basic
moves -- 1) Lift 2) Lasso, and 3) Around the World. In the first, you lift the hoop off your body. Next, you bring it
around in a figure eight in front of your body. And lastly, changing hands, you pass the hoop around your body.
Go ahead and try the three together.
Count. Now how much time (or how many beats) passed in between the moves? For many hoopers, we can count
to at least four. We lift the hoop and wait a couple seconds. Then Lasso and hold. And finally you pass it around
your body. Now take it down to one beat each. Lift, Lasso, Around the World.
Do it over and over again until you're no longer thinking about it. Learning to hoop was all muscle memory - why
shouldn't it continue to be so? Repeat three to five movements back-to-back, giving each one beat, and leaving
no time in between. You should feel faster and less stressed about "what's next." Committing several 3-5
movement series to muscle memory -- that you can mix, match, and mix up -- can increase your confidence and
help you to think differently about your hooping.
Why? Because it may not actually be just about the tricks. For two reasons -- here's the first. While putting
together these 3-5 movement series, you're forced to think about natural transitions. Not in the moment of doing
it, but beforehand. You will have to think about how different hooping movements go together - not just in general,
but for you. After putting a few one-beat wonders together, you'll begin to get a picture of what your body wants to
do with a hoop ... and when.
Ready for Part Two?: Dance Hoopless!
One-Beat Wonders
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Work Smarter, Not Harder
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