Hula Hooping

Learn how to make your own hoop using the instructions in my next video, or click here if you're ready to start learning.

Here is a quick and inexpensive way to make a hula hoop. You'll have plenty of supplies left to make several hoops. I do not add any water or sand to my hoops.…

Waist hooping is a great starting point for all body hooping. Hooping takes coordination, so give yourself time.

We'll take a look at 3 different ways to control the hoop: 1) Hip hooping, keeping the hoop on the hips, 2) Waist to hips, bringing the hoop down from waist to…

I'll go over two different ways to pass the hoop behind you using your hands: the behind pass and the helicopter pass.

I'll show you 3 different ways to bring the hoop overhead into lasso.

We'll take a look at hooping on the neck as well as how to bring the hoop from the neck to the waist. Please be sure to use a lightweight hoop, not a weighted…

I'll show you how to move the hoop from waist hooping into lasso overhead. I'll also show you how to move from lasso back to your waist.

I'll go over various ways to begin hooping on the shoulders.

I'll cover a few options for bringing the hoop to the chest and keeping the hoop on the chest.

This is a great beginner trick. Focus on turning smoothly and spotting, and this will help with all your turns.

I'll go over several variations for hooping on the hands. Hooping off the body can be a great workout for the arms and hands.

Let's take a look at bringing the hoop from the waist up to the neck or shoulders.

We'll take a look at both a horizontal and vertical pass through the legs.

I'll go over how to hoop on the legs while standing. Then we'll look at how to bring the hoop back up to the waist from the knees.

The kick up is a great way to move the hoop from the floor onto the legs.

Elbow hooping can be a fun way to transition. It's also a fun workout for the deltoids.

In this lesson we'll cover two different ways to perform isolations in front of the body with the hoop. Be sure you're fully warmed up before working on this…

This is a beautiful and fun trick. A high level of shoulder mobility is needed for this, so warming up before working on the isolation turn is recommended.…

This move is impressive and fun. A large hoop will make learning this trick more manageable.

This is a crowd-pleasing trick. I'll break it down into two levels of difficulty. You must be comfortable with neck and shoulder hooping before working on this…

This is a pass that moves the hoop around the body from the side to the front, to the side, and to the back. Before working on this trick, you should be…

A routine using some of the tricks we have covered thus far.

This routine will allow you to work on some fun combos.

This routine has tricks that require a high level of shoulder mobility, so be sure to warm up fully before working on this routine.