All things Hoop

Is it fall yet? I swear, it was warmer inside the studio today than outside. And it's summer in the south. I was dripping sweat everywhere. And my favorite double tabbed hoop has been temporarily made into a single tabbed hoop for the current intermediate unit. I don't have a lot of experience on a single tab. It's a lot less stable, very shaky.

On Saturday, I went hooping. I finally unlocked windmill into 2- and 3-beat weaves and back again. It needs some smoothing out. And I'd like to get better at reverse weaves, too, to make it even more awesome. Check out my space! I love hooping in here.

Improvements

Wow, it's been a minute since I posted. I got stuck in a funk for weeks. Everything was upsetting me. I seem/hope to be coming through to the other side now. Saturday, I kicked butt. I went to lyra. Had a flexibility private lesson. And went hooping at my new gym, in the aerobics room. I'm allowed to use it when it's not already in use for class. I am STILL sore from Saturday.

First up, finally! An overhand shoulder lockoff. I never could hold this, I would drop immediately with no discernible hold. I would joke about, how can you improve on zero? I held this for like three mississippis. This may not be a big deal to a lot of people, but it's huge for me.

Check out my ball to top. It feels horrible. But it doesn't look that bad. I mean, it just looks like I need a slight foot catch. However, it FEELS like I have zero control. But it actually doesn't look all that terrible.

And splits in front is finally somewhere interesting. I think my quad flexibility is limiting me here because the foot pain was minimal, which was the barrier to this for so long. I should work on extending my arms and see if my foot stays in the hoop.