What is hooping?
“Hooping” is just a shortened form of the words hula
hooping. However, there is a difference between hooping and regular hula
hooping that everyone remembers as a child. Hooping is hula hooping with much
larger and custom made hoops. Since the
hoops are custom made they are supposed to be able to be used by anyone! Many
people think that they cannot hula hoop because they couldn’t when they were
younger or they are just too old now. This should not be a worry however
because with these custom made hoops they are supposed to be much larger and
heavier, therefore so easy to do anyone can do it. Hula hooping used to be
something of the past that everyone (including my grandparents) did when they
were young children as a pass time with the small and very light hula hoops
that made a rattling or shaking noise when they moved around. More recently
hula hooping has started to make its way back into peoples’ lives as a form of
dance or just a fun hobby and even an exercise. Today’s hooping is also different
from the old style hula hooping because today hooping is almost always
associated with music. Hooping has been something people have recently started
doing to music at music festivals and even raves. Another benefit of these
custom made hoops used for today’s hooping is that since they are much larger
it makes it easier to pick it up while hula hooping and learn to do tricks. These
large custom hoops can move very slowly around your body but you can also hula
hoop fast with them if you want. Another benefit of the hoops being so large in
diameter is like mentioned earlier it is easier to hoop with but it is also
easier to hoop around any part of your body! It is easy to hula hoop around
your waist, your legs, knees, neck, chest and even your elbows! Another reason
I really like and prefer hooping is that it is something you can make your own
and you can hoop around to whatever music you want. Everyone has a different “style”
of hooping, some people prefer to hoop fast while other prefer a slower pace
and this greatly depends on what type of music they are listening to. Many people also believe that there are many
great health benefits from hooping. Some people use hooping as almost a meditative
way to calm down and relax. Some people also believe that it is an actual
exercise and you can tone your stomach and core by just doing a little hooping
every day.
This is a video that I had actually never seen before today
but I really like it because it shows a different aspect of hooping. This is an
older lady (who is actually really good) showing her own style of hooping and
she incorporated the tango moves into her hula hooping.
This video relates to the above journal post because as I
talked about, different people have their own styles of hooping and everyone’s
is different somehow. Also I talked about the hoops being large enough for
anyone to hoop. This lady in the video isn’t a kid, she’s a little bit older
but she is still able to use the hoop and is awesome at it.
This is another you tube video of someone hooping; and it’s
probably my favorite because I really like her style of hooping. Even though it doesn’t have the best sound
and picture quality you can clearly see that it’s something that this girl really
enjoys and spends a lot of time practicing.
This video relates to the journal post because it is another
video that represents how many different styles of hooping there is. This girl
in the video clearly has a different style than the girl in the above video.
This girl uses a different genre of music and has a faster pace with a smaller
hoop.
This is a website that really gives a great description of
what hula hooping is and really goes into detail on how hula hooping started a
long time ago and how it was brought back into today’s society. This is a great
website because it teaches to everyone about the different types of hula
hooping rather than focusing on one style of hooping or one age group.
This website is relative because it shows a lot of great
information for people who are just beginning to hula hoop or even to people
who are just curious as to what it is. I liked this website because it did not
focus on one particular age group or one style of hooping, it was useful
information for anyone interested in hooping.
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