Belly Blast: Hooping below the belly button, so the hoop is rolling across you hip bones and lowest part of your back. This move requires you to engage your glut muscles!
Booty Bump: Hooping on a downward angle, where you lean forward at a 45 degree angle and bounce on your toes to propel the hoop. Your arching and relaxing lower back helps keep this move in flow.
Helicopter: Twisting the hoop on the vertical plane as you pass the hoop from front to back around your body. If going to the left, the left hand begins with an upright grip on the hoop, fingers are curled around the inside, thumb up on the outside. Your hand turns under, elbow coming up as the hoop turns over and you begin to pass into the right hand which receives it thumb down to continue the twist, elbow comes from up position to a downward position.
High Swish: While executing Swish with the hoop rotating to the right, pass the hoop to your left hand and bring your left hand high over head, now pass the hoop to your right hand back to Swish. Repeat with opposite hands for the hoop traveling to the left.
Leg Hooping: Hooping on the upper thighs, where either both legs are moving back and forthout of sequence, or both legs are moving together in sequence to keep the hoop in motion. To bring the hoop back up to waist, slide one leg out further than and hoop harder pumping the out stretched leg then begin to wiggle your hips for waist hooping (Powerhouse Pump). Limbo: Hooping on an upward angle, where you lean back, thrusting your hips skyward. The push from this move comes from your hips an belly.
Monkey: While hooping on your chest with your arms up overhead and elbows slightly bent, bring one arm down inside the hoop and back up and repeat with your other arm. This is similar to the Go-Go dance move of the same name.
Planetary: Similar in style to Orbital, hold hoop vertically as you turn in a circle. Rotate the hoop in front of you in a vertical circle, turning one hand to the other in a continuous motion.
Rodeo: Hooping overhead with either one hand or passing within a two handed grip.
Revolving Door: This move starts in Rodeo position overhead. You pull the hoop down vertically holding hands close to chest and step one leg through, one at a time. The hoop rotates in loosely gripped hands like a revolving door. You finish the move by bringing the hoop back up to Rodeo position.
Snake Charmer: While hooping on the waist, duck in both arms close to the body, one right after the other and shrug your shoulders to move the hoop up to your chest, shoulders or neck.
Spiral Down: In Rodeo position, switch to one-handed grip on your non-lead hand (right hand if you hoop counter-clockwise; left hand if you hoop clockwise), reach up with your lead hand and make an "L" shape with you two fingers and thumb. Position your arm horizontal to the hoop, "catch" the hoop in your L fingers as it swings to the front and pull down to your waist giving it a slight push with your hand.
Spiral Up: Starting in Rodeo position, switch to one-handed grip on your non-lead hand (right hand if you hoop counter-clockwise; left hand if you hoop clockwise), reach to the opposite hip and "shake hands" with the hoop as it comes to the front of your body, lift the hoop overhead with a strong elbow and twist hand so fingers point to the sky and your thumb tucks under to create one-handed Rodeo position.
Stall: While waist hooping and turning your body in a circle in the same direction as you hoop, lay one hand palm up flat against your waist. As the hoop comes in contact with your palm, push outward, and transfer the hoop to your other hand; your hands will be turned palms out in front and palms out behind you as you pass from hand to hand, keeping your hands close together. You are hooping around your body, inside the hoop on your hands at waist level. This move can also be started from Rodeo position, moving to Spiral Down and straight into stall. Remember you must keep turning in a circle to keep the momentum of the hoop in motion.
Swish: Can be executed with one or two hands, you are letting the hoop rotate in the vertical plane on your hand or hands. Make sure the hoop is coming in contact with your palm near your knuckles rather than near your thumb as you can bruise the thumb muscle easily. For the two-handed swish, you switch your grip from overhand (a the bottom of the turn) to under hand (at the top of the turn), your knuckles should always stay inside the hoop and your hands should be close together. To switch to one handed grip, you'll rotate your hand back to meet the hoop in order to push it around in a circle. Let gravity help you with this move so you don't have to work so hard.
Walk Around the World: Stand the hoop upright on the floor, arm's length away from you. With your fingertips, rotate the hoop in a circle as you walk around the hoop in a circle at the same time.
Weave: Hold the hoop to one side of your body, palm up. Push down with your opposite hand on the front of the hoop to begin momentum turning forward. Hold your elbow close to your chest as you move your hand in an infinity symbol (sideways figure-8). You want to achieve a nice flat vertical plane with your hoop on both sides of your body while maintaining a loose grip on the hoop. This is very similar to waving a flag, but with just one hand on the hoop. In the Weave, your thumb is leading the movement. In Reverse Weave your pinkie finger is leading the movement.
