How to Jump With a Hula Hoop

Once you've learned to spin a hula hoop around your waist, you're ready to try some harder hooping tricks. The simplest of these require you to move your body while maintaining the basic spinning motion with your hips. One such move is the hula hoop jump, which is a good way to spice up a beginner's routine and make hooping more of a workout.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Get the hula hoop into motion around your waist. If you can't keep it going for more than a few seconds, work on your basic technique until you've got more stamina.

2. Position your feet a little wider than shoulder-width apart. This gives your hips plenty of room to move and improves your balance.

3. Take a short hop into the air. Make your first two or three jumps as small as you can--you should just barely leave the ground with each one.

4. Keep your hips moving as you jump into the air. If your hips stop rotating, the hula hoop drops to the ground.

5. Increase the height of your jumps until you reach the perfect balance of hang-time and hoop-spinning. If you go too high, the hoop will drop below your hips and catch around your ankles.

Tips & Warnings

• Leap and land on the balls of your feet. Jumping flat-footed exposes your lower back and knees to extra wear-and-tear.
• Wear athletic shoes with good cushioning when performing hula hoop jumps. This eases the impact of landing and puts more spring in your step.

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Resources

• Check out this impressive video of a girl jumping with her hoop.