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Summary: Learn the history of the hula hoop and the exercise capabilities of it in this free hobbies, health, and fitness video clip.
Kayla has been an avid hula hooper for many years. She's been a dancer since the age of four and has one many hula hooping competitions.read more
The origins of the hula hoop are unknown but for thousands of years hoops have been used as toys for children to play with. At different times in our history they have been made of different materials. around 3000 years ago in the Egyptian cultures they were usually made of grapevines or some other form of hard reed. Today they are made almost completely of plastic and children swing them around their hips, limbs and neck and have also developed numerous tricks with them.
For this series we have a rather unique expert who is so much like a child she actually is one. Kayla Buccola, a hula hooping prodigy will show you exactly how to hoop yourself and also a few tricks you can use to impress your friends or just to have fun with by yourself. Learn how to do tricks on your ankles, arms and neck as well as a surprise ultimate hula hoop trick that you have to see. So grab your hoop and lets get hula-ing!
"KAYLA BUCCOLA: Hi. My name is Kayla, and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you how to hula hoop. Okay. So, first off, I'm going to tell you a little bit about hula hoop. Well, since kids long time ago in the 1800's, didn't really have toys, they used to make things, turn it into circles but just playing with sticks in circular objects. In Greece, they actually used dried olive vines and made it into a hula hoop and started this. In the 1950's is when the hula hoop really started to sail. It was the biggest fad ever. Kids of all ages and even grown ups were hula hooping. Even today, you could walk into a store and probably find a hula hoop but you should most likely try it in the summer because they're seasonal items. Hula hoops are great to exercise with. You could do all sorts of things to help you move your body. Let's say you want to run with it, you could jump rope with your hula hoop. Or you could even do a skip it. The smaller hula hoops are better for skipping as the bigger ones are better for jumping in. See? There are so many things you can do with the hula hoop, from just bring it around your hips and shaking or even dancing with it."
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