oh ya and i wanted to mention that im also waiting to get surgery on my shoulder and i dont have a great range of motion in my left shoulder. Do you think that could hinder my ability to do the beam me up? If not them maybe its just one of those moves that it taking me longer than others. Also thank you so much for your tutorials. They are so great and have helped me so much! Thank you = )
@Starr1331 If you practice relaxing and stretching your shoulder, you'll be able to do it. If you're tense, you can't. You need to relax and breathe and then stretch into it. Practice it without your hoop. Really hold an empty cup and work on keeping it upright. Starting from the mid-back do two full circles. Not one. Two. It will help you feel the rhythm you have to maintain to steadily spin up. Lift your shoulder, then, when it's high as it can go, your elbow, etc. Slowly build muscle memory.
Caroleena I have a question I was wondering if you could help me with. Okay when i lift up from the waist i lift from the front. I think you call it the greeter? I do it just fine that way but I cant seem to lift when my hand is on my back. Well I'm having a lot of trouble doing the "beam me up" and as i was watching you i noticed you started lifting with your hand on your back...is that move possible is you lift from the front?
@Starr1331 It is another move if you use the hand that would be behind you for a btb lift to do a front lift. You can hold the palm flat in front of the abdomen (or wherever) and lift straight up when the hoop lands on it it. It's fast & not a behind-the-back lift, which does require shoulder strength and mobility. It may help heal your shoulder as it slowly stretches you into being able to spiral up like your hand is riding the wave of a tornado that picked it up and spun it up into the air.
i'm practicing with a 28 inch hoop, i'm not sure how much it weighs but it's a child's hoop, filled with water so not too much. i've tried to do this but i can never get my hand to fit , and my arms always in the way. do you think i need a bigger hoop?
@ProcessedCheeseSlice Yes, yes and yes! You need an adult sized hoop. It's cool that you can hoop with a kid's hoop (I can't) but it's like trying to learn to ride a bike on a tricycle -- possible, but not ideal. Hooping, like most sports, is about fitting the equipment To You!!!! I can direct you to hoop making instructions if you need that. We need hoops made for us!!!!
I am grasping the hoop while it rises. I'm not supposed to right? Its just supposed to lay on the sweet spot right? For some reason my hand wants to grip it.
@APCTOOL16 Yes, resisting the urge to grasp the hoop is one of the real challenges of this lift but you must not grasp it! Especially if you want to later learn the Pizza Toss. That is all about letting it go, ideally with force behind it!
Can I please have the name of the song and the DJ of the second track that comes on this video. And for the record this has been ridiculously helpful I went to Ultra and people were trying to teach me how to do this and I kept launching my hoop into trees. =]
Can I please have the name and DJ of the second track that comes on in this video. And thank you this has been ridiculously helpful, I went to Ultra and people were trying to teach me how to do this move and I just kept launching it into trees. =]
@IcedHeroin The song is called Firefly and the music is by Euphoria. I love it too. It's one of my favorites. And I'm so glad this has been helpful. You know launching it into the trees is also a move ... it's called the Pizza Toss. So don't forget how to let go of the hoop. You're going to want to be able to do that again one day!
Thank you VERY much. The idea that I am holding a cup of something I don't want to spill was very helpful to get me to figure out how I am supposed to do this move. I don't have it down yet, but this really clarifies it for me when other videos did not.
First off, thank you for your great tutorials. I've learned a lot from you!
A quick question: what size and weight of hoop do you recommend for a beginner attempting lifts? The hoop I have now is my first and was given to me recently. It's got a large circumference, but it's very heavy. I have difficulty practicing these moves because my wrist simply isn't strong enough!
I recommend as light a hoop as you can manage for learning lifts and hand hooping. Build strength w/o injury. This tubing is 100 psi and has as small hand hold as I could figure out - 1/2 inch around. It's also made to the biggest diameter I can manage while vertical waist hooping at an angle w/t hitting the floor. I like it to be large as possible on the inside circle - slower coming round, gives more time to do the lift, allows you to press into each of the 360-degrees w/in the circle.
Usually that diameter is anywhere for 44 inches down 38" for me. I'd measure from ground to your bellybutton or so and multiple that number of inches by pi to get the radius of the circle so you'll know how many inches of tubing you'll need to make your hoop or to order it if you're ordering one. Hope this helps!
First off, your videos are so helpful. You explain things very well without putting me to sleep like some instructional videos.
I'm having so much trouble with this! I got a cup and practiced , but I still can't get it. Here are my problems:
I'm left handed, so I automatically try to use that hand to lift, which direction should the hoop be going? I can't use my right hand to do this move because I have a messed up elbow from a broken arm, it bends differently. so I can't lift the same.
If you are lifting with your left from behind the hoop needs to be going clockwise (as you look down at it moving around your waist). Using the left hand for the front lift means the hoop needs to be going CCW.
I'm sorry to hear about your messed up elbow. Have you seen a physical therapist? Sometimes they have some very healing exercises. And perhaps try while turning really really slow to the right and breathing slow and lifting really slow. It might help you figure out a way. Good luck!
One more thing, if you start trying to rehab your right so that you can do this move, I recommend using a really light hoop. This one is 100 psi but you can make them even smaller, like the Native American hoopdancers use. That might help you build strength in your recovering arm also. Healing blessings to you.
There's nothing I can do about it short of re-breaking my arm, I broke it when I was four and it didn't set right. But I seem to be getting better at doing this anyway so i'm not letting it stop me. Thanks!
I have learned so much from your tutorials. Lifts from waist uses belly dance methodology and applying this while learning from you has greatly helped. I didn't "get it" before. Thank you so much for devoting your time to teaching your viewers, we appreciate you. Your movements are so gracefule and your personality is sunshine!!
Thanks for this detailed demo on this impossible (for me!) move. I still can't get it (grrrrr) but am closer and understand the motion better. I wish I could slow this demo down to see the hand positioning every step of the way. I hoop from left to right and have to reverse everything, adding to the challenge. I usually get all tangled up, but I'm determined to get this even if it takes months!!! By the way, love Mulder's contribution. He is adorable.
If it helps, when lifting from the back, the palm starts on the inside of the hoop but as the hand lifts -- a lift that starts in the shoudler (so important!) --the hand rotates until the back of the hand faces the floor and the hoop spins atop the palm, above the head. This is the point where you point your fingertips toward heaven so that they come up inside the hoop and into the "lasso" position. Keep trying. You'll get it. If you need help shoot a vid or try to describe it and I'll help.
Do you have any suggestions in particular for bringing the hoop back down from your right hand when the hoop is going counterclockwise? I've been playing with it but I don't quite understand where my arm is supposed to go to get the hoop to touch my body (without my arm coming off).
It helps to remember that your hoop is doing a circle so you don't want to pull it straight down. The hoop is on your hand so as you bring your hand down to the opposite pelvic bone you want to push out and away from your body so the hoop doesn't lose the circle it's already making. Now if you bop the back of your head, you've pushed to hard but it only takes one or two bops to get that. It's like water going down a drain, if that makes sense. If it doesn't, write me and I'll try to help.
It's my pleasure. I'm especially happy to hear that the leg hooping one helped you. That's a tricky one to pass on. And Mulder is here with me now. I'll give him your sweet compliment. He's going to get a big head though!
You're welcome. Thank you for your kind comments. And, yes, Mulder cracks me up too. He's quiet until I start talking ... then he wants to talk too. When the phone rings, he says "hello?" before I've even picked it up!
you make that look so easy! I am a newbie hooper and my body is all over the place when I hoop. you look like you are barely moving. I am jealous! I want to hoop without needing 10 feet of space to do so!
Your technique will improve over time. It's all about isolating the push points until you're able to do them with minimal movement. When you first start hooping, you tend to move your whole body to get those push points to move. Later, though, you'll know exactly where to push or flex and you won't need to move anyplace else. Hang in there. You're getting better every time you hoop!
Hey Caroleeena (or anyone), can you show how you start hoopimg again after bringing it back down over your body, either as a video in slow motion or as a text comment (to those who don't know Iam completely deaf so I can't hear what she says and I'm almost completely blind so it's hard to follow the moves). Thanks! I can get it up just fine, but when I bring it down and "push" the hoop, it just falls to the ground!
Thank you so much Caroleena. I have two daughters who wanted to Hoop for Homeschool phys-ed. I never imagined the journey we were beginning! Hooping is woven all through our lives now and much of that is thanks to your encouragement and instruction. The girls are 6 and 9 and I am 29 and we all love your style!(and of course the furred and feathered members of your household)
Hi Caroleena, I think you're a great teacher; I wish I could be as graceful. I'm having a big problem bringing the hoop back down was I've lifted it and that still needs a lot of work. Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot for this. :) I watched another video and it basically said, "Just lift it up!" from the waist. I'm not used to moving my body like this so that description made no sense to me. Breaking it down like this helps, as does taping from the back so I can see the exact motion.
oh caroleena, you are such a fantastic teacher, thank you for breaking it down and explaning things a few different ways and showing the different points of view. you are very inspiring!
You're welome and I hear ya! I love it too. It grabbed me and I just wanted to hoop and hoop. That was five years ago and I still love it just as much. Good luck in your hoop journey.
I would love to hoop in your 'zero gravity' space! (Every move you do looks so smooth and effortless! Bravo!) I just had to give you kudos for your 'cup'. A variation of bellydance 'candle arms'... you are genius!
This is a beaut! Thank you Caroleeena, nice detail. Interesting, though - when I lift from in front, my palm is not towards me but facing up, so that I sort of scoop the hoop up. Then, it "floats" over the palm of my hand (as you describe with the right hand). It's harder for me to do the rotation over my palm on the lift from behind - gotta work more on that!
By far the best instructional video I've seen for this trick. I haven't been able to get to grips with this one for weeks, I'm off now to get a cup of tea!
you're a great teacher! I like to learn new techniques for teaching, because I teach hoop club, yet am a beginner and really just learned from watching and practice. It's so easy w/ this step by step method. I'm gonna use this in class. I think you really describe this wonderfully. thanks! :)
Hey Caroleeena, the cup idea is a unique idea! Wow...you are a lady. ;} To share with you, I use a 4-5" piece of tubing (like a section of a hoop) to get people accustomed to rolling their lifting hand underneath the hoop piece, without worrying about an entire hoop smacking them in the noggin. ;)
Thank you for the cup of tea demonstration. I kept grabbing the hoop even though I knew not too, but I couldn't figure out how to correct myself.
ScrabbleTwin 5 months ago
oh ya and i wanted to mention that im also waiting to get surgery on my shoulder and i dont have a great range of motion in my left shoulder. Do you think that could hinder my ability to do the beam me up? If not them maybe its just one of those moves that it taking me longer than others. Also thank you so much for your tutorials. They are so great and have helped me so much! Thank you = )
Starr1331 7 months ago
@Starr1331 If you practice relaxing and stretching your shoulder, you'll be able to do it. If you're tense, you can't. You need to relax and breathe and then stretch into it. Practice it without your hoop. Really hold an empty cup and work on keeping it upright. Starting from the mid-back do two full circles. Not one. Two. It will help you feel the rhythm you have to maintain to steadily spin up. Lift your shoulder, then, when it's high as it can go, your elbow, etc. Slowly build muscle memory.
Caroleeena 7 months ago
Caroleena I have a question I was wondering if you could help me with. Okay when i lift up from the waist i lift from the front. I think you call it the greeter? I do it just fine that way but I cant seem to lift when my hand is on my back. Well I'm having a lot of trouble doing the "beam me up" and as i was watching you i noticed you started lifting with your hand on your back...is that move possible is you lift from the front?
Starr1331 7 months ago
@Starr1331 It is another move if you use the hand that would be behind you for a btb lift to do a front lift. You can hold the palm flat in front of the abdomen (or wherever) and lift straight up when the hoop lands on it it. It's fast & not a behind-the-back lift, which does require shoulder strength and mobility. It may help heal your shoulder as it slowly stretches you into being able to spiral up like your hand is riding the wave of a tornado that picked it up and spun it up into the air.
Caroleeena 7 months ago
Great video! It finally clicked for me...thanks for posting!
laradding 8 months ago
i'm practicing with a 28 inch hoop, i'm not sure how much it weighs but it's a child's hoop, filled with water so not too much. i've tried to do this but i can never get my hand to fit , and my arms always in the way. do you think i need a bigger hoop?
ProcessedCheeseSlice 9 months ago
@ProcessedCheeseSlice Yes, yes and yes! You need an adult sized hoop. It's cool that you can hoop with a kid's hoop (I can't) but it's like trying to learn to ride a bike on a tricycle -- possible, but not ideal. Hooping, like most sports, is about fitting the equipment To You!!!! I can direct you to hoop making instructions if you need that. We need hoops made for us!!!!
Caroleeena 9 months ago
I am grasping the hoop while it rises. I'm not supposed to right? Its just supposed to lay on the sweet spot right? For some reason my hand wants to grip it.
APCTOOL16 10 months ago
@APCTOOL16 Yes, resisting the urge to grasp the hoop is one of the real challenges of this lift but you must not grasp it! Especially if you want to later learn the Pizza Toss. That is all about letting it go, ideally with force behind it!
Caroleeena 10 months ago
Mulder is just too cute.
APCTOOL16 10 months ago
Much help!
the bird is adorable (:
Rawrieatsharpies 1 year ago
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Can I please have the name of the song and the DJ of the second track that comes on this video. And for the record this has been ridiculously helpful I went to Ultra and people were trying to teach me how to do this and I kept launching my hoop into trees. =]
IcedHeroin 1 year ago
Can I please have the name and DJ of the second track that comes on in this video. And thank you this has been ridiculously helpful, I went to Ultra and people were trying to teach me how to do this move and I just kept launching it into trees. =]
IcedHeroin 1 year ago
@IcedHeroin The song is called Firefly and the music is by Euphoria. I love it too. It's one of my favorites. And I'm so glad this has been helpful. You know launching it into the trees is also a move ... it's called the Pizza Toss. So don't forget how to let go of the hoop. You're going to want to be able to do that again one day!
Caroleeena 1 year ago
Great idea with the cup. I was working on this for about a week and felt like I wasn't bending my arm the wrong way. I've almost got it :)
Agxent 1 year ago
Thank you VERY much. The idea that I am holding a cup of something I don't want to spill was very helpful to get me to figure out how I am supposed to do this move. I don't have it down yet, but this really clarifies it for me when other videos did not.
Heifzilla 2 years ago
First off, thank you for your great tutorials. I've learned a lot from you!
A quick question: what size and weight of hoop do you recommend for a beginner attempting lifts? The hoop I have now is my first and was given to me recently. It's got a large circumference, but it's very heavy. I have difficulty practicing these moves because my wrist simply isn't strong enough!
jexicatfood 2 years ago
I recommend as light a hoop as you can manage for learning lifts and hand hooping. Build strength w/o injury. This tubing is 100 psi and has as small hand hold as I could figure out - 1/2 inch around. It's also made to the biggest diameter I can manage while vertical waist hooping at an angle w/t hitting the floor. I like it to be large as possible on the inside circle - slower coming round, gives more time to do the lift, allows you to press into each of the 360-degrees w/in the circle.
Caroleeena 2 years ago
Usually that diameter is anywhere for 44 inches down 38" for me. I'd measure from ground to your bellybutton or so and multiple that number of inches by pi to get the radius of the circle so you'll know how many inches of tubing you'll need to make your hoop or to order it if you're ordering one. Hope this helps!
Caroleeena 2 years ago
First off, your videos are so helpful. You explain things very well without putting me to sleep like some instructional videos.
I'm having so much trouble with this! I got a cup and practiced , but I still can't get it. Here are my problems:
I'm left handed, so I automatically try to use that hand to lift, which direction should the hoop be going? I can't use my right hand to do this move because I have a messed up elbow from a broken arm, it bends differently. so I can't lift the same.
mrsbadmouth 2 years ago
If you are lifting with your left from behind the hoop needs to be going clockwise (as you look down at it moving around your waist). Using the left hand for the front lift means the hoop needs to be going CCW.
I'm sorry to hear about your messed up elbow. Have you seen a physical therapist? Sometimes they have some very healing exercises. And perhaps try while turning really really slow to the right and breathing slow and lifting really slow. It might help you figure out a way. Good luck!
Caroleeena 2 years ago
One more thing, if you start trying to rehab your right so that you can do this move, I recommend using a really light hoop. This one is 100 psi but you can make them even smaller, like the Native American hoopdancers use. That might help you build strength in your recovering arm also. Healing blessings to you.
Caroleeena 2 years ago
There's nothing I can do about it short of re-breaking my arm, I broke it when I was four and it didn't set right. But I seem to be getting better at doing this anyway so i'm not letting it stop me. Thanks!
mrsbadmouth 2 years ago
I have learned so much from your tutorials. Lifts from waist uses belly dance methodology and applying this while learning from you has greatly helped. I didn't "get it" before. Thank you so much for devoting your time to teaching your viewers, we appreciate you. Your movements are so gracefule and your personality is sunshine!!
ladyred724 2 years ago
Thanks for this detailed demo on this impossible (for me!) move. I still can't get it (grrrrr) but am closer and understand the motion better. I wish I could slow this demo down to see the hand positioning every step of the way. I hoop from left to right and have to reverse everything, adding to the challenge. I usually get all tangled up, but I'm determined to get this even if it takes months!!! By the way, love Mulder's contribution. He is adorable.
doforanimals 2 years ago
If it helps, when lifting from the back, the palm starts on the inside of the hoop but as the hand lifts -- a lift that starts in the shoudler (so important!) --the hand rotates until the back of the hand faces the floor and the hoop spins atop the palm, above the head. This is the point where you point your fingertips toward heaven so that they come up inside the hoop and into the "lasso" position. Keep trying. You'll get it. If you need help shoot a vid or try to describe it and I'll help.
Caroleeena 2 years ago
Thanks so much for the help. Your instructions are so clear. I'll keep trying 'til I get it and let you know.
doforanimals 2 years ago
Do you have any suggestions in particular for bringing the hoop back down from your right hand when the hoop is going counterclockwise? I've been playing with it but I don't quite understand where my arm is supposed to go to get the hoop to touch my body (without my arm coming off).
specialneon 2 years ago
It helps to remember that your hoop is doing a circle so you don't want to pull it straight down. The hoop is on your hand so as you bring your hand down to the opposite pelvic bone you want to push out and away from your body so the hoop doesn't lose the circle it's already making. Now if you bop the back of your head, you've pushed to hard but it only takes one or two bops to get that. It's like water going down a drain, if that makes sense. If it doesn't, write me and I'll try to help.
Caroleeena 2 years ago
i also love your tutorials..and i just wanted to say thank you for all the help especially with knee hooping...and mulder is freaking adorable
spiderbabyspider 2 years ago
It's my pleasure. I'm especially happy to hear that the leg hooping one helped you. That's a tricky one to pass on. And Mulder is here with me now. I'll give him your sweet compliment. He's going to get a big head though!
Caroleeena 2 years ago
Thank you so much for your tutorials. I have learned so much from you. I love Mulder too! He cracks me up with his little comments.
nece55aryevil 3 years ago
You're welcome. Thank you for your kind comments. And, yes, Mulder cracks me up too. He's quiet until I start talking ... then he wants to talk too. When the phone rings, he says "hello?" before I've even picked it up!
Caroleeena 3 years ago
you make that look so easy! I am a newbie hooper and my body is all over the place when I hoop. you look like you are barely moving. I am jealous! I want to hoop without needing 10 feet of space to do so!
screaminlisa 3 years ago
Your technique will improve over time. It's all about isolating the push points until you're able to do them with minimal movement. When you first start hooping, you tend to move your whole body to get those push points to move. Later, though, you'll know exactly where to push or flex and you won't need to move anyplace else. Hang in there. You're getting better every time you hoop!
Caroleeena 3 years ago
THANK YOU! This video was soooo helpful to a newbie hooper!
thewhocaresgirl 3 years ago
Thank God for the cup demonstration, that I'm finally figuring it out! lol
shajuanawana 3 years ago
The cup idea is BRILLIANT! I wish I'd known that trick when I was learning that move.
95000 3 years ago
Thank you so much for this lesson! This is exactly what I have been looking for!!
Tazbocat 3 years ago
Hey Caroleeena (or anyone), can you show how you start hoopimg again after bringing it back down over your body, either as a video in slow motion or as a text comment (to those who don't know Iam completely deaf so I can't hear what she says and I'm almost completely blind so it's hard to follow the moves). Thanks! I can get it up just fine, but when I bring it down and "push" the hoop, it just falls to the ground!
ThunderShyne 3 years ago
Thank you so much Caroleena. I have two daughters who wanted to Hoop for Homeschool phys-ed. I never imagined the journey we were beginning! Hooping is woven all through our lives now and much of that is thanks to your encouragement and instruction. The girls are 6 and 9 and I am 29 and we all love your style!(and of course the furred and feathered members of your household)
dancingintheCircle 3 years ago
you're little "you'll get it" at the end gives me so much confidence. i got it!!!
jflo1008 3 years ago
I am so glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing your success and congratulations!
Caroleeena 3 years ago
Hi Caroleena, I think you're a great teacher; I wish I could be as graceful. I'm having a big problem bringing the hoop back down was I've lifted it and that still needs a lot of work. Any suggestions?
Christine
Cstrmy 3 years ago
I'll drop you a note and we'll see if we can figure it out!
Caroleeena 3 years ago
Thanks a lot for this. :) I watched another video and it basically said, "Just lift it up!" from the waist. I'm not used to moving my body like this so that description made no sense to me. Breaking it down like this helps, as does taping from the back so I can see the exact motion.
luckyalbatross 3 years ago
My pleasure. Thank you for the kind comment.
Caroleeena 3 years ago
oh caroleena, you are such a fantastic teacher, thank you for breaking it down and explaning things a few different ways and showing the different points of view. you are very inspiring!
wcgal 3 years ago
You're so welcome. Thank you for the kind comment.
Caroleeena 3 years ago
You're welome and I hear ya! I love it too. It grabbed me and I just wanted to hoop and hoop. That was five years ago and I still love it just as much. Good luck in your hoop journey.
Caroleeena 3 years ago
I would love to hoop in your 'zero gravity' space! (Every move you do looks so smooth and effortless! Bravo!) I just had to give you kudos for your 'cup'. A variation of bellydance 'candle arms'... you are genius!
BoBeena 3 years ago
Thank you so much! You are very kind.
Caroleeena 3 years ago
Hey Caroleena, has anyone told you that you are beautiful and amazing. Great tips once again, you star!!!
sharnarose 3 years ago
Sharna, that is so sweet! Thank you. You just made my whole night.
Caroleeena 3 years ago
missed you this weekend
fnordly 3 years ago
This is a beaut! Thank you Caroleeena, nice detail. Interesting, though - when I lift from in front, my palm is not towards me but facing up, so that I sort of scoop the hoop up. Then, it "floats" over the palm of my hand (as you describe with the right hand). It's harder for me to do the rotation over my palm on the lift from behind - gotta work more on that!
martamima 3 years ago
By far the best instructional video I've seen for this trick. I haven't been able to get to grips with this one for weeks, I'm off now to get a cup of tea!
theoriginalhelski 3 years ago
you're a great teacher! I like to learn new techniques for teaching, because I teach hoop club, yet am a beginner and really just learned from watching and practice. It's so easy w/ this step by step method. I'm gonna use this in class. I think you really describe this wonderfully. thanks! :)
Chrissinoway 3 years ago
This is awesome! Thanks so much for posting this! :)
ladykarrah 3 years ago
Hey Caroleeena, the cup idea is a unique idea! Wow...you are a lady. ;} To share with you, I use a 4-5" piece of tubing (like a section of a hoop) to get people accustomed to rolling their lifting hand underneath the hoop piece, without worrying about an entire hoop smacking them in the noggin. ;)
llsurreall 3 years ago
Wow! Thats a great idea with using the cup! Do you mind if I use it?
BTW, you look GORGEOUS in that outfit!
natasha31683 3 years ago
Please feel free. And thank you!
Caroleeena 3 years ago
You are the best teacher! Excellent visual with the cup! I know this will help a lot hoopers who are trying this move for the first time. Love, "C"
luvtospin 3 years ago
Thank you for your support Lovely. You are always so kind and I appreciate it!
Caroleeena 3 years ago