New Hooper Practice Tips

I'm trying to add a video here but somethings broken on the editor so until I get that answered I'll add something daily. You can ask questions and I'll put up suggestions and ideas and drills etc.
Happy Hoopin!
Try to feel from where on your body you might be driving the hoop.
There is no right answer here. In the beginning it might feel ambiguous. And it changes. Or it SHOULD change. You should try different driving points. Common point of drive are the stomach, and at the hip on the side where the hoop is first crossing to the front of your body. It changes of course when you change hoop directions - you know, hooping in the "opposite direction". You'll probably find that you are using the opposite hip.
So try to drive or contact or push the hoop from different points around your waist or hips just see what you get.

Often people ask -"WHy is the hoop going around at an angle?"
One hint is - if you are really pushing the hoop from one point on your body, say, your stomach that can be the high point on the hoop. What I mean here is...the hoop can go around your body evenly and parallel to the floor or it can revolve at more of an angle. So the high point in the angle of the revolution can often be the spot you are pushing it from.
If you push push push the hoop at each revolution from your stomach, the hoop tips up at that point. You are actually gradually nudging it along to the angle you want. You can use this technique to bring the hoop up your chest. Or to do the BootyBump.