Hooping on Pinterest

Pinterest is a great place if you're visually-oriented, like me. There are pictures and videos of just about anything you can imagine, and links to great stuff like tutorials, recipes, articles, and just plain awesome websites that people want to save for one reason or another. I love the way that Pinterest allows me to associate images with bookmarks. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at my bookmarks list wondering what the hell it was I saved 6 months ago. Pictures stick in my mind so much better.

Hooping is a great match for Pinterest since it creates such beautiful images. There are lots of videos shared of performances and tutorials, and there's also lots of posts from that Tumblr, Hooping Problems (Also includes hooping perks!). (My most relatable Hoop Problem? Explaining those scuff marks on your ceiling!)

I have a bunch of ideas for using Pinterest for all things hooping:

Use it to sort tutorials: Maybe a board for tutorials you've tried and tutorials you're planning to try, or a board for tutorials recommended to you by friends. You could also save them on a board to use as a kind of "playlist" for your practice sessions.

Costume Ideas: This doesn't have to be restricted to the outfits you've seen other hoopers wear. There's all kinds of fashion, style, and costume inspiration on Pinterest. You could save all your concepts to one board, or you could sort them by ideas for different outfits.

Motivation: There's no shortage of inspiring quotes, pictures, and videos on Pinterest. You can gather them all together in a board to inspire you when you're low, or keep you going when you're running strong.

Inspire Routines: There's a lot of ways Pinterest can help inspire your choreography, whether it's by saving videos of other great performances, music that you love, images of cool tricks, or even more abstract ideas, such as a collection of images that you personally associate with a particular emotion or piece of music.

I maintain a Hooping board over on Pinterest. You're welcome to come on over and follow, and I'll be happy to follow you back. Comment on this post to share your board so that I can add you!
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Drop Update: This morning I've dropped the hoop 5 times, bringing my total to 41. I've started to notice some unexpected physical benefits from hooping--more on that in a future entry!