This past week in class was probably my favorite of the whole semester. We learned all about hula hooping culture and it's possible therapeutic benefits. We began with Ally simply introducing us to how she became so interested in hooping. I was not aware of how popular it was!!!!
We watched the video above which made me surprisingly exciting to begin our activity. To begin with we got to create our own hoop. We used black tubing that can be found at any hardware store. We were told to make a circle with the tubing that reached to our chest. Needless to say i didn't make mine quite that large and it was still by far the largest in the class. Once we had our length of tubing we heated up the ends with hair driers. Once the ends were warmed up we then connected them with an adapter piece.
Now that we had our hoops made we were allowed to decorate them with different colored duct tape. My hoop has gray, blaze orange, and camo tape. Once we finished decorating we went outside and started hooping. I was surprised with how tired i got while hooping. I had a blast.
This activity could be very useful in my career as a CTRS. The decaorating portion of this acitity allows participants to work on fine motor skills and express them self creatively. When you are actually hooping it helps improve participants overall physical fitness, balance and muscle tone.
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