Learning Outcome

Students will learn lots of different ways to have fun with hula hoops and challenge themselves by trying different hula hooping tricks.

Activity Description
Waist Hula Hoop
Start on your back, count to 3, and spin that hoop – try to keep it going as long as you can.
I’ve found that telling kids to move forward and back a pretty helpful cue

Extension: Try a waist hoop starting on your belly

Waist Hoop on Knees
Kneel on the ground and try to start your hula hoop while on your knees

Extension: Stand up from knees without dropping your hoop

Waist Hoop – Touch a Knee
Start hooping on your waist and then try to touch a knee or kneel down to the ground and stand back up without dropping your hoop

Neck Hula Hoop – AKA: “The Chicken Neck”
Start the hoop on the back of your neck and then bob your head like a chicken and try to keep it going
Be careful not to smack yourself in the face – start slow

Arm Hooping
Hold your arm out straight and spin your hoop around your wrist – keep your muscles tight and make small circles

Extension: Try to switch to another arm without stopping

Hula Jumping
Hold your hoop in front of you and jump through it like a jump rope
If your hoop keeps hitting the ground – pick up your hands and hold them a little higher

Extension: Try Hula Jumping Backwards

Knees Hula Hooping
Put your knees together and then start the hoop on the back of your legs and then start it spinning and see if you can keep it going on your knees

Extension: Waist to Knees – start on your waist and see if you can make it all the way down to your knees

Hula Hoop Skipping
Put the hoop on your foot with one foot inside the hoop and one foot outside the hoop. Try to spin the hoop around your ankle while hopping over it with your other foot.

Required Material

4 Boundary cone, Hula Hoop