Whether in a structured hooping class or on your own hooping journey, I highly recommend making it a point to reverse your direction of spin as often as you can, with the goal (in mind and body) of being completely ambi-hoopstrous at some point in time. Just like it is a lot easier to learn a new language as a child than it is as an adult, if you start hooping in your non-dominant direction earlier rather than later in your practice, both your body and brain will thank you for it. Your body will appreciate the advanced coordination and symmetrical development that ambi-hooping provides. Your brain will grow leaps and bounds with the heightened levels of bilateral brain hemisphere stimulation that comes from going both ways. Whether to help your flow, dance, “breaks,” or trick execution, being able to spin both ways is critical to taking your hooping abilities to the next level. Furthermore, it’ll help you be both a better student AND teacher, if, no matter who you’re hooping with, you’re able to ‘go with their flow.’