Hey gang!
Drex here from DrexFactor.com and I got asked a fantastic question during a recent Q&A:
what are 5 tricks every beginner poi spinner should know.
I love this question because it can be hard when you're starting off to know what you
should focus your time on learning, what tricks are going to be the most useful, and why.
I'm sure just about every poi teacher will give you a different answer to this question,
but here's the answer that I'll give you.
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So let's get started!
I'm going to do these in what I'd consider to be the order of difficulty for them.
That is, the stuff at the beginning tends to be easier or faster to learn than the stuff
at the end of the list but that'll depend a lot on your own experiences.
I'll include links for tutorials I've done for each of these tricks in the description!
[First up: reel turns.
These are generally the first trick I recommend anybody learns as they're getting into poi
spinning.]
(full body slow)
They teach you very basic skills about plane control and how your body moves in relation
to a poi plane.
[One of those first big hurdles you have to get over with poi is realizing that when you
turn your body, the orientation of the poi tends to change as well.]
(POV)
[You'll also get your first exposure to plane bending as you move the poi from one
side of your body to the other.
This'll be important for everything from thread the needles to weaves and body tracers.]
(head on full body slow)
This sets you up to be able to turn with pretty much any poi move down the road.
The lessons you learn here will be with you for the entirety of your poi spinning journey.
[Next up: butterflies.
Butterflies are usually the first wall plane move that most poi spinners learn as well
as the first trick they learn where the poi are spinning in opposite directions.]
(slow-mo)
Few people realize it, but they also require a good degree of plane control.
[To keep the poi from hitting each other at the top or bottom of the move, so you have
to be able to tilt one plane slightly off of the other one so this one is a really good
backdoor way to practice your planes.]
(slow-mo side)
[Third: windmills.
This is that place where reels really get cooking and you can start to see some of the
cooler applications for them.
It's also a great use of split-time same direction.]
(slow-mo)
The other great thing about windmills is that they force you to do some level changes.
[Up until now, everything we've looked at can be performed at shoulder or hip level.
Windmills require you to start performing tricks up high.]
(full body reels & windmills)
Fourth is stalls.
Now there are a LOT of different things you can do with stalls but the ones that are best
suited to beginners are definitely down stalls and bottom stalls.
[One feels like dropping the poi and the other feels like casting it away.]
(full speed demo CU)
[Stalls are absolutely essential for doing transitions between different tricks.
You can change the direction of one or both poi or change their timing in relation to
each other.
This will help you get back and forth between split time moves like windmills and together
time moves like our reels and butterflies.]
(full body transition: reel to butterfly to windmills)
I seriously cannot overemphasize how useful stalls are to learn.
These are one of those tricks that you'll be using constantly no matter how long you
spin.
Finally: weaves and waistwraps.
Confession time: I don't actually think these are as essential as the other tricks
on this list.
Everything else I've listed here has broad uses as you go forward, but weaves are both
difficult to learn and have limited potential compared to the other tricks on this list.
That said: they look cool and as a beginner this is almost certainly the trick you're
looking at and wanting to learn.
So let's go with it.
[More often than not, weaves are that first trick that make you think: "wow!
I'm actually spinning poi now!"]
(full body slow-mo)
[They've definitely got more wow factor than any other trick on this list and are
probably the first thing you'll show your friends and family that will really impress
them with your skills.]
(CU angle)
So...I also have an ulterior motive for picking these particular five tricks and that's
that they all fit neatly together to create an easy combo.
[You can start off with reel turns and then stall out one poi to enter a butterfly.
Stall that same poi again to enter a weave and waistwrap around to your heart's content.
Take the weave into a windmill and then stall one of your poi to get back to a butterfly.
Stall once again to get back to your hip reels.
Lather, rinse, repeat.]
(full body demo)
Pretty cool, right?
Not only are these tricks super useful but they all fit together like puzzle pieces.
One thing many beginners talk about wanting to do is finding transitions between the tricks
that they know.
This approach is a fast way to do just that!
What do you think are the most essential tricks for beginners?
Let me know down in the comments.
Did I leave out one of your favorites?
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