: Hoops
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Approach: Open space Level: Year 4 and year 8 
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Focus: Throwing, catching, spinning
Resources: 1 small hoop, 1 large hoop
Questions/instructions:  

Using the small hoop:
1. Throw the hoop above your head with your right hand, then catch it. Have three goes.

2. Throw the hoop above your head with your left hand, then catch it. Have three goes.

3. Throw the hoop above your head with one hand, then catch with the other hand. Have three goes.

Using the large hoop:
1. Swing the hoop on your right arm five times.

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2. Swing the hoop on your left arm five times.

3. Stand inside the hoop and hula or turn the hoop using your hips. Do 10 turns of the hoop.




% responses
2006 ('02)
y4
y8
Small Hoop: Right hand – throws caught:
3
44 (42)
80 (78)
2
32 (33)
14 (18)
1
16 (16)
5 (2)
0
8 (9)
1 (2)
Left hand – throws caught:
3
38 (41)
72 (71)
2
35 (29)
23 (21)
1
17 (19)
3 (7)
0
10 (11)
2 (1)
Opposite hands – throws caught:
3
43 (37)
74 (72)
2
30 (37)
20 (22)
1
18 (18)
5 (3)
0
9 (8)
1 (3)
Style for all small hoop options:
(height, control, ease of movement)
strong
18 (20)
59 (50)
moderate
58 (58)
39 (46)
weak
24 (22)
2 (4)
Large Hoop: Right arm swings – 5 turns:
completed smoothly
59 (57)
82 (75)
completed, but irregular
22 (21)
13 (18)
any other response
19 (22)
5 (7)
Left arm swings – 5 turns:
completed smoothly
46 (40)
68 (63)
completed, but irregular
24 (29)
23 (26)
any other response
30 (31)
9 (11)
Hula movement – 10 turns:
completed smoothly
20 (12)
17 (17)
completed, but irregular
5 (7)
6 (4)
completed, one restart
28 (13)
21 (18)
completed, two restarts
19 (18)
19 (26)
any other response
28 (50)
37 (35)
Style for all large hoop options:
(height, control, ease of movement)
strong
18 (14)
24 (18)
moderate
57 (46)
65 (66)
weak
25 (40)
11 (16)
Total score:
18–21
13 (7)
26 (19)
15–17
21 (17)
44 (40)
12–14
28 (28)
21 (29)
9–11
17 (21)
6 (8)
0–8
21 (27)
3 (4)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Year 4 students managed the hula hoop technique a little better than year 8 students. There was a small improvement overall at both year levels between 2002 and 2006.
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