Beginner Series - playpoi

GETTING STARTED WITH POI

How to learn poi with ease

The first thing you should do with your poi

Holding your poi

Shortening your poi

Getting your bearings

Direction of spin

Getting ready for the beginner series: Learning to cross one poi backwards

BEGINNER SERIES

UNIT 1 

Exploring the tracks

Crossing and turning with one poi

Commentary on turning with one poi

Commentary on placing a poi

Playing with planes

Four basic modes (Same time, split time, same time opposites and split time opposites)

Crossing poi same time

2-Beat weave forwards and backwards

UNIT 2 

Hand positions behind the back

The butterfly

Forward 3-beat wave

Stalls and speeds

Planes 102

Same time turns (Hip reels)

Commentary on the reel turns

UNIT 3

Passing the poi over your head

Backwards 3-beat weave

Linking the reels

Playing along the tracks

Crosspoints

Plane control with saloon doors

UNIT 4

Whirling with the reels

Corckscrew and windmill

Linking the weaves

Commentary on turning with the weaves

Threading the needle

Stalls and speeds 103

Playing along the tracks - split time

UNIT 5

Fun things with butterfly

Commentary on one-handed butterfly

Linking weaves and windmills

Split time butterfly

Variables of butterfly turns

Playing along the tracks - opposites

How to learn the fountain

The fountain

UNIT 6

Linking weaves and butterflies

Turning freely with split time opposites

Going beyond the basics