Make Your Own Poi: DIY Practice Poi Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Make your own poi out of common household objects! In this DIY poi tutorial, I'll show you how to make poi with items from local stores that you can use for practice poi or make poi for your friends! This one goes out to those of you living in places where you've got to make poi balls on your own. I got you!
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But if you live in a situation where you'd benefit from making up homemade poi, this is a great option and an easy and fun build!
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This was very informative and like the Drex mentioned, you can use materials around the house. Thank you
I made this today. They came out great. Then as an after thought, I realized I should have grabbed an extra inner tube or two for a rope dart...so I'm using both poi as the dart end. I wish I could add a picture. Either way. Thank you!
I just want to say..that you are adorable! And I will be using this design for older children in my flow classes!
Personally i have financial issues currently so ive been looking for diy videos for making poi and staffs and such i am in a slight position of need but also want to do flow arts. I have pretty bad tourettes and havent exercised since before quarantine began so it would help calm me down and train and give me some exercise. Along with having some asthma i need activity to help out my lungs so they arent so weak so im really glad videos like these exist so I can make myself some things to help start out. I can take a hit or more so im probably gonna use this for starter poi. :)
Clicked this as soon as I saw it. Thank you so much, Drex. You're fantastic
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy making a set of these :)
Now this is a cool idea!
So pleasant to listen to
Do you by chance know how to make a flag poi or ribbon poi? I’ve been looking everywhere and can’t find one
Hi, I was wondering if I could make a chinese dragon poi by attaching fabric to it?
LOL drex, so detailed!! ;D great job!
O my gosh. Thank you drex :)
Sure thing! :) Make sure to subscribe so you see when I drop my next video!
Hey Drex
Nice design, I use inner tubes for my dyi practice staffs, but somehow I hadn't thougth about turning them into poi--heads.
I do usually recommend socks + weight for beginners, as they can become quite soft, I will try buying some furniture feet though, to upgrade the handles.
Also: the stretching properties of the socks can be quite useful when learning isolations. They do make pendulums and stalls very hard though.
There's an alternate version of these that involve using insulating strips instead of bike inner tubes but it drives the price up so I didn't cover it here. There were a lot that I enjoyed about socks and used them extensively for the first two years I was spinning. That said: switching to static tethers was a real game changer for me!
Thanks for video would you
Be willing to make a how to make staff,buugeng thanks.
You are pretty much perfect so thanks lol :)
Yoooo thank you! I got deported to Mexico and don't have my poi that I use. So this comes in handy!
good luck ;)
I really wanna be a b*tch too you but that actually makes me sad 🤣. Hopefully you made them and got started already!!!
I’ve been spinning them for 3 1/2 years now boiiiiissssss
@@alexalfredm 🤘💪
What size rope is best? 1/4" or 3/8"
Thanks SO much for posting this!! I needed this! You are amazing Drex!
Glad to be of help! :)
Question, do think I could use electrical tape instead of bike tubing. I've noticed that some types of electrical tape it looks and feels like bike tubing. If I was to rap enough layers to mimic the weight of bike tubing do you think that will work? If so how much do you think each side should weight?
Is there a particular sort of rope that is better than another or is that fairly inconsequential?
What song is in the background of the hardware store? Great vid!
Thanks so much! The song is "Fix One Thing at a Time" by Max McFerren. It's in the UA-cam audio library.
Sweet thanks, love the first minute or so of it. Also I made some DIY poi with rice (already had), socks my girlfriend gave me, and balloons I bought for $2! I made them pretty heavy because I like the momentum for figuring out new tricks, slowing it down has helped me get the pattern
Wow thanks for the fast track on making some poi till my order arrives of professional ones
Trying to impress my city nieces into what us country bumkins get up to in the middle of a field with no phones or net!
Yes my friends I'm banning my young neices from the ages of 16 to 5 and forcing them into how people had fun when they had to make thier toys
Back to basics
Much love
Peace out
Will let you know how it' goes
Not holding out much hope lol 😂
This is super helpful however for $26.44, add one more dollar and you'd be able to buy 2 sets of led poi from amazon.
True story...but bear in mind that things like the rope and tape can then be used again for many other sets of poi. If you want to build in bulk the price per pair can drop to as little as $5/pair (remember: the bike inner tubes are free).
True, true. Your videos are all super helpful! Im actually getting my first set of poi this month to start my journey; and i must add I've been binge watching your videos for tricks and tips.
These suck. Dont ever use poi with not full rotational symmetry?
DJDDM What on earth is rotational symmetry? If you’re talking about torque, they handle it as well as a set of contact poi.