Ganymede rolling a hoop and bearing aloft a cockerel - a love gift from Zeus (in pursuit, on obverse of vase). Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology
Attic red-figure crater, 500-490 BCE; Painter of Berlin; Louvre, Paris)

Hoop Rolling, often called hoop and stick, is a child's game in which a large, hoop, made of wood, metal or plastic, is rolled along by means of a stick. Skilled players can keep the hoop upright for lengthy periods of time and can do various tricks. Able hoop rollers have created circus acts around their skill. Hooping generally refers to artistic manipulations of a Metal, Wooden or Plastic hoop with various parts of the body in a rhythmic fashion usually A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers

It is known to have been played since early antiquity, as seen on Greek vase paintings from ca. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca 500 BCE, and called trochos by the Greeks. It is still found - albeit rarely - as a feature of children's street culture all over the world. Children's street culture refers to the cumulative Culture created by young Children.

The largest hoop rolling tournament held in New England is the Swiss & Wielder Hoop and Stick Tournament. It began in 1962 and is held every year. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Generally, there are close to 500 contestants who are divided into 27 different divisions based on age, experience, and size.

Hoop rolling races have been traditionally held at the close of each academic year at the Seven Sisters colleges. The Seven Sisters are seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. Seniors will line up with their hoops before graduation. The race's winner will be the first woman in her class to reach some goal, the exact title depending on the school.

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• The hoop is also an apparatus of Rhythmic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which single competitors or pairs trios or even more (generally five manipulate one or two apparatus rope, hoop, ball
• In Scotland, this toy was called a "gird and cleet". Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Also See

• Hooping
• Hula Hoop
• Native American Hoop Dance

External links

Push-Roll hoop rolling set