Poi Tutorial: How to Spiral Wrap (Intermediate to Advanced) 

Nick, I'm addicted to this move now. I just keep getting better at it and it's really got me going. I've been working it into weaves now and using it to change weave direction, or even turn 180 and go the same direction, and it all just feels so natural and smooth, it's awesome. I'll post up a video response sometime with it

hey, i just wanted to thank the guys at playpoi and especially the guy in this video (sorry, don't know your name) for making these videos, i've always wanted to learn poi/flow and now i finally have a pair and i can't stop, it's so much fun and so beautiful (even though i'm still new) thank you for teaching me all i know so far and for making it fun

This is such a great tutorial. Makes me really want to try it. Think I might order my first poi tonight 🤩 thanks!!

First poi video I ever saw. Im know, after so long getting back to poi. Thanks for getting me started. Your videos helped me so much in the beginning.

Hello, I really enjoy your technique and ability - so much more to learn about poi! You rock

If your having trouble with this move try pushing your hands forward into the spin so it wraps around the meat of your hands, and as it unwinds pull them back into your rotation. Try and stay away from your fingers til you become more framiliar. A very simple tip that should help alot of you.

I recommend getting really good at them without fire. I've seen several people get burned doing spiral wraps. It's a bit of a silly thing to practice with fire I think. Be careful!

i've been watching all your videos all day and you are such a sweetie and i love how you're always smiling i just thought i'd say that

you can also get into this from a weave when you switch sides pretend your clapping your hands together let the string wrap then pull your hands apart

4:25 "two fingers can be a really nice feeling" Lol! yeah I'll bet! ;)

When you clap together (if clapping like for an audience, palms to centre) have your dominant hand slightly lower and retracted from the non dominant. They won't unwrap off your hands :) helped me

On the split timing when i unwrap i learned its easy to go into orbital(superloop) i started spinning a couple months ago and felt comfortable to finaly buy 2.5inch mura ball chain fire poi from home of poi.com and practised with those for a while and your videos help me alot i pick up fast on tricks i love poi good stress reliever and good party favor thanks for the videos

meenik, youre awsome! thanx fot all your lessons. love it!

1:15 awkward turtle :D

If anyone is having difficulties learning this I found it easiest to go into a spiral wrap on my dominant side of a 3 beat weave

You definitely can, although I've been doing it with the striped poi socks from homeofpoi (which are awesome and I recommend them, they feel great). You can see them in my very short, crappy video. I've been getting a lot better since then. I have a set of poi with the two-finger loops style tether but a friend has them and hasn't given them back so I haven't tried the move with those, I do imagine it'd be quite harder than the socks.

you have a very pleasant attitude :)

hey nick i love how you actually respond and stuff to everyone on your videos! you doing a great job with play poi and everything! i started about a week ago and I'm excelling pretty quick (2 beat & 3 beat weaves FW and BK, butterflies FW and BK, windmills, cork screws, some stalls and free styling) i love dancing with my poi and showing my emotion through it! your a great teacher! by the way, are cole cords the same material as shoe laces from running shoes such as asics or nikes? thanks

Takin tht last comment back...Nailed it!!!!

@koulis0985 if done correctly your hands stay at the base of the flame and they bounce off quick enough to where the flame isn't on you long enough to burn... the real risk is in hot chains but, i have yet to burn myself doing them at any speed(slower seems to look better). by far my favorite thing to do with poi though. took me a while to build the balls to it with fire but once i did and realized it doesn't burn, it became my favorite... people seem to love seeing it.

I don't really have this move down yet but I'm gonna go light up my fire poi and try till I get it!!! ;)

chido men gracieas desde ecatepec estado de mexico en mexico

for this move I used cotton gloves soaked in cold water so I could easily do this, but it didnt look very well, so I highly recommend to buy some leather ones, but the gloves must be tight to your hand, otherwise u will have problems with wrapping the poi onto your hand, unless u practice a lot, by a lot I mean a lot, cuz u cant rly feel much in heavy leather gloves ;)

Its just a wrap/stall, but the hands are not together, and reverses instantly. i like that part too. :D

Yeah, but I still get burns. I use kevlar chain guards and that helps, but still I get little burns. It's best to use wrist guards, and never never do moves like this if you don't have a safety watching with a fire blanket. If the chains get locked onto your wrists you can get hurt for sure.

Say "out" a few more times. Thats always so cute hearing canadians say that ^^ .

my god it is hard to learn i just started with poi but it's so hard !!!! but your videos are realy helping !!

i've just learned how to do spiral wraps, i'm so happy and so thankful! and i've a question, i have seen you doing it with fire poi, don't you get burned? i'm a bit frigtened on doing it with fire..

amazing video ur iconic thank you

@CHIARA89Peixinho There is no totally safe way to do this with fire. Some people wear wrist-guards or gloves, made out of cotton or leather or another non-synthetic material, but there is always some danger. I put little kevlar sleeves around the 3 inches of chain near the poi. That helps but i still get little burns!

thankyou so much

would i be able to do this with glow sticks attatched to stings? im stil kinda new with this stuff and i want to learn some tricks, i kow that poi is more of speical ball things but would it work with less weight to spin around?

i have been practicing this move for a few days and got the wind up part down pretty well, but when i unwrap, i cant get the poi to unwrap in split time, they just unwind together and end up tangling... any suggestions?

i think they are cone poi modified to have a thinner tether and

I can't get the split timing as you are unraveling, does anyone have tips?

Hi Nick! I have a question: I got this exercise with simple poi (thank you!!), but I have some problems with fire poi ( I tried to do spiral wraps without gloves)....is it exactly the same thing? Or I should consider something else with fire? Because, doing this movement, chains hurt my hands, is it regular?? Probably it's a stupid question :) , could this problem depend on my fire poi (my chains are quite heavy) or it's me? Thank you!! You're great!! Ciao ciao!

For Nick, or anyone who reads that can help: wrapping my poi is a sinch, but I can't quite get it to unwrap with gravity. Am I doing something wrong? My plain control is pretty sufficient... . . . can't get the darn thing to unwrap >.< help

In the 'variations' section, are you referring to Burning Dan? I've been performing with rope dart for nearly a year now, and a very good friend of mine has been a fire buddy for practice, and have learned many isolation-style techniques from her poi style as a result. She has been doing poi for three years now, and her style is remarkably like yours - and she learned from him, including this spiral(infinite) wrap. Weird, cause I just sent her your video on hyperloop TL;DR RIP Burning Dan.

eres muy bueno!!! saludos! (:

ive figured out finally the true reason why they fall off the hand........ straighten your wall plane up before attempting it.....if you kick your hands out as the poi travel to the center it will fix the plane and allow the poi to wrap in a proper direction.

Nice.

Totally got the same problem as flowpoi i jus cant seem to unwrap as fluidly. :/

donde puedo aprender 1!!!!!

Can this be done with ball handles?

awesome

I've never had a problem doing this with fire, but I will say don't stall them on your hands. Brief contact, then unwrap. I don't wear gloves or sleeves when I spin. Just watch yourself.

Meh, I can get the poi wrapped around my hands, but when they unwind the poi stay together rather than unwrapping individually :( it sometimes mean they dont unwrap properly and get tangled... an advice?? xx Crycan

so do you need to only use sock poi?

Of all the moves I WANT to learn, I WANT to learn spirals, but going from sock poi to flow poi I just can't get the transition :/

Any tips for translating this to mini hoops?

like where can i fine this at the store

How do you get them to unwrap? I can get the perfect wrap around my hands, but then the poi just stay there instead of bouncing back and unwrapping

Hi was just wondering wjat kind and were did you get the poi you used in this video

@osterianio Right?! Where do you get them?

well even if you do it perfect in practice how the hell you are not gonna get burned when light them up???

@meenik yeah Nick! I've noticed your sleeve. How can I find one for my poi?

I've learn some poi moves on your videos ,thank you. You're quite handsome as well

How heavy are your poi?

god i love your pants

How can I unwrap the poi? I can't move my hands when they are wrapped. And when I move my arm they unwrap sametime

I wish I lived near your school.

4:28 made me giggle.

Bradley Cooper at 6:26!

untill you bent over, i thought you were wearing a hat lol. oh well failz.

5**** but i have a Question.... How do u make the balls?? and ty 4 the tutorial

its not "awkward" turtle. its just turtle. and thats not the sign for it.

...btw, you rock..

Ha was just being sarcastic. Sorry sarcasm doesn't work over the internet very well. :)

cuz the "normal" turtle looks different. waaay different. well imma ask my old asl teacher.

but your body will learn the quickest when you get burnt a lot to not make that mistake again

It's maori...

haha, i think it's illegal to use a video camera in a public bathroom. but that's ridiculous.

you are so adorably cute!

ummm. intermediate to advanced????? hahaha bullshit... this is the second trick i learned... this is a beginner trick.