Congratulations: You're ready to go beyond the basics!

This closing lesson helps you assess readiness to move past beginner poi material while keeping the fundamentals in rotation. Nick Woolsey frames “beyond the basics” as expanding your movement vocabulary without abandoning the core patterns, timing, and control that make everything cleaner and more performable.

You’re encouraged to keep revisiting basic drills for long-term refinement while exploring intermediate ideas alongside them. Use your comfort with foundational technique as a baseline for choosing new material, and treat ongoing basics work as a practical tool for consistency, confidence, and musicality.