Looking closely at how you spin the poi

Refine your poi fundamentals by analysing the quality of your circles. Nick Woolsey uses a “pencil on a wall” drill to train clean circular hand paths, scaling from tiny to large circles and noticing whether you’re driving from fingers, wrist, elbow, or shoulder. Shortening the poi helps you feel the true rotation and avoid accidental up-and-down tracking.

You then apply the same control to buzzsaw, keeping the hands genuinely overlapping while you expand and contract the circle size. This builds joint isolation and fine motor control that carries into cleaner antis, flowers, and isolation work.