Stalling and reversing #4 (with your arms crossed)

Crossing your arms changes the usual mapping of right/left hand pathways, making stall-and-reverse drills feel deliberately awkward. You’ll practise alternating a right-hand stall into a direction change, then a left-hand stall into a direction change, working in either same-time or split-time as feels stable.

Nick Woolsey also gives a troubleshooting build-up when things get chaotic: isolate one poi spinning while the other swings, then swap roles, then return to both spinning and practise choosing which side keeps moving while the other stalls. This develops cleaner stalls under coordination stress.