# Wheel pose and hopping forward

**URL:** <https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/wheel-pose-and-hopping-forward/106>\
**Category:** How do you want to grow?\
**Created:** [September 17, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/wheel-pose-and-hopping-forward/106 "2017-09-17T11:32:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![linda.blackman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@linda.blackman](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/linda.blackman)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/wheel-pose-and-hopping-forward/106/1 "2017-09-17T11:32:18Z")

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Advice needed please. I’m not sure if I haven’t the arm strength or the ‘knack’ but I am not progressing with the ability to do either. I can find my way through all the intermediate classes except for these two aspects.  
Would strength and a knack be one and the same thing and is there anything I can do to help myself-  
I so want to hop!!🙂  
I would also then be ready to move on to more handstand involved classes  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![doyogawithme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.doyogawithme.com/doyogawithme/32/83_2.png) [@doyogawithme](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/doyogawithme)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/wheel-pose-and-hopping-forward/106/2 "2017-10-02T17:22:58Z")

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Hi there.

Both wheel pose and hopping forward require a significant amount of strength and flexibility, but technique also plays a very important role. That’s what I’m assuming you mean by ‘knack’. Technique and strength are different aspects of the pose, but complimentary.

We plan to film a class on hopping forward and Tracey has a series on wheel pose coming out soon. Fiji already has a class that breaks down wheel pose, called [Workshopping Wheel Pose](https://www.doyogawithme.com/content/workshopping-wheel-pose). Have you tried that one?

Take care,

David

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**Author:** ![linda.blackman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@linda.blackman](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/linda.blackman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/wheel-pose-and-hopping-forward/106/3 "2017-10-06T09:13:21Z")

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Thankyou for that reply, very helpful x