HoopStar Academy Reviews: See What Our Students Say!
Pooja Agrawal
Before enrolling, most parents want to know one thing: does this actually work for a child who has never held a hoop? Here is what families say after they finish a course — on camera where we have it, and on Google where we don’t control a word of it.
“From doing nothing to continuously doing it”
Swati’s daughter Lavika, five, had just finished sixteen live sessions of Level 1 with her coach, Nidhi. This was recorded at the end of the last class.
“Lavika has improved a lot… that is very incredible and unbelievable for me. And also I will surely enroll for the next level as well, because she is doing great and you are a very good teacher… from doing nothing to continuously doing it like this.”
Swati — parent, Pune · Level 1, August 2026
That last phrase is the whole of Level 1. A four-to-six-year-old who has never held a hoop learns to keep one spinning at the waist on her own, without an adult restarting it. Every level above it is built on that.
Reviews we don’t control
The video above is ours. Our Google reviews are not — we can’t edit them, remove the unflattering ones, or decide which appear first. If you only read one source, read that one.
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Questions parents ask before enrolling
Is HoopStar Academy a real academy?
Yes. We have run live online kids’ classes since 2021 and delivered more than 20,000 paid class enrollments to over 12,000 families across 40+ countries. The coaches, the office and the evidence behind each of those numbers are listed on our trust page, with links so you can check them yourself.
What do parents say actually improves?
Two things come up more than the hooping itself. The first is that the child will practise without being asked. The second is confidence in front of other people — a live class means showing a new skill on camera to a coach and a few other children every week.
Can a five-year-old really learn to hula hoop online?
Level 1 is built for ages 4–6 specifically. Classes are live and small, so the coach can see each child and correct them by name. Children who arrive unable to complete a single rotation typically finish the course hooping continuously. The curriculum then runs to Level 7.
What happens after Level 1?
Level 2 adds movement while hooping, then hand and neck hooping, and later tricks and choreography. Open batches for each level are listed here.
More families, in more detail
Every one of these is a real student whose parent agreed to have their story written up.
- How 7-year-old Moukthika built confidence through hula hooping
- Uddhav — a boy in a class people assume is for girls
- Nayna: confidence through art and hooping
- Tuviah and Khayanna, hooping from Kathmandu
- Shayna: science, confidence and hooping
- Vedanshi’s hula hooping journey
- Sreetanwi’s hula hoop journey
- Praniti: from beginner to HoopStar
- Devanshi, six, on the UAE’s Got Talent stage
See a class before you decide
The most honest review is the one you run yourself. Pick an open Level 1 batch and watch the first session with your child.