# 1.5 hook???
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/1-5-hook/27709
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [June 29, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/1-5-hook/27709 "2011-06-29T03:37:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@RedTwo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RedTwo)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/1-5-hook/27709/1 "2011-06-29T03:37:34Z")
i’ve already got a good hidemasa hook, but i just can’t do 1.5 hook. i grab the back string and point your TH pointer out, but nothing happen
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### Author:  [@marky](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/marky)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/1-5-hook/27709/2 "2011-06-29T06:36:32Z")
you have to like kind of yank the string with your left finger (if you yoyo with your right), and when you see the slack coming over you try to catch it like it were a hidamese hook or however its called
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### Author:  [@RedTwo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RedTwo)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/1-5-hook/27709/3 "2011-06-29T10:00:20Z")
that means i have to literally grab the string?
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### Author:  [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/1-5-hook/27709/4 "2011-06-29T13:24:47Z")
not in the least. you need to pop the yoyo nice and high, and whip really hard. start like a brent stole. let it continue whipping. work on it, and eventually, you will land it. it is hard.