# 5A Ambidextrous

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/5a-ambidextrous/454552>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [October 4, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/5a-ambidextrous/454552 "2026-10-04T14:33:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![wsobchak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7c8e57/32.png) [@wsobchak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wsobchak)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/5a-ambidextrous/454552/1 "2026-10-04T14:33:42Z")

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I’ve been playing 1A for a little over a year now and feel like I’ve made some good progress. I recently wanted to try 5A. I’m finding pretty quickly that a lot of tricks, or even mostly all of them, can be done left or right side. I’m just wondering: Do serious 5A players often learn tricks and combos on both sides and switch it up, or do you generally still have a dominant side? For example, I’ve watched some competition videos and I notice that the player might only do an E-fan on one side.

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**Author:** ![kaozmachine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kaozmachine/32/648040_2.png) [@kaozmachine](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kaozmachine)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/5a-ambidextrous/454552/2 "2026-10-04T15:46:59Z")

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I think alternating-hand bee stings are sick. Its why I practice 5a.