# A- and Insomnia styles? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 8, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208 "2013-07-08T12:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/1 "2013-07-08T12:55:51Z")
So, looking through yoyowiki talk, I found those two names, but just the names. I have absolutely no information on them. Help? ---
**Author:** ![grolk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grolk/32/1398_2.png) [@grolk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/grolk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/2 "2013-07-08T22:03:37Z")
link? I can’t even find it… ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/3 "2013-07-08T22:20:48Z")
I have been yoyoing for a very long time. and have studied alt yoyo styles. I have never once heard of insomnia style A minus I might of…rings a bell in my head. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/4 "2013-07-09T01:03:57Z")
A- is tricks with the yoyo not spinning and fully unwound. Markmont did a fun video of it years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/5 "2013-07-09T01:25:02Z")
Could you post a link to that video? Also, I heard both these names in the talk about the yoyowiki styles of play. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/6 "2013-07-09T01:27:38Z")
Here it is. [www.yoyowiki.org/wiki/Talk:Styles\_Of\_Play](http://www.yoyowiki.org/wiki/Talk:Styles_Of_Play) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/7 "2013-07-09T01:29:08Z")
Oh look, another one. Alpha style. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/8 "2013-07-09T01:31:42Z")
> [@Yoyo Kangaroo](#): > > Could you post a link to that video? Also, I heard both these names in the talk about the yoyowiki styles of play. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/b/7/7b756e185a09ae1142b0ba91b371c8759870d855.jpeg "In Vegas With Mark Montgomery") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrophkdcOQ8) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/9 "2013-07-09T01:38:16Z")
Hahaha… How old is that video? Also, cool (sub)style. He catches it in his hand after every bounce… I guess to realign it. Now about that Insomnia and Alpha stuff… ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/10 "2013-07-09T13:30:24Z")
alpha is not really a style of play so much as a way of “playing with style”. alpha is an old doc pop term to describe tricks/playing which are inherently smooth. gerbil and super-flow (done correctly) are good examples of alpha style 1a tricks. basically fluid movements which keep the yo-yo from stopping and re-starting motion. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/11 "2013-07-09T14:00:11Z")
Alpha? [m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Og54pViL28s&desktop\_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOg54pViL28s](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Og54pViL28s&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOg54pViL28s) ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Long](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Brian\_Long](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Brian_Long)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/12 "2013-07-09T14:01:42Z")
Why do I feel like insomnia is yoyoing while sleeping? (I think we’ve all heard the stories.) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/13 "2013-07-09T14:26:54Z")
I now have this huge list of all styles, and I was wondering if anyone would mind proof reading it before I post it for everyone to see? ---
**Author:** ![grolk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grolk/32/1398_2.png) [@grolk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/grolk)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/14 "2013-07-09T14:31:07Z")
Sure, just send it to me, I’ll do my best to proofread it. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-and-insomnia-styles/56208/15 "2013-07-09T14:54:11Z")
Cool… Just look over it to make sure all the information is correct and there aren’t any obvious grammatical or spelling errors.