# A question that I would love to have answered

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**Category:** Gentry Stein\
**Created:** [February 1, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-that-i-would-love-to-have-answered/72376 "2015-02-01T19:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-that-i-would-love-to-have-answered/72376/1 "2015-02-01T19:06:03Z")

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Hey Gentry, I know you get a lot of fan questions, but I would really appreciate this being answered.

So, I am interested in competing (1a), and I have some cool stuff put together, but not enough to last the whole 2-3 minutes. Did you ever run into this problem when you were starting to compete? If so, how did you get around it?

Thanks so much, and keep doing great stuff.

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**Author:** ![Gentry\_Stein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gentry_stein/32/7919_2.png) [@Gentry\_Stein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gentry_Stein)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-that-i-would-love-to-have-answered/72376/2 "2015-02-01T19:12:57Z")

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Expand your trick base! What tricks are you missing? Figure that out and go learn some tricks of that type.

Also, make sure you have a solid preliminary before working on finals.