# Any tips on 5A **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [July 10, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995 "2020-07-10T17:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HAAC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/haac/32/96039_2.png) [@HAAC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HAAC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/1 "2020-07-10T17:42:03Z")
I recently got a freehand nextgen and I have been trying to learn som 5A. Any tips or pointers to look out for to make learning 5A easier? ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/2 "2020-07-10T17:51:12Z")
One thing I’ve had trouble with is catching the counterweight at speed, especially without watching it all the time. So I made a simple trainer that lets me just practice swinging the counterweight around at different speeds (slowly at first, and speeding up a little at a time) and catching it, both while watching it and then without watching it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/5/9/35964de3dbea56bc592596e8b628a0700734631a.jpeg) I just hold the open loop in the first couple fingers of my left (non-throw) hand and swing the counterweight around with that hand, catching it in my throw hand, over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![HAAC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/haac/32/96039_2.png) [@HAAC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HAAC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/3 "2020-07-10T17:53:45Z")
Oh thats actually a really good idea And a good purpose for my old strings I’m going to make one Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/4 "2020-07-10T18:57:01Z")
> **[definitiveyoyoing.com - definitiveyoyoing Resources and Information.](http://www.definitiveyoyoing.com/learn-5a)** > > definitiveyoyoing.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, definitiveyoyoing.com has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for! ---
**Author:** ![HAAC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/haac/32/96039_2.png) [@HAAC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HAAC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/5 "2020-07-10T19:10:40Z")
I’ve been using the yotricks app but another source of information is always welcomed l Thank you I did not know this site existed ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/6 "2020-07-10T19:46:25Z")
That’s the OG site for 5a tutorials :wink: ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/7 "2020-07-11T10:37:27Z")
Smart thinking. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/8 "2020-07-11T14:59:02Z")
> [@HAAC](#): > > another source of information is always welcomed > [@Every 5A tutorial source on the internet](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/every-5a-tutorial-source-on-the-internet/319313): > > X-Divisions are usually eclipsed by the popularity and accesibility of 1A, so any player who decides to take any X-Division seriously is a good thing. In the spirit of 5A May and the ending of the counterweight patent, let’s compile every source of 5A information there is in this thread for everyone who decides to learn the style. 5A is interesting as a style. It is (of course) not as popular as 1A, hence the lack of material about it compared to 1A stuff. But it is definitely more vast than 3… ---
**Author:** ![HAAC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/haac/32/96039_2.png) [@HAAC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HAAC)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-tips-on-5a/323995/9 "2020-07-11T15:15:30Z")
Is this post going to be meta?