Same, I can do both but push start is faster and easier
I use snap starts when I do 3a though. Iāll probably switch to push starts when I get better at 3a haha
Yes I do feel that way. My brothers help. :ā(
Oh definitely! Well, Iām only 2 months and about a week into the hobby. I wouldnāt count the first three weeks before that 2mo 1wk count because I was too busy with school to actually throw. Even so, total of 3 months? I know I still suck horribly. It doesnāt help watching vids of these guys/gals all over. Reading other peopleās threads about creating their own trick or asking for help when doing trick X. Once I watch how to do trick X, I feel like itās impossible.To add more pain, I can only do manual winding of the yo-yo. Worst of all, Iāve been working for almost a week on my Boingy Boing and I just couldnāt do it very well. Yes, I do feel like I suck pretty badā¦
At the same time, I feel that Iāve improved A LOT! I actually land my suicides 50% of the time now. I can land most of advanced tricks here (non slack, non whip, non grind). Iām able to step out of my comfort zone and pull off lacerations. Kwijibo? the trick that I swore is impossible for me ever? I can do it now. I feel like Iām moving up now. With that said, it is this improvement and the fun I get that pushes me. Also, I just got my first metal and itās a huge improvement over my plastic!
Iāve been throwing for 3 years
Iām not amazing
I donāt compete
But I can hold my own with other throwers
I donāt have enough time to put into it to be ācompetitionā good so I just have fun with it!
And then by trading I get another level of excitement
At the end of the day itās a relaxing hobby with a great community!
donāt worry how good you are, everybody learns at there own rithm. Iām throwing for more than an decade and am still learning stuff on daily basis.
creativity is like that, sometimes you need to lay down your toy (or whatever) for a while to truly appreciate itās power. yoyoing can be frustrating in the beggining, but it only gets rewarding afterā¦ I promice 
I donāt think I could survive without snap starts ???
QFT
I feel like this about yoyoing whenever I post a video. Then I remember all of those videos that I have enjoyed at various skill levels. Then I remember why I yoyo. I donāt usually feel self conscious about yoyo tutorial videos though so that is a very comfortable thing.
No kidding!
Thanks for that! I hope I donāt make you guys feel bad. I think Iām a decent thrower now, but it wasnāt until about October of last year that I started to feel that way. At Nationals and Worlds people actually approached me (both casual players and sponsored players), and asked me to do tricks for them that theyād seen in my videos. It was such an unreal experience, and was an incredible confidence booster. āWhat?! You know who I am?! You want to see my tricks? Really? Uuuuuh okay!ā
I donāt think Iāll ever forget when Stephan Fuentes (SlimJoe) approached me at worlds while I was waiting to get my floor pass, and was like āhey! Are you Alex Gallimore? Dude, you HAVE to show me some of those sick front style tricks.ā It was unreal.
It took me 3.5 years to feel like I was a decent thrower, and thatās all I will probably ever think of myself.
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This happens to me with multiple things I do. I always compare myself to the best people and I feel down because of it. However, there will always be better people than yourself but as Long as youāre having fun then it doesnāt really matter.
Unless itās your job
haha well yeah then you get fired xD