# beginner help:trapeze? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072 "2010-01-08T04:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wergugy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wergugy/32/391_2.png) [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/1 "2010-01-08T04:12:30Z")
hello i am a beginner to yoyoing and i am having trouble with trapeze. can any one help? ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/2 "2010-01-08T04:15:40Z")
Try to get close to the yoyo as you land it to make it more controlled. Also, instead of throwing it into trapeze, grab the string and swing it onto the trapeze. Get this motion first and then once you get the hang of that, land on trapeze with the throw. Anymore you need to know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/3 "2010-01-08T04:20:48Z")
Keep your hand relaxed and steady. Once do what Mark said and swing it in. After you get the motion, stay in that mount to get the feel for it while it’s resting on the string. A problem some beginners have I notice is that whenever they try trapeze, the yo-yo slides towards their freehand and touches and spins out. Also keep your hands on the same level. ---
**Author:** ![wergugy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wergugy/32/391_2.png) [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/4 "2010-01-08T08:01:09Z")
thanks guys ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/5 "2010-01-08T08:33:36Z")
Did you get it? If yes, good job! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/6 "2010-01-08T18:00:56Z")
Remember one important detail: Don’t do anything else until you get trapeze down. It is essential! I tell that to this other kid at my school and he doesn’t get it. Right off the bat, he wants Eli Hops. ---
**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/7 "2010-01-08T18:28:18Z")
Jumper posted a tip about this that helped me ALOT. After you throw your breakaway, and it comes up to go over your NTH index finger, run that finger on the string towards the yoyo a little bit. this will cause it to come over straighter. ---
**Author:** ![wergugy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wergugy/32/391_2.png) [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/8 "2010-01-08T23:53:37Z")
i got it down now i need help with double or nothin ---
**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/9 "2010-01-09T00:05:54Z")
The first thing I did when I started that was try to throw it, and get it around where it was suppossed to be, So I could get a feel for how far my fingers should be apart. I didn’t worry about landing it till I got that down. Again I found it helps to slide you finger the string a little as it comes around each side. ---
**Author:** ![wergugy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wergugy/32/391_2.png) [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/10 "2010-01-09T03:00:47Z")
what do you mean by “slide your finger a little down the string” ---
**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/11 "2010-01-09T03:19:55Z")
like how you slid your finger on the string to get the trapeze? Same deal, but you do it a everytime the string wraps a finger, Dig? ---
**Author:** ![wergugy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wergugy/32/391_2.png) [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/12 "2010-01-09T07:13:34Z")
i dig, i’ll try. thanks psin you’ve been a big help ^\_^. ---
**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/13 "2010-01-09T13:17:40Z")
Not a problem, man. ---
**Author:** ![wergugy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wergugy/32/391_2.png) [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/14 "2010-01-10T03:28:33Z")
still trying to get it down…just need a little more practice. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoingmonkey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoingmonkey/32/86_2.png) [@yoyoingmonkey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoingmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/15 "2010-01-11T00:57:52Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/0/1/b01e7a26405414bd7c9427ae8026bc86ffba3150.jpeg "Yoyo begginer tutorials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHBDNoIox74) hopes this helps, i think its the 6th trick ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/beginner-help-trapeze/10072/16 "2010-01-11T05:53:17Z")
Slide the trapeze string loop to your index knuckle and on the trapeze, pop the yoyo to the right and swing over your throw hand into double or nothing (see the matrix trick below). Please note to create space between the loop of the trapeze and the other loop so you don’t land on both strings. > **[YoYoExpert.com - Advanced - The Matrix](https://yoyoexpert.com/learn/033-advanced-matrix.php)** > > Learn the yo-yo trick The Matrix from YoYoExpert.com. Just do the part from the trapeze back to double or nothing first. Also, remember to have the yoyo land on the string as close to your finger as possible.