Hey everyone! The past month I’ve really been focusing on trying to learn techy type tricks that incorporate slack and rejection elements. Some of us have been discussing it in another thread, but thought it would be fun to start a new thread to post beginner tutorials in. Just a way to consolidate it all and keep it on topic.
Here’s some I’ve been trying this past week. A few of them I’ve got, and others I’m still trying to figure out.
Slacks are not a monolith where they all fit together really. There are slacks like yuuki slack or cheese whip, where you’re pinching the string. There are slacks where you’re hopping the Yoyo up and whipping to make a slack while the Yoyo doesn’t have gravity to pull the slack out like hooks and other lacerations or tension hooks and rejections where the slack catches the Yoyo. Even within these categories there’s a ton of different ways mechanically that the slacks work. I just wanted to say this bc I don’t think it’s helpful to categorize all slacks together like some are so different than each other.
Generally, I think y’all should definitely not fear slacks or put them on a pedestal or anything. Lots of slacks are pretty easy and can be learned without much struggle. Usually the ones where you pinch and whip the string and can mostly ignore the Yoyo. The harder ones are where you’re not pinching and have a brief moment to form the slack and catch the Yoyo with it.
Here’s a combo with a few simpler slacks that highlights how different slacks can be. I think this first one is a great place to start for anyone intimidated by slacks. You just pinch and whip the string so that it goes under and around and back into the gap. Switches from trapeze to an undermount.
I’ve gotten the first slack in Yuuki Slack (not sure if it’s called something else on its own), Trapeze Slack, and Brother Slack. These are all very easy slack tricks. I made a video but not a tutorial. There are good tutorials out for these though.
