# Biggest yoyo lesson you've learned?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [November 19, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109 "2022-11-19T11:09:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/1 "2022-11-19T11:09:14Z")
Not sure if this has been discussed before, but what is the biggest lesson you’ve learnt in your yoyo journey… Either intentionally or accidentally.
For me it was shortening my yoyo string. Only happened by accident as one of my new throws come with a much shorter string than I’m used to. Was impatient to try the throw before swapping strings, and discovered how much quicker and controlled I could play with the shorter string.
What’s yours?
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### Author:  [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/2 "2022-11-19T11:11:55Z")
I haven’t learned it yet but:
Buy less yoyos, learn more tricks.
Maybe one day. 😅😅😅
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### Author:  [@Lefski](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lefski)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/3 "2022-11-19T14:19:51Z")
Do a safety-throw after EVERY suspicious bind!
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/4 "2022-11-19T14:24:13Z")
It’s usually not the yoyo, it’s just me and my ability to control it. Make sense?
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### Author:  [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/5 "2022-11-19T14:27:00Z")
String torsion is _so_ important for fixed axle play. Most fixies have a sweet spot where they return reliably and keep the string open enough for kickflips, and the sweet spot varies by throw and string combination.
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### Author:  [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/6 "2022-11-19T14:41:59Z")
My eye socket can confirm this one 🤣🤣
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### Author:  [@yoyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojoe)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/7 "2022-11-19T15:46:36Z")
Practice makes perfect
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### Author:  [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/8 "2022-11-19T15:58:04Z")
Improving isn’t a race. A handful of people progress stupidly fast, most people don’t. The great players I look up to have been playing for 5-10+ years. They didn’t get good in a year or two, they just kept playing/learning/improving at their own pace for a long time.
Alternatively, but not to be interpreted in a way contradictory to what I just wrote:
Kids don’t learn too quickly, it’s adults who give up too quickly.
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### Author:  [@LeftyThrower24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyThrower24)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/10 "2022-11-19T16:49:48Z")
The tiny scar by my left eye and my two front teeth can vouch for this one
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/11 "2022-11-19T17:00:27Z")
Is actually really easy to do 😅. I was addicted to buying and trying every new yo-yo out there when I first returned to throwing. Decided that I just wanted to focus on improving and haven’t bought a single yoyo since. You can do it!
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### Author:  [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/12 "2022-11-19T17:01:19Z")
Practice makes improvement!
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### Author:  [@Astroyama](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Astroyama)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/13 "2022-11-19T22:10:23Z")
Yoyo people think I’m a Troll.
Also…that giving away for FREE 95% of my yoyo collection, was far more rewarding than obtaining and maintaining it. A lot of kids and adults got nice yoyos, whereas, I would have never bought one for them in the first place. Pay’em forward…teach the art…inspire!
Reduce Reuse Recycle.
I think the skeleton in the yoyo closet is too many yoyos not enough hands. In other words Sinful Gluttony.
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### Author:  [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/14 "2022-11-19T22:13:58Z")
Man… I got a lot of em
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### Author:  [@kretzschmar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kretzschmar)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/15 "2022-11-19T22:42:19Z")
To enjoy doing what you enjoy to do. Your enjoyment is not dependent upon another’s approval. Enjoy life in your own unique and beautiful way.
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### Author:  [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/16 "2022-11-20T00:34:33Z")
Don’t yoyo while drunk and angry.
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### Author:  [@Siggy-06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Siggy-06)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/17 "2022-11-20T01:45:05Z")
Watch out for ceiling fans and chandeliers, area rugs are your friend, your wallet will judge you.
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### Author:  [@Tricksyouforgot44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tricksyouforgot44)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/18 "2022-11-20T02:32:29Z")
Break things down, learn tricks in a good order, be fundamentally sound and not to skip. Skills will accelerate and your future self will thank your former self and that’s when the true fun begins.
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### Author:  [@tylerpan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tylerpan)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/19 "2022-11-20T02:34:39Z")
When performing a combo, it is better to start it with a good flow instead of trying to over-stack with all the fancy, difficult trick.
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/20 "2022-11-20T02:53:47Z")
Vibe isn’t a problem.
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### Author:  [@Pox](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pox)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-yoyo-lesson-youve-learned/366109/21 "2022-11-20T03:06:45Z")
Keep at it.
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