# Brain Twister

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [August 9, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208 "2009-08-09T23:04:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Reflex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/reflex/32/235_2.png) [@Reflex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Reflex)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208/1 "2009-08-09T23:04:25Z")

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Hey guys, I have another question. I’m getting really frustrated with Brain Twister, and I’m probably doing it wrong because of one slight false motion. Whenever I start the trick and having it loop in a circle, it always gets into a knot and I can’t continue with the trick. Mind you, this is the first loop. Any advice? Which way do I swing it, when holding it infront of my body (Brain Twister mount obviously) do I swing it left or right?

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**Author:** ![EvanB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208/2 "2009-08-09T23:15:03Z")

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Hold your Throwhand finger farthest from you and the left finger in a Backwards Trapeze thing. This is the mount. Bring your right finger Directly under your Left finger and it should be hitting 2 strings. Continue the motion of your finger coming to your bellyand do a full circle. Thats a braintwister.

I think that makes sence…

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208/3 "2009-08-09T23:15:28Z")

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You don’t swing it left or right. It will stay in line with how it is the whole time. You will never have it go left or right. Just bring it towards you and then around your hands from there.

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**Author:** ![Reflex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/reflex/32/235_2.png) [@Reflex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Reflex)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208/4 "2009-08-09T23:21:41Z")

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> [@Apetrunk](#):
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> You don’t swing it left or right. It will stay in line with how it is the whole time. You will never have it go left or right. Just bring it towards you and then around your hands from there.

Aaahhhh, I understand now. I did Brain Twister successfully just now with your advice. My problem was that I kept adjusting it so it would be spinning infront of me and the only directions I can swing it were left or right, I thought the position where it had to swing infront of me was awkward because it looked like it would hit me if I did it that way. Thanks for the advice guys.

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**Author:** ![yoyomaster242](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyomaster242/32/64_2.png) [@yoyomaster242](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaster242)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brain-twister/5208/5 "2009-08-10T04:18:09Z")

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sleeper  
take NTH index and put itbehind the middle of the string  
slide your TH down  
thread the yo in the string  
bring Th up so that the yo is sitting in a closed weird trapeze thing  
push with your TH TOWARDS YOURSELF  
let spin X amount of times  
dismount  
catch