# Branding hurts my brain **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [February 14, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120 "2023-02-14T17:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/1 "2023-02-14T17:36:39Z")
This is not yet a cry for help or advice this is just me publicly declaring that learning to brand is like antimatter to my brain and hands for some reason, even with the yo-yo tricks tutorial to help with. Hope you all are having a good day! ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/2 "2023-02-14T17:37:35Z")
Also why is yo-yo tricks put together all as one word censored? Weird ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/3 "2023-02-14T17:40:09Z")
Because yoyo tricks, as a single word, used to be the name of a competing yoyo company, and competing yoyo company names get censored automatically by the Discourse software. BTW, when you say “brand” do you mean “bind”? ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/4 "2023-02-14T17:46:20Z")
Ahhhh that makes sense. And no, branding is a weird trick from the 1.5 mount ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/5 "2023-02-14T17:53:33Z")
I recently learned branding and its now one of my absolute favorites. its not as difficult as youd first think, just gotta keep that first swing over the top smooth ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/6 "2023-02-14T17:54:31Z")
docpop has a great video on branding and its variations [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/a/8/da877f521f0fd08f446cc53e4de2627116b7a9e4.jpeg "Branding! Variations, tutorials, and the story behind this classic yo-yo trick.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQBfQF6q8E) ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/7 "2023-02-14T17:59:19Z")
Definitely having the most problems with the whole “smooth swing over the top” part so I will check this out ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/8 "2023-02-14T18:40:25Z")
I was gonna try to explain this trick through text and now my brain hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/9 "2023-02-14T18:44:41Z")
Too many twisty bits and hopping between strings for text. ---
**Author:** ![aminalcollective](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aminalcollective/32/234203_2.png) [@aminalcollective](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aminalcollective)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/10 "2023-02-14T18:55:18Z")
branding is literally my favorite yo-yo trick it helped me understand more about how to flow, would deff recommend doing it as much as possible ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/11 "2023-02-14T18:58:50Z")
I struggled with branding when I was new. My problem was that I was thinking about the slack as being something you “throw” over. The motion of the yoyo swinging over your index finger with the way the strings are set up gives the slack all the motion it needs. So you don’t “throw” the slack around, you just let go with your non throw hand while swinging the yoyo around your index finger. Another bit of advice is that when doing any kind of slack like this, you want the yoyo to be ascending from a small hop upwards. When the yoyo is ascending the slack can just do its own thing without being pulled down by the yoyo, the moment the yoyo starts descending, the yoyo will pull the slack down with it. Other than that it’s just practice, hopefully those two bits of advice help. ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/12 "2023-02-14T19:00:33Z")
Advice is always appreciated. But for sure if one thing I’ve ever learned from yoyoing so far is that practice is everything, which can be said for a lot of things, but particularly yoyoing ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/13 "2023-02-14T19:14:17Z")
It’s more like I just do it in one smooth motion, so trying to break it down made my head hurt 😅 I suppose that’s the key to a lot of tricks…once you have all the pieces down, then you gotta practice doing all those pieces as one individual movement. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeper80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sleeper80/32/257936_2.png) [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/14 "2023-02-14T19:39:20Z")
i’m trying to just start by learning the early trick doc based branding off of, i think its called brent… ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/15 "2023-02-15T01:13:56Z")
My favorite thing to do on an unresponsive is put branding everywhere I can fit it. ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/16 "2023-02-15T14:42:00Z")
I’m planning on putting it in-between cold fusion and Buddha’s revenge once I learn it. My routine that I’m building has this: Laceration into Trapeze Slackide Kwijibo Cold fusion Branding Buddha’s Revenge Crazy 8’s Then just dismount and jade whip to finish ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/17 "2023-02-15T15:25:22Z")
Update: I have taught myself everything up to the suicide point. Now the real fun begins ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/18 "2023-02-17T17:31:44Z")
Bumping this for myself so that I can finally nail the last part of the trick ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/19 "2023-02-18T15:40:51Z")
I did it!!! Now to learn to do it consistently… ---
**Author:** ![stevejspins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120/20 "2023-02-18T17:06:21Z")
Sometimes you dont need to do the whole trick, just borrow elements. Combining tricks is a reminder to do them at all [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/branding-hurts-my-brain/370120.md?page=2)