# Breakaway?!
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [February 26, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181 "2014-02-26T23:46:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@dnellegar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnellegar)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/1 "2014-02-26T23:46:38Z")
So I’m really new to yo-yoing and I’m having a real hard time with breakaways. Any tips?
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### Author:  [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/2 "2014-02-27T00:04:52Z")
What seems to be the problem with the breakaway? If you can give us a bit more detail with what’s going wrong, we can give you more specific advice to help =)
Yuki
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### Author:  [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/3 "2014-02-27T00:07:24Z")
It’s like throwing a frisbee orthogonal to the ground.
For beginners, I’ve seen that keeping your arm in the same plane as your body helps a lot.
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### Author:  [@dnellegar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnellegar)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/4 "2014-02-27T00:50:39Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#):
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> It’s like throwing a frisbee orthogonal to the ground.
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> For beginners, I’ve seen that keeping your arm in the same plane as your body helps a lot.
well its kind of hard to explain. when the yoyo rolls off of my hand it kind of tilts bit and screws up the entire motion
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### Author:  [@dnellegar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnellegar)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/5 "2014-02-27T00:51:25Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#):
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> It’s like throwing a frisbee orthogonal to the ground.
>
> For beginners, I’ve seen that keeping your arm in the same plane as your body helps a lot.
i will try this out, thank you
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### Author:  [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/6 "2014-02-27T01:33:46Z")
Maybe try adjusting your grip to counter the direction of the tilt and add a bit more wrist snap to the motion. I used to have the same problem as well when I started throwing breakaways.
Yuki
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### Author:  [@dnellegar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnellegar)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/7 "2014-02-27T02:01:27Z")
> [@yuki\_onitsura](#):
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> Maybe try adjusting your grip to counter the direction of the tilt and add a bit more wrist snap to the motion. I used to have the same problem as well when I started throwing breakaways.
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> Yuki
thanks dude 🙂
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### Author:  [@GenGunner02](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GenGunner02)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/8 "2014-02-27T04:09:26Z")
Hope this helps: [The Breakaway side-throw yoyo trick - Learn How | ■■■■■■■■■■.com](http://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/the-breakaway/154/)
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### Author:  [@dnellegar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnellegar)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/9 "2014-02-27T11:43:12Z")
> [@GenGunner02](#):
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> Hope this helps: [The Breakaway side-throw yoyo trick - Learn How | ■■■■■■■■■■.com](http://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/the-breakaway/154/)
Thank you. Helped quite a bit actually
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### Author:  [@sean.sutt10](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sean.sutt10)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/10 "2014-02-27T16:02:23Z")
Hey what worked for me when i was first learning was to keep my arm and make sure that the tilt of my hand was completely parallel with my body. Also try seeing you can throw a trapeze by only sticking your index finger on your non throw hand, this should work if your breakaway’s completely straight, just a bit of a goal to work towards. Good Luck.
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### Author:  [@dnellegar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnellegar)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/11 "2014-02-27T22:02:07Z")
> [@sean.sutt10](#):
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> Hey what worked for me when i was first learning was to keep my arm and make sure that the tilt of my hand was completely parallel with my body. Also try seeing you can throw a trapeze by only sticking your index finger on your non throw hand, this should work if your breakaway’s completely straight, just a bit of a goal to work towards. Good Luck.
thanks! I worked it all out
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### Author:  [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/12 "2014-03-04T14:30:14Z")
> [@dnellegar](#):
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> thanks! I worked it all out
Good for you, now to work on Rancid Milk.
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### Author:  [@Mvppaintball1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mvppaintball1)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway/64181/13 "2014-03-04T19:43:53Z")
Make sure when you throw the yoyo your arm is fairly straight to prevent some tilting of the yoyo
-Ryan