"Coming out of your shell" stories

So, I’ve been throwing regularly for about two years now and I’m just now starting to get more comfortable doing it in front of other people and with it in general. I thought it’d be cool to create a thread for us to share our stories about getting over that hurdle of throwing in public and how we started embracing it. I’ll start:

Recently, I attended a wedding where my wife was one of the bridesmaids and one of the other bridesmaids is slightly obsessed with my throwing. Apparently she was hyping it up to the bridal party while they were getting ready. When she found out I brought a few yoyos with me, she was like “you HAVE to bring one with you tonight!” and even though my wife was mortified at the thought of it, she didn’t want to disappoint her friend. So, I brought my Komodo with me to the reception.

Fast forward to after dessert and she became insistent that I put on a show. I was admittedly a little nervous, but I thought “why not?” and said we should go outside. A small group of people came along and as soon as I walked out the door I just took it out without a second thought and started throwing a front style combo. The general reaction was “oh, wow! I was not expecting that!” and I proceeded to throw some more combos and tricks while talking to people and everyone watching seemed to be genuinely interested. My nerves faded away and I just had fun with it. It was cool drawing a little crowd and answering questions about it. Sometimes I forget that most people have only seen a yoyo go up and down, but everyone knows what a yoyo is and they are usually intrigued when they see one (and for those of you wondering, yes, I did get asked if I could walk the dog… No, I didn’t do it. Though, I did do a Rock the Baby when asked.)

Moral of the story: Don’t worry about what people are going to think and just do what you love doing and people will vibe off your passion. The End.

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I have never really had a problem about throwing in front of people. I actually really enjoy it. You are able to show people something they have probably never seen before. I also really like answering people’s questions. It has however helped me talk more as it gives me something to talk about. The best feeling is when you are throwing in front of some kids and they want to start yoyoing themselves.

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Never had a fear of throwing in front of people. I’ve always been very outgoing and don’t really care what others think. I always have a yoyo on me and throw just about everywhere I go

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I think I just need to get out more lol. I generally feel the same as you guys and will do it pretty much anywhere I have a spare moment to throw a bit. It definitely feels less stressful now that I have better control and a bigger bag of tricks than I did like a year ago. Before this though, I had only done it in front of a few close friends, so it was a different feeling doing it in front of strangers for a change.

I used to play in bands and no matter how many times I played in front of people, I still always had the pre-show jitters up until the moment the show started. Then it would all melt away and I’d just play.

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I can relate to this.

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