- favorite snack?
- what do pros eat before performing?
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When did you start wearing those long elastic arm sleeves?
What music have you been listening to recently?
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Are there any materials or design elements that you would pretty much always stay away from when coming up with your signature yoyo? Like never using magnesium or titanium or never going with a monometal design.
Also, do you plan on recording another freestyle in an auditorium like your scales international fs? (Loved the use of the FOB song btw)
what’s your process for integrating music into your routine?
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cats or dogs?
How long did it take to design the contrast??
What went into it compared to the motive?
- Will you continue to compete in 4a?
- Favorite freestyle you made?
In what ways do you think yoyoing can benefit in terms of building character? Have you noticed that yoyoing has ever helped you in certain areas of life (such as developing persistence, discipline, etc.)?
spoiler alert, there’s a monometal version incoming called CONTRA
- not connor seals
Hi!
Outside of yoyoing, whats your favorite pastime?
And what do you generally look for in a yoyo? (Shape, size…)
congrats on winning !
Q1- how did you start learning yoyoing and what would you change in retrospective ?
Q2- what makes a yoyo a “competition“ yoyo nowadays ? is it different than say 5 years ago ?
thank you
Do you find that the competitive yoyo scene is stagnating with its routine developments, or that it is possibly going down a less original direction?
Sup Connor,
What was your favorite yoyojam yoyo back in the day? 
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Do you watch others routines, or trick vids?
- Is there anyone you take inspiration from? (Either in the yoyo scene or not)
- What kind of goals do you have for the future?
1.If you could record a yoyo video anywhere in the world where would it be?
2.What video game do you play to pass time?
Vanilla or chocolate? How much ya bench?
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Q1. How much do you weight performance in your freestyle compared to pure clicks?
Q2. What are your favorite color ways of contrast?
Yeah I saw him a couple thanksgiving’s ago
Learning new tricks can definitely be very frustrating (I’ve been there, it took me a year to learn boingy boing and a few years to learn seasick). The default answer is just “keep practicing”, but if you’re practicing the wrong technique, you won’t make any progress. From my experience teaching tricks in person and over video, a common reason people aren’t making progress on a trick is due to a lack of understanding of the mechanics of the trick. For example, the yoyo’s trajectory (is the yoyo pinwheeling clockwise/counter-clockwise?), the yoyo’s positioning relative to your fingers, hand positioning, etc. For example if a beginner were to try kwijibo while crossing their arms backwards (with their non throw hand crossing over their throw hand rather than the correct way, throw hand over non throw hand). I can’t tell you how many times I have helped with a trick and someone has their “aha!” moment and says “that’s ALL I was doing wrong???”
Long story short I have three pieces of advice for you, first study the trick the best you can, is their an “over the head” video of the trick you could watch? Slow motion? If it’s a slack trick, how is the slack generated? Manually through a whipping motion, or is the slack made through tension (the player seperating their hands like with “tension hoook”? Second, try to seek out help from other players. Third, if that isn’t available, record a video of yourself attempting the trick, even if it’s a failed attempt, and then compare your video to a video of someone doing the trick correctly, how is your execution different? If it’s a laceration trick, is the yoyo’s highest point (apex) supposed to be at eye level, but you’re popping the yoyo too high or low? Try to take note of the essential techniques of the trick while you study, but sometimes that can only take you so far, and help from another yoyoer is probably best. We all need a fresh set of eyes to get a new perspective.
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answer 2, thanks! I like the bald look and I’m strongly considering doing it again, but we’ll see 