# dead yoyo trick **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [August 18, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530 "2009-08-18T02:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danzac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@danzac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/danzac)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/1 "2009-08-18T02:30:17Z")
Can someone explain this trick to me? My yoyo is giving me absolutely no reaction when I attempt this. Don’t even understand how it is working for the guy in the video 😛 ---
**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 18, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/2 "2009-08-18T02:31:07Z")
What yoyo are you using? It helps that he is using a responsive yoyo, if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![ElendilAndurilz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elendilandurilz/32/140_2.png) [@ElendilAndurilz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ElendilAndurilz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/3 "2009-08-18T05:41:35Z")
This will not work with yoyos that are dead unresponsive. Your yoyo needs to catch your response system for that maneuver to work. Try hand or thumb starting the yoyo. Those techniques work better for very unresponsive yoyos. ---
**Author:** ![danzac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@danzac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/danzac)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/4 "2009-08-18T10:56:17Z")
Ahh, okay. My yoyo isn’t dead unresponsive, but its pretty close. Thanks guys. ---
**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 18, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/5 "2009-08-18T21:25:22Z")
> [@ElendilAndurilz](#): > > This will not work with yoyos that are dead unresponsive. Your yoyo needs to catch your response system for that maneuver to work. > > Try hand or thumb starting the yoyo. Those techniques work better for very unresponsive yoyos. Well, you can do this with a dead unresponsive yoyo. I can at least. It doesn’t work near as well though as a hand or thumb start. ---
**Author:** ![hometowne96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@hometowne96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hometowne96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/6 "2009-08-24T17:01:02Z")
u have to be using a responsive yoyo an this works buecause when u pulll the string through like that the string is catching an it will give the yoyo the momentuem it needs i just did it with my yoyo an i did everything but catch it an when i dropped it my yoyo was spinning ---
**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 24, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/7 "2009-08-24T23:46:02Z")
> [@hometowne96](#): > > u have to be using a responsive yoyo an this works buecause when u pulll the string through like that the string is catching an it will give the yoyo the momentuem it needs i just did it with my yoyo an i did everything but catch it an when i dropped it my yoyo was spinning Read. Thanks: > [@Apetrunk](#): > > > [@ElendilAndurilz](#): > > > > This will not work with yoyos that are dead unresponsive. Your yoyo needs to catch your response system for that maneuver to work. > > > > Try hand or thumb starting the yoyo. Those techniques work better for very unresponsive yoyos. > > Well, you can do this with a dead unresponsive yoyo. I can at least. It doesn’t work near as well though as a hand or thumb start. EDIT: Put in the wrong quote on accident. ---
**Author:** ![imtifade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@imtifade](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/imtifade)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/8 "2009-08-25T01:04:39Z")
hahahahahaha awesome song ---
**Author:** ![muchacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@muchacho](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/muchacho)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dead-yoyo-trick/5530/9 "2009-08-25T01:10:49Z")
> [@ElendilAndurilz](#): > > This will not work with yoyos that are dead unresponsive. Your yoyo needs to catch your response system for that maneuver to work. > > Try hand or thumb starting the yoyo. Those techniques work better for very unresponsive yoyos. make an extra loop over the bearing