# Desperado?

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/desperado/13980
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [May 2, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/desperado/13980 "2010-05-02T17:15:53Z")
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### Author: ![Cameron364](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Cameron364](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cameron364)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/desperado/13980/1 "2010-05-02T17:15:53Z")

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Just wondering what happens at the second bit in desperado, after you have thrown the string over your hand and caught the yoyo on the front string.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/7/9/e79ba332f4f946248324c7c1ada3d3fe62c5cee0.jpeg "Desperado") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFQBdTg-yAY)

0.43 - 1.00

Just can’t seem to get it down!!

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### Author: ![RedWarp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/redwarp/32/370_2.png) [@RedWarp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RedWarp)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/desperado/13980/2 "2010-05-02T17:46:11Z")

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The key phrase is “Don’t catch the slack, insert your finger in the loop connected to the yoyo.”

If you’re used to a [Brother Slack](http://www.grawrd.com/tricks/advancedslack.html)-style throw and catch of slack, then this move will probably be sort of counter-intuitive. You don’t want to catch the slack; you want to put your throwhand index finger into the loop on your freehand index. Just trying it a little bit I found it very hard to get my finger into that tiny loop, but I guess with practice it comes naturally. You will end up in a sort of plucked Trapeze (like the one you start out White Buddha with) if you do the move correctly.

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### Author: ![Cameron364](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Cameron364](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cameron364)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/desperado/13980/3 "2010-05-02T18:19:55Z")

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it’s kinda of wierd because if i dont do it quick enough the slack seems to come undone and i missed my shot, oh well I will keep trying it!

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### Author: ![Xdohl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xdohl/32/12_2.png) [@Xdohl](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xdohl)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/desperado/13980/4 "2010-05-02T21:12:53Z")

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> [@Cameron364](#):
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> it’s kinda of wierd because if i dont do it quick enough the slack seems to come undone and i missed my shot, oh well I will keep trying it!

My trick 🙂 Glad someone’s working on it!

That’s my main gripe with the trick as well, that second swing really is the hardest part. Practice is all it is!