# General Yoyo Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 20, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204 "2019-08-20T20:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 69
**Author:** ![d34dj3d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d34dj3d/32/105169_2.png) [@d34dj3d](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d34dj3d)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1366 "2020-05-13T15:55:31Z")
5A is really about getting interesting and challenging new knots in the string. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1367 "2020-05-17T13:35:46Z")
i had a dream i was hanging out with someone from the forum, i don’t remember who, and we had a box of _expensive_ yoyos, like a SS Banshee, Banshee, Batsquatch, Hummingbird, others like that. and we’d throw a sleeper and set them on concrete to get them really dinged up. i have no clue why, and that’s all i remember from the dream. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1368 "2020-05-17T14:05:50Z")
> [@skitrz](#): > > Kids usually start to talk before they walk. Kind of like yoyoers, and other skill enthusiasts, that talk the talk before they walk the walk. > [@MoonageMin](#): > > You talking to me? 🤣 (says half the people on here) haha I totally feel like he’s talking about me! 😛 #Imposter\_Syndrome [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/9/d/d9d19c509a64aea9e3c3bc953349667425ad0669.jpeg "The Impostor Syndrome") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqhUHyVpAwE) ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1369 "2020-05-17T14:23:08Z")
> [@zslane](#): > > - Using a hard plastic counterweight hurts my hand when I catch it I’m thinking a counterweight made of a relatively “soft” hardwood may be an ideal counterweight density. ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1370 "2020-05-17T15:03:52Z")
Alright @MoonageMin and @twitch77, I’m not specifically speaking of anyone but even if you feel I’m speaking directly to you, it’s not a negative. It’s an observation that leads to a question. Kids will pick up a yoyo, or any skill toy and just experiment and try to model things they have seen. As we become more articulate and develop our intellectual skills, we often will experiment less and talk, think, and discuss it more. Our learning style changes as we incorporate new learning strategies. The kid often learns more quickly, taking into account the kid isn’t too young. :thinking: Does this suggest one might learn more quickly by talking less and yoyoing more? I think it might be a possibility. I’m not saying it’s not fun and enjoyable to talk yoyo, we all know better. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1371 "2020-05-17T15:56:34Z")
> [@skitrz](#): > > one might learn more quickly by talking less and yoyoing more? Makes perfect sense to me 🙂 Haha if I spent even like 1/10th of the time actually yoing as I spend on these forums… ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1372 "2020-05-17T16:00:08Z")
I would reply in greater depth but I’m trying to embrace my younger self at the moment and yoyo instead of intellectualizing it! Bwahaahaa! ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1373 "2020-05-17T16:17:16Z")
> [@twitch77](#): > > Haha if I spent even like 1/10th of the time actually yoing as I spend on these forums… Lol now you’re just talking about me again 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1374 "2020-05-17T16:19:08Z")
lol :joy: ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1375 "2020-05-19T03:54:34Z")
Getting less and less enthusiastic about yoyoing lately. I thought this Covid situation would encourage me to yoyo more and it did for a bit and then I just got tired of it all. I don’t want to get into specifics here as I’m tired of having the argument it involves given that most responses seem to misunderstand what I’m talking about. If you’re really curious DM me. Regardless, I’m starting to give 5a a really serious attempt at improving and see if my feelings change, as most of my issue has to do with 1A at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1376 "2020-05-19T04:18:38Z")
I get like that sometimes. I’ll throw out of habit and go through the motions and wonder why I’m even bothering. I think it’s like anything - we just get tired of doing it and need a break. For me, art is and will always be first. Reading is second, and yoyos are third. ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1377 "2020-05-19T05:22:44Z")
Got the PDX Yo Batsquatch in a trade today. I’ve been fairly bored by a lot of yoyos lately. This yoyo is insane. To describe it, the yoyo is light and zippy on the string, but still manages to spin forever. I can do my best tricks all in sequence on one throw. Haven’t experienced that even with the Draupnir. I felt as if I was picking up the Yoyojam Dark Magic for the first time again. The feeling of using a yoyo so much more powerful than you’re used to. Not a feeling I get all that often nowadays. It makes you want to be better. ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1378 "2020-05-19T06:44:30Z")
It’s funny you mention that, this has happened to me I think in the past week or so. I want to find some new tricks to learn on 1A but have been too lazy to put in the effort to watch any videos. 5A has been stealing the show since the beginning of the month that I put 1A on the backburner. I think part of this is happening because 5A is still very new to me so I’m learning things faster with this than I am with 1A. In a sense I feel like I’m in some RPG. My 5A class is leveling up pretty quick in the early stages but will soon begin to slow as I find more advanced things. 1A “leveling up” is definitely feeling like a grind right now 🙂 Maybe my soon to arrive Masamini 2 and potential Loonie will change my mind, even though I have a bunch of small yoyos. What I might try is the “15 minute trick challenge” and see what I can come up with in a 15 minute time frame. I saw this on Youtube and tried it on one of my breaks at work. It was quite fun in the middle of a looming rut. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1379 "2020-05-19T11:33:26Z")
anyone know some easy flow tricks that i can learn? i can’t seem to find any on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1380 "2020-05-19T12:50:05Z")
Repeater tricks help with flow. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1381 "2020-05-19T12:51:09Z")
oof, i never thought of that. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1382 "2020-05-19T13:04:00Z")
Check out Takatsu Tsukasa’s channel he has a few new ones, he is a Repeater Master https://www.youtube.com/embed/j8Uxo8vjCnI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL--FvfaR3utHrJ-o8WDGhbEcTM289LSly ---
**Author:** ![Benmichael86](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benmichael86/32/64422_2.png) [@Benmichael86](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benmichael86)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1383 "2020-05-19T13:07:32Z")
Interesting, the yoyo looks like a Parlay or a Sudo, but in the YouTube description says it’s a prototype. I wonder if maybe there’s a Parlay 2 coming? ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1384 "2020-05-19T13:11:56Z")
Something is coming that looks sweet. Maybe part of the 2020 series, I don’t know all the details? Looks like its called the One Drop Panorama. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD-Yh1B5Bm/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link](https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD-Yh1B5Bm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) ---
**Author:** ![Benmichael86](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benmichael86/32/64422_2.png) [@Benmichael86](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benmichael86)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204/1385 "2020-05-19T13:23:33Z")
That looks incredible and I need it. Could it be titanium? [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204.md?page=68) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/general-yoyo-thoughts/307204.md?page=70)