# Help with Eli Hops? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393 "2010-12-01T00:39:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikey77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mikey77/32/48_2.png) [@mikey77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikey77)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/1 "2010-12-01T00:39:41Z")
Hey guys, I haven’t been on this forum in a WHILE! I just would like to know a few tips with Eli Hops. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/2 "2010-12-01T01:50:11Z")
Try landing the yoyo closer to your index finger. ---
**Author:** ![maxd11yoyo-e](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/maxd11yoyo-e/32/466_2.png) [@maxd11yoyo-e](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/maxd11yoyo-e)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/3 "2010-12-01T02:29:26Z")
I would assume you have seen this: > **[YoYoExpert.com - Advanced - Eli Hops](https://yoyoexpert.com/learn/042-advanced-eli-hops.php)** > > Learn the advanced yo-yo trick Eli Hops from YoYoExpert.com. That really has everything you need but other than that my best advice is practice somewhere where you have a lot of room and just go all out. I had a hard time at first with it but I just spent an afternoon slinging the yoyo around outside and I got it. Also I find a yoyo glove helps with speed which helps with consistency which helps with aim and stability. Or is it the other way around? Anyway a glove helped me. So does having a wide and stable yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![brandoide1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/brandoide1/32/662_2.png) [@brandoide1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/brandoide1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/4 "2010-12-01T02:31:31Z")
> [@M²](#): > > Try landing the yoyo closer to your index finger. This: …and Eli hops does take alot of practice. I miss a few sometimes. Some other things to keep in mind are: As the yoyo is coming down, I pull the string tight very abruptly so the yoyo falls right on the string. And as M2 said, try to land the yoyo close to your pointer finger.  :wink: Remember, the key is ALWAYS practice. I promise you will get it eventually.  ;D Also, this thread might help: > **[Eli Hops Trouble](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,8201.0.html)** > > I’ve been working on eli hops for quite a while (nearly a month) and I still can’t even do the basic hops. I can’t pop the yoyo up like how most demo videos show it. My hops go straight UP, at no angle at all. When they DO go at an angle, nearly all... ---
**Author:** ![yoyo111111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@yoyo111111](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo111111)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/5 "2011-02-16T23:55:44Z")
Pretend your mickey and do it as fast as you can the faster you do it the less time you have to mess up ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/6 "2011-02-18T01:34:56Z")
> [@yoyo111111](#): > > Pretend your mickey and do it as fast as you can the faster you do it the less time you have to mess up It’s better if you take it slower, and then when you get better at them, that’s when you an increase your speed. ---
**Author:** ![brandoide1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/brandoide1/32/662_2.png) [@brandoide1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/brandoide1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/7 "2011-02-18T02:06:02Z")
… You guys NEED TO LOOK AT THE DATES. This thread is from November 2010! Don’t bring back old threads. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_cmn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9a140/32.png) [@yoyo\_cmn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cmn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/8 "2011-06-23T22:27:06Z")
still cant figure it out ? ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/9 "2011-06-23T22:27:52Z")
> [@brandoide1](#): > > … You guys NEED TO LOOK AT THE DATES. This thread is from November 2010! Don’t bring back old threads. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_cmn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9a140/32.png) [@yoyo\_cmn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cmn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/10 "2011-06-23T22:50:56Z")
can you do this with a responsive yoyo ---
**Author:** ![skeletonboy333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/11 "2011-06-24T04:47:00Z")
Yah know what? Since this thread is back from the dead, we might as well help these peeps out before we kill this thread. @yoyo cmn: Yes you can do this with a responsive yoyo. Just make sure when the yoyo hits the top, don’t tug it. If you do, it’ll obviously roll up back at ya’. Keep on practicing, you’ll figure it out. Close you hands. Make sure you close your hands. The most common problem might be that when you hop, the yoyo flings out of the trapeze and “auto-dismounts”. Practice, close your hands. Also, search up eli hops on this board, you’ll find 100s of old threads there, they may contain useful information. But don’t post in the old ones. ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/12 "2011-06-24T04:54:31Z")
Its real hard with responsive throws. Well it is for me. So like if the yoyo keeps coming back to your hand when you try to do it you’re better off trying it with unresponsive yoyo’s. Basicly just get into a trapeze bring the trapeze near head length from the floor, and kind of pop it up or toss it in the air while you move your hands together. Not all the way but move your hands inward which will make the eli hop go higher. And land. It might take awhile to land perfectly, but practice makes perfect :wink: ---
**Author:** ![frodoslair](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frodoslair/32/833_2.png) [@frodoslair](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/frodoslair)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/13 "2011-06-24T05:06:14Z")
If your aim is good you can bust Eli Hops on an Imperial. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoman005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@yoyoman005](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoman005)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/14 "2011-07-06T19:12:43Z")
my friend told me this but i find it easier to do the eli hops when your index finger slides when yoyo goes up and down and once i get one eli hop okay the others just follow ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/15 "2011-07-06T19:13:51Z")
omiflippinggawd!!! STOP NECROING THIS THREAD!!! ITS OLD!!! NOW STOP!!! LOOK AT THE DATES!! ---
**Author:** ![WillDaBeast509](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/willdabeast509/32/672_2.png) [@WillDaBeast509](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WillDaBeast509)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-eli-hops/21393/16 "2011-07-07T03:44:49Z")
Well, I’d like to join in on this necro-posting party, so… As for the trick, make sure when the yoyo is at the top, you open your hands to _pull_ the yoyo down instead of letting it fall down. Hope that helps, unless you got it by now.