# Horizontal is won't stay horizontal **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584 "2014-04-20T17:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ski4dayz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ski4dayz/32/1281_2.png) [@ski4dayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ski4dayz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/1 "2014-04-20T17:33:31Z")
I throw a horizontal throw almost completley horizontl, do skin the gerbil and by the end, it isno longer horizontal. What to do? ??? ---
**Author:** ![aznnboyaZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznnboyaz/32/651830_2.png) [@aznnboyaZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznnboyaZ)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/2 "2014-04-20T17:36:18Z")
Lift up your right hand if you throw breakaway style. It makes it tilt towards horizontal in a sense. If you throw Frontstyle,lower your right hand. ---
**Author:** ![LeftyLink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/leftylink/32/1321_2.png) [@LeftyLink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyLink)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/3 "2014-04-20T17:39:11Z")
Make sure that the motion of Skin the Gerbil is on the same plane as your yoyo. If you throw horizontally and do the trick normally the yoyo will just correct itself until its vertical ---
**Author:** ![ski4dayz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ski4dayz/32/1281_2.png) [@ski4dayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ski4dayz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/4 "2014-04-20T17:58:00Z")
That was it, when I did the first summersault I had my hand too high and my hands were not level which caused the yoyo to tip. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/5 "2014-04-21T19:26:50Z")
Also, keep the yoyo at eye level this helps you keep your hands from bringing it to a vertical position. ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/6 "2014-04-21T19:34:28Z")
Pretty sure you’re talking about sideways, not horizontal ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/7 "2014-04-21T19:40:10Z")
“Sideways” yoyoing and “Horizontal” yoyoing are synonymous. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/8 "2014-04-21T19:55:32Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > “Sideways” yoyoing and “Horizontal” yoyoing are synonymous. I don’t know about that. When I refer to sideways i mean “not frontstyle.” ---
**Author:** ![aznnboyaZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznnboyaz/32/651830_2.png) [@aznnboyaZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznnboyaZ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/9 "2014-04-21T20:02:49Z")
> [@stuarttw](#): > > I don’t know about that. When I refer to sideways i mean “not frontstyle.” Not Front style is Side style. Sideways and Horizontal are synonyms Front style and Side Style are Antonyms! ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/horizontal-is-wont-stay-horizontal/65584/10 "2014-04-21T20:20:09Z")
Horizontal is the side of the yoyo is parallel to the ground. It is also know as OUCH-MY-FACE-style. I looked it up though and you can do skin the gerbil horizontal.