# How do YOU convince YOUR family to take you to Yo-Yo contests? | HELP go 2 SER. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 1, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946 "2015-06-01T00:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/1 "2015-06-01T00:12:50Z")
I need ideas pls! ---
**Author:** ![albinodegenerate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@albinodegenerate](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/albinodegenerate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/2 "2015-06-01T00:23:23Z")
not sure if the “it’s better than drugs” response is still standard but if so give that one a shot ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/3 "2015-06-01T00:27:24Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > I need ideas pls! Based on your recent posts sounds like you wanna go and compete at Nationals :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Yoyordy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yoyordy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyordy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/4 "2015-06-01T00:29:17Z")
> [@albinodegenerate](#): > > not sure if the “it’s better than drugs” response is still standard but if so give that one a shot you’re my favorite ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/5 "2015-06-01T00:33:07Z")
> [@LeftyLink](#): > > Based on your recent posts sounds like you wanna go and compete at Nationals :wink: ya that is my goal. i am planning on going to SER and try to qualify. do you think this could be possible? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/6 "2015-06-01T00:36:14Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > ya that is my goal. i am planning on going to SER and try to qualify. > > do you think this could be possible? Funny enough thats my goal too 😃 As for qualifying, if you’re not from the Southeast that means placing top 5…I mean its definitely a possibility with the tricks I’ve seen from you, but I would start building that freestyle right about now :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Sergio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sergio/32/70931_2.png) [@Sergio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sergio)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/7 "2015-06-01T00:39:07Z")
Take the car and go. JK. Beg or work really hard for it. ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/8 "2015-06-01T00:41:55Z")
> [@LeftyLink](#): > > Funny enough thats my goal too 😃 > As for qualifying, if you’re not from the Southeast that means placing top 5…I mean its definitely a possibility with the tricks I’ve seen from you, but I would start building that freestyle right about now :wink: cool. even though im not sure im going, i am already working on my freestyle. lol are u going? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/9 "2015-06-01T00:44:25Z")
Getting to a local contest should be trivial. Going to a regional or the nats is harder if you don’t live near by. Correct me if I’m wrong, but why SER? That seems to be across the country from you, which if I were a parent I would balk at as well unless you are some sort of a phenom. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/10 "2015-06-01T00:46:25Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > cool. even though im not sure im going, i am already working on my freestyle. lol > > are u going? I’m pretty much guaranteed to go to SER since I live right next to Atlanta ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/11 "2015-06-01T00:51:03Z")
ok i got an idea. if i coul get as many people to write a little note asking my mom to take me to SER. And then show her all of them, im 99% sure that that will help make up her mind about it. so if u r reading this please take the time to reply with a short note for my mom (Jen) thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Yoyordy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yoyordy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyordy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/12 "2015-06-01T00:53:52Z")
Dear Jen, You should take your Taylor to SER because yoyoing is not just a hobby, it is a lifestyle. Yoyoing brings joy and excitement to many people and taking your child to this contest will be an opportunity to express their creativity and their competitive spirit. ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/13 "2015-06-01T00:54:39Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Getting to a local contest should be trivial. Going to a regional or the nats is harder if you don’t live near by. Correct me if I’m wrong, but why SER? That seems to be across the country from you, which if I were a parent I would balk at as well unless you are some sort of a phenom. dude i live in arkansass what else am i going to go to? ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/14 "2015-06-01T00:54:59Z")
Find things that your parents/siblings would enjoy in the area of the contest. Present them with the list, have them drop you off and check out the venue/people, chances are they’ll like it and stick around, there will be tons of adults who play and parents who brought their children for them to socialize with. But you may have to get them there with promises of activities relevant to them. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/15 "2015-06-01T00:55:01Z")
Like I said, what section of the country do you live in? If you live close by, go for it, otherwise maybe give it some time and try for a closer contest. You live 500-600 miles away, you better be good enough to hit the top 5 to go. ---
**Author:** ![albinodegenerate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@albinodegenerate](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/albinodegenerate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/16 "2015-06-01T00:58:19Z")
Heya Jen, Please take your son to SER, this is like his tenth post about it in the last hour and it would really mean a lot to the board members here if you did this and put an end to it. Plus, yoyoers are weird, but they’re generally the good kind of weird, the worst that could happen really is he he comes back and wants to start longboarding and grow his hair out. Regards, Adam ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/17 "2015-06-01T00:58:33Z")
I beg them and then i remind them that its only \_\_\_\_ hours away according to google and we could totally do a 2 day trip there. I hope this way i can go to more yoyo contests over the summer. The only one i have convinced my parents to go to is VA state yoyo contest otherwise my parents start thinking too much. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/18 "2015-06-01T00:58:43Z")
Yea you’re in quite a pickle…SCR is in Colorado this year, which doesn’t really help you in terms of distance you have to travel ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/19 "2015-06-01T01:00:16Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > ok i got an idea. if i coul get as many people to write a little note asking my mom to take me to SER. And then show her all of them, im 99% sure that that will help make up her mind about it. > > so if u r reading this please take the time to reply with a short note for my mom (Jen) > > thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946/20 "2015-06-01T01:03:55Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > dude i live in arkansass what else am i going to go to? I believe Georgia States was held at the State Fair last year. Closer than Florida(that’s where SER is, right?)and no lack of non-yoyo activities. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-convince-your-family-to-take-you-to-yo-yo-contests-help-go-2-ser/74946.md?page=2)