# How do you prepare for yo-yo contests?

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**Category:** Colin Beckford\
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-for-yo-yo-contests/293068 "2018-09-16T18:57:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![MatejZelezny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MatejZelezny](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MatejZelezny)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-for-yo-yo-contests/293068/1 "2018-09-16T18:57:43Z")

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How do you prepare for contests?

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**Author:** ![ColinBecko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/colinbecko/32/54758_2.png) [@ColinBecko](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ColinBecko)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-for-yo-yo-contests/293068/2 "2018-09-16T19:02:09Z")

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(copied from other reply)

My freestyle making process is honestly pretty minimal compared to other competitors. I maybe complete my routines about a week before the contest… pretty much the order of what happens is that I find a song, make a routine, film it, score it, see what parts feel “off” or awkward, and revise. Most of the time goes to me finding a song as I personally find that most difficult, especially when I’d like to set some sort of mood/theme to my freestyle.