# How good should you be before you compete? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\ **Created:** [March 27, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273 "2009-03-27T18:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yoyoman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoman/32/23_2.png) [@yoyoman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/21 "2009-03-28T03:15:37Z")
if you are competing in a style like 4A nowadays then you only have to know like 10 certain tricks that make up the majority of 4A freestyles nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/22 "2009-03-28T05:04:12Z")
> [@gm user](#): > > im planning to go to the socal contest in 2010 Cool, but for future reference, it is not gonna be in Santa Barbara like it was this year. Also, if you are in LA, come to BLC. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoman/32/23_2.png) [@yoyoman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/23 "2009-03-28T05:05:28Z")
an if you live in.near San Francisco go to BAC. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/24 "2009-03-28T08:33:03Z")
> [@phiz](#): > > I’m going to try to go to North Carolina, too. When you compete in the Ladder, do you have to get the yoyo back to your hand? With a snap? > -phiz on the 1a list, back to the hand, either with a bind or a tug. however you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![its\_honza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@its\_honza](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/its_honza)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/25 "2009-03-30T22:40:47Z")
Just do a bunch of barrell rolls and then if you want you can switch to Seasick from the rolls :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Speeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Speeder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Speeder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/26 "2009-04-29T13:21:49Z")
You should be a master you should know lacerations(even i don’t know what that means) slacks whips and u think u know em all but you have forgotten SPEED And there is always someone better then you ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/27 "2009-04-29T22:15:10Z")
> [@Speeder](#): > > and u think u know em all but you have forgotten > SPEED I have to disagree. There are many players out there who do not do tricks fast at competitions. Smoothness\>Speed IMO ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_creep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_creep/32/908_2.png) [@yoyo\_creep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_creep)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/28 "2011-07-22T00:13:36Z")
goin next year ;D ---
**Author:** ![turtleyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@turtleyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/turtleyo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/29 "2011-07-29T15:58:13Z")
Just be good enough to do the sports ladder tricks:{) ---
**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:** [July 29, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/30 "2011-07-29T16:42:36Z")
Guys, LOOK AT THE DATES!!! This thread is over a year old! Don’t bring threads back from the dead. It’s basic forum etiquette. ---
**Author:** ![yoyomaster66](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyomaster66/32/1092_2.png) [@yoyomaster66](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaster66)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/31 "2012-06-02T13:24:19Z")
Where are you thinking of going to? What level are ya’ right now?? :-\* ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/32 "2012-06-09T17:43:03Z")
LOL ---
**Author:** ![YoYoGuy66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@YoYoGuy66](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoGuy66)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273/33 "2012-06-16T20:09:50Z")
The hell. Check the dates. Damn. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-good-should-you-be-before-you-compete/1273.md?page=1)