# How long does it take to get picked up by a team? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 25, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627 "2015-03-25T01:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![\_RTD\_alecto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_rtd_alecto/32/1336_2.png) [@\_RTD\_alecto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_RTD_alecto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/21 "2015-03-25T17:11:38Z")
getting picked up by a team is kinda like getting your first win… my friend Noel went winless for years and he is a sponsored player… finally at this last Florida state contest he got his win. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/22 "2015-03-25T18:01:07Z")
alright! thanks for all the info 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AGyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/agyoyo/32/1457_2.png) [@AGyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AGyoyo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/23 "2015-03-26T00:10:17Z")
> [@Snow917](#): > > I’d say the 10,000 hour rule is a good place to start. Once you have practiced hard for a combined total of 10,000 hours then you will have teams begging you to join. I’m a prodigy so it only took 90 days and I’d guess about 1,000 hours of play and had a few teams after me. I didn’t want throwing to turn into a job so I actually kept my day job, bought a ton of new throws, and just throw casually for myself now. It was a great ride while it lasted though. thats a stretch… ---
**Author:** ![Yoyordy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yoyordy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyordy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/24 "2015-03-26T00:42:44Z")
> [@AGyoyo](#): > > thats a stretch… Takeshi Matsuura is a prodigy ---
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/25 "2015-03-26T02:40:11Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > ya but i mean how much time did it take, lets say, Gentry to get picked up by team yyf after his first contest? thx for the info though 😛 Its all about your future YYF took a time machine to the future, and saw gentry winning 1st at worlds therefore, he got sponsored ---
**Author:** ![DKiminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DKiminator](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DKiminator)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/26 "2015-03-26T03:04:23Z")
> [@Raigo](#): > > Its all about your future > > YYF took a time machine to the future, and saw gentry winning 1st at worlds > > therefore, he got sponsored If they went to the future, then they would see that he is sponsored by yoyofactory, and using a mysterious yoyo called the “shutter” that is supposedly made by yoyofactory… But what if yoyofactory mysteriously shuts down? Then what? It would be a paradox! There would be no “shutter” and Gentry would probably have not won worlds… But they saw it happen… ITS A PARADOXXXX ---
**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/27 "2015-03-26T03:18:46Z")
> [@DKiminator](#): > > If they went to the future, then they would see that he is sponsored by yoyofactory, and using a mysterious yoyo called the “shutter” that is supposedly made by yoyofactory… But what if yoyofactory mysteriously shuts down? Then what? It would be a paradox! There would be no “shutter” and Gentry would probably have not won worlds… But they saw it happen… ITS A PARADOXXXX But didnt gentry design the shutter? Maybe he stuck with onedrop, and made the shutter under their name ---
**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:** [March 26, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/28 "2015-03-26T03:22:01Z")
haha this is pretty funny 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Snow917](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Snow917](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snow917)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/29 "2015-03-26T04:18:54Z")
> [@AGyoyo](#): > > thats a stretch… Oh man, I was totally messing around. I’ve only been throwing unresponsive for about a year. I don’t consider myself skilled by any means. I just love throwing and having fun with them. I’m a little older but just enjoy it man. Love throwing, learning new tricks, and collecting beautiful throws. It’s all fun to me my man. I was playing around cause I thought it was an odd question. Definitely no way whatsoever to quantify how long it would take to get picked up by a team for an individual. OP most definitley should be asking what it takes. Well put for whoever wrote that in their post. Thank you and some higher power bless you. ---
**Author:** ![888victini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/888victini/32/1435_2.png) [@888victini](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/888victini)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/30 "2015-03-26T04:37:14Z")
> [@sstaylor](#): > > how many of you guys are on a team? I’m on Team Go Big. It is basically a team that is sponsored by and supports Go Big Skill Toys in Shawnee, Kansas. As for a maker of yoyos, not at this point in time, but it would be cool to be on Werrd, Onedrop or Yoyofactory 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/31 "2015-03-27T01:44:50Z")
anywhere from a couple of months to some years man it depends ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/32 "2015-03-27T01:48:38Z")
Months. Years. Decades. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627/33 "2015-03-27T05:07:49Z")
Hmmm, I got on Team Weenieyo the first day it started. Didn’t take long at all. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-picked-up-by-a-team/73627.md?page=1)