# How long have you been throwing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 18, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871 "2023-09-18T20:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheFonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thefonk/32/246558_2.png) [@TheFonk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheFonk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/1 "2023-09-18T20:03:28Z")
Tell me how long have you been throwing yoyos for ---
**Author:** ![mrJames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrjames/32/236865_2.png) [@mrJames](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrJames)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/2 "2023-09-18T20:23:51Z")
Off and on since 1983. So forty years. ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/3 "2023-09-18T20:38:15Z")
I seriously got into throwing a bit over a year ago. I still suck at it. ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/4 "2023-09-18T20:40:40Z")
I got my first yoyo in April 2021, so I’m still relatively new to the whole scene. Trying my best to play catch-up on my skill level. I know it’s not a race, but it’s a bummer feeling like I’m so far behind the players I wanna be like who’ve been playing for 15-20 years. ---
**Author:** ![LeftyThrower24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/leftythrower24/32/264593_2.png) [@LeftyThrower24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyThrower24)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/5 "2023-09-18T20:43:31Z")
> [@mable](#): > > I know it’s not a race, but it’s a bummer feeling like I’m so far behind I feel this, I really wish hadn’t decided to stop throwing like 8-9 years ago and just kept at it the whole time ---
**Author:** ![theendofcake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theendofcake/32/245990_2.png) [@theendofcake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theendofcake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/6 "2023-09-18T20:49:13Z")
i’m this exact way, started around 2021 responsive but fell out, picked it back up around december of 2022 and i’ve been taking it at my own pace ---
**Author:** ![Vektor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vektor/32/222165_2.png) [@Vektor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vektor)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/7 "2023-09-18T20:50:16Z")
Had a yoyo during the 90’s boom as a kid. That lasted a bit but I didn’t get much past the basics. Fast forward to last Sept. I pick up my first unresponsive and haven’t put it down. So I think I’ve officially past the 1 year mark this month. ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/8 "2023-09-18T20:50:54Z")
I played a bit as a kid, then started learning unresponsive in July 2019. So, just over 4 years now. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![mrJames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrjames/32/236865_2.png) [@mrJames](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrJames)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/9 "2023-09-18T21:20:00Z")
Don’t fret too hard, you’re probably better than me, and I’ve been doing it since the space shuttle was new. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyNotBadRawb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/probablynotbadrawb/32/239459_2.png) [@ProbablyNotBadRawb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ProbablyNotBadRawb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/10 "2023-09-18T21:28:05Z")
Aside from like…one scholastic book fair in 2nd grade 30 years ago…End of June, this year. I wish I would have started sooner! Having a blast. A frustrating blast…but still a blast. ---
**Author:** ![TheFonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thefonk/32/246558_2.png) [@TheFonk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheFonk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/11 "2023-09-18T21:28:14Z")
Can I get a vid of your oldest yoyo and your favorite trick with it ---
**Author:** ![mrJames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrjames/32/236865_2.png) [@mrJames](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrJames)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/12 "2023-09-18T21:32:26Z")
Maybe if I could find it. My oldies are packed away in a box somewhere in the rafters. But it’d be a boring vid of some handsome older fellow doing a bunch of loops on a blue Duncan Imperial. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UnluckyOwl53](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/unluckyowl53/32/190567_2.png) [@UnluckyOwl53](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/UnluckyOwl53)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/13 "2023-09-18T21:32:50Z")
15 years in October Didn’t really keep up with it for a good 6-8 years but always had a yoyo on my desk to mess around with ---
**Author:** ![Ed-C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ed-c/32/132116_2.png) [@Ed-C](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ed-C)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/14 "2023-09-18T21:48:07Z")
Longer than my skills would indicate! :wink: ---
**Author:** ![TheFonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thefonk/32/246558_2.png) [@TheFonk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheFonk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/15 "2023-09-18T21:57:16Z")
Lol! ---
**Author:** ![TheFonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thefonk/32/246558_2.png) [@TheFonk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheFonk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/16 "2023-09-18T21:57:58Z")
Or a pic of the oldies ---
**Author:** ![KirbyRobot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kirbyrobot/32/608292_2.png) [@KirbyRobot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KirbyRobot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/17 "2023-09-18T22:00:41Z")
about 7 years, going on 8. I didn’t really emphasize learning tricks until the last couple years though. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/18 "2023-09-18T22:11:57Z")
Like 10 years but there was a decade gap in the middle and I didn’t find resources to learn tricks until two years ago so I guess really 2 years with the resources to actually learn something and it doesn’t feel like I’ve learned allot. ---
**Author:** ![mrJames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrjames/32/236865_2.png) [@mrJames](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrJames)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/19 "2023-09-18T22:51:40Z")
I’ve been meaning to dig up the old collection since I picked it back up this year. I’ll post something when that happens. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![TheFonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thefonk/32/246558_2.png) [@TheFonk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheFonk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-throwing/384871/20 "2023-09-18T22:52:01Z")
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