I see the Vids other people upload and think I’m nowhere near that. I’m still learning the basics! Anyone else feel the same?
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Same.
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Is that a joke? I see you very active in the forum, posting nice pictures, I tought you were a pro.
But if isn’t a joke… Obviously me… hahahahah
One day we will get better, I’m sure. Today was the first day I throw for pure fun and joy…not trying to accomplish any trick, just having a good time.
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No way… Among all yoyo tricks videos, yours is one of the best. But your ending face makes me fell bad. I almost can hear you say: “take that, Noob.”
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lol.
The thing is that everyone sucks when compared to others. Hope OP is not too hard on themselves. Yoyoing is genuinely fun, regardless of your skill level.
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I used to feel the same way back when I compared myself and others. In terms of skill. Collections. Whatever. I have enjoyed it more since I stopped comparing. It’s not fair to myself for a number of reasons, just not realistic because of my age, available time, lack of interest in competing, etc. I respect what others can do but am not going to let myself feel crappy about the gap in skill because, really, why bother?
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Don’t compare yourself to others; every one of us progress at our own pace.
I’m two and a half years in (not counting my rubbish attempts in the early 90’s) and still consider myself a beginner.
Just keep at it and remember - it’s all for fun.
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I’ll be “learning the basics” until the day I die!!!
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Kept missing my damn 1.5 today
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How about everyone who posts in this thread each agree that they are the worst. That way a whole lot of the forum is “the worst” so that no one player is? 
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Everyone on Saturday night live days when they got there they felt like an imposter
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Trust me buddy I’m much worse than you or y’all. But I still keep plugging along. Practice , practice, and practice. I’ll get there one day until then I’m just having fun. I do this to relax because you can’t drink bourbon all day every day. Ya feel me?
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Both at the same time are fun though
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Sure? I mixed yoyoing and drinking hard stuff once and that was the only time I took a throw to the mug. So I haven’t done that again.
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Sounds like you almost landed it lol
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I’d say either:
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Embrace that feeling that you suck and use it to fuel your drive and passion to get better or…
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Reject that feeling knowing everyone has felt that way and that objectively isn’t true in your case. Then keep playing and just have fun or…
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Do some combination of the above.
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There’s always blunt cold abandonment jk
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Same here. I don’t even like to watch tutorials. ‘begin in this amount’, “but I don’t know that mount!” but it is also fun to start at horrible and get better.
I wanted to learn 4a, but due to covid, a 4a yoyo has yet to arrive.
So I used a YYF whip. I must have thrown it 300 times before I even caught one. And I loved feeling that useless. But now I can catch the whip almost every toss, so the 4a yoyo that’s coming should seem easy.
Revel in the learning.
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Stoked on your 4a progress. Keep it up man
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To compare is to despair. Reality of missed tricks can never compare to Instagram or YYE Forum highlight reels.
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