Made this from an old video clip I had. I think those are actually aluminum rims but obviously now-days they are steel and other metals.
I’m always telling people about throwing so I like to have gifs and stuff to help explain. I think this one does a good job explaining more or less how a yo-yo works.
The narrator (and maybe the writer?) got one thing wrong though: the response pads aren’t silicon. They are silicone. Confusion between the two seems to be about as common as the mispronunciation of “nuclear”.
Well not exactly because nuclear and “nukyular” aren’t two different things. He’s not just mispronouncing it, he’s saying something altogether different.