# I need help on drop in the bucket

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [August 14, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461 "2012-08-14T08:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![savannah.chris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@savannah.chris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/savannah.chris)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461/1 "2012-08-14T08:10:48Z")

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Hey!!!I need help on drop in the bucket.I keep missing the middle string when I swing it over it.Can any one give me tips???

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**Author:** ![AndyJacko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andyjacko/32/1024_2.png) [@AndyJacko](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndyJacko)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461/2 "2012-08-14T10:55:52Z")

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just practice, took me a while…try to do the hop with as little string as possible…like when learning trapeze the closer to your NTH the better, then after a while you will be able to land it from further out…

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**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461/3 "2012-08-14T11:28:53Z")

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I find it helps if you’ve got the bucket tilted slightly towards the direction the yoyo’s coming from. Other than that, and keeping the string segment shorter, it really is just a matter of practice practice practice.

Yuki

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**Author:** ![AndyJacko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andyjacko/32/1024_2.png) [@AndyJacko](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndyJacko)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461/4 "2012-08-14T12:54:02Z")

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I also found that after I learned classic way to get into wrist mount my drop in the bucket got WAY easier to land too…

> **[YoYoExpert.com - Expert - Wrist Mount](https://yoyoexpert.com/learn/064-expert-wrist-mount.php)**
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> Learn the essential wrist mount yo-yo trick from YoYoExpert.com.

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**Author:** ![devinfoulkrod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/devinfoulkrod/32/1039_2.png) [@devinfoulkrod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/devinfoulkrod)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461/5 "2012-08-16T12:20:43Z")

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Before you are about to “drop” the yoyo in the “bucket” make sure that the yoyo is fairly close ( about 3 inches or closer) to your non throw hand before you flip it on the the string. That way the aim will be a little more accurate.

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**Author:** ![Davin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Davin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Davin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-help-on-drop-in-the-bucket/41461/6 "2012-08-17T01:10:23Z")

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> [@savannah.chris](#):
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> Hey!!!I need help on drop in the bucket.I keep missing the middle string when I swing it over it.Can any one give me tips???

It helps to spread the outter strings out further from the center, and yes, having a shorter launch string