# I need info for a essay about the yo-yo **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 5, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033 "2010-04-05T16:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blaaaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@blaaaa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/blaaaa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/1 "2010-04-05T16:28:54Z")
I need sources for info. also if anyone can tell me from what year in the history of the yo-yo I can call the it the modern yo-yo it will be a very big help. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/2 "2010-04-05T16:39:53Z")
[[This]](http://yoyowiki.org/wiki/History_of_the_yo-yo) would be a good start. ---
**Author:** ![yo-yo\_dood\_95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yo_dood_95/32/395_2.png) [@yo-yo\_dood\_95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yo-yo_dood_95)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/3 "2010-04-05T16:40:53Z")
I had to do this for my science project. Look up yo-yo on wikipedia. it gives you all you need to know. ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/4 "2010-04-05T17:24:01Z")
Might also put in some of the big names that are here today. Steve brown, Ed Haponik, Yuuki Spencer, Grant Johnson, Kentaro, etc… ---
**Author:** ![yoyofan11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyofan11/32/426_2.png) [@yoyofan11](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofan11)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/5 "2010-04-05T20:39:36Z")
> [@Apetrunk](#): > > Might also put in some of the big names that are here today. Steve brown, Ed Haponik, Yuuki Spencer, Grant Johnson, Kentaro, etc… Don’t forget AUGIE FASH ;D :o ;D :o ;D :o ;D I have to do an instructional video for English class and I’m doing Yuuki slack. I know how you feel ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/6 "2010-04-05T22:08:47Z")
> **[Yo-yo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YoYo)** > > A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy with proof of existence since 440 BC. The yo-yo was also called a bandalore in the 17th century. > It is played by holding the free end of the string known as the handle (by inserting one finger—usually the middle or ring finger—into a slip knot), allowing gravity (or the force of a throw and gravity) to spin the yo-yo and unwind the str... ---
**Author:** ![yoyoaddict417](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoaddict417/32/493_2.png) [@yoyoaddict417](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoaddict417)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/7 "2010-04-05T23:17:01Z")
> [@yo-yo\_dood\_95](#): > > I had to do this for my science project. Look up yo-yo on wikipedia. it gives you all you need to know. You have to be careful with Wikipedia. Look at the cited sources to make sure the information is accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-info-for-a-essay-about-the-yo-yo/13033/8 "2010-04-05T23:32:29Z")
And please, discredit the idea yoyos are made as weapons. Those are rocks tied to string that is dropped to kill animals. Yoyos are actually the greeky thing.