thanks dude. i’m just stubborn and set in my ways, i am still far from reaching the point where it blends into my tricks on auto pilot, i just understand them functionally and there are indeed infinte ways i still have to learn to apply it I just can’t execute basic binding from trapeze smoothly yet… like i want to start on slack tricks starting at slack trapeze. i’m fumbling with binding out of combos i have muscle memory for and its annoying so i put down the unresponsive yo yo fast to bang on semi responsive to feel better. Also, going through a hard combo and getting a flyaway tug return perfectly to your hand at the end feels really good. ah… the old school…
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I put thick lube in my Topyo Origin and it is now semi-responsive. If you have extra bearings and thick you could experiment.
Ah I see, I think you just need more time to get used to binding. What kind of binds are you using? The basic bind of simply going into an undermount (side style throw) and letting the string go into the gap of the yoyo will definitely not feel smooth at all as the motion of the undermount won’t “flow” into the bind. However, you will find that more advanced binds like the Guy Wright bind will flow very smoothly from the undermount and it will just feel natural. These advanced binds take far more time to learn, but it’ll really get you feeling that your binds are smooth. Heck it will be so smooth that you’ll find yourself doing the bind on responsive yoyos (yeah I’m guilty of that 
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These videos should help you along:
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thanks man,
i did watch the first 2 recently, and a gentry stein video, lol, gotta study/practice a lot more…
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Hello everyone, new forum member from Germany here. I’ve re-discovered yoyoing 100% by accident when my daughter got a cheap yoyo with a clutch response system from the euro-store for her birthday. She asked me what this “thing” is and how it works. So I strung this bad boy up and by throwing the first sleeper, a giant flashback hits in and took me on a trip down the memory lane. I remembered that there was this “yoyo-thing” during the late 90s in my school when the whole class were standing in a circle with their yoyos, doing walk the dogs, rock the babies etc. during lunch-brakes. I had a yoyo at this time too and learned some things out of a Duncan-trick-book but never really got past the basic stuff. And as it is often the case when you are young, you quickly lose interest in something when you do not progress, at the latest when you get your hands on a Gameboy for the first time…
Back in present: After some throws with my daughter’s yoyo, muscle memory kicked in and I remembered one or two things I learned back in the day and totally got hooked. I searched the net and discovered that yoyos are still some kind of a thing with a small but pretty active community and that there is even a German Yoyo-Company situated just a few districts from me (iYoyo). Few days later – after successfully broke my daughter’s yoyo (sorry darling!!!) - I ordered my first solid throw from Dave (Shooting Star) and a new hobby of mine was born.
All this happened a solid year ago and I am still crawling my way up the trick-ladder (1A only), having a blast doing it. Due to a full packed everyday life with family and job, I often don’t find as much time for practicing as I want to but I try to grab a yoyo at least for a couple of minutes every day. Due to this, I still consider myself as a total beginner but I enjoy every small progress I achieve. At the moment I am working on Kamikaze but, oh boy! That magic drop is a pretty frustrating thing to learn. Beside this, I really enjoy the videos from Diego B. and Takatsu Tsukasa and from time to time I try to learn a few of their easier tricks.
Hope to share some thoughts with you guys!
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Welcome to the Forums from Pennsylvania in the USA! I’m happy that you are happy with rediscovering yoyos. There is so much out there to learn it’s overwhelming! Maybe you and your daughter can learn together.
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Thanks for the warm welcome! Although my daughter see me throwing on a regular basis and I often try to show her some things, she sadly has no big interest in yoyoing yet. But she enjoys the look of them and like to sort them by color which I take as a win and maybe in a few years… let’s see 
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Hello,
I’m Brennan and I’ve been throwing for around a year. I got into yoyos in June 2021 when I bought a Yomega Maverick. I used it until January 2022, when I realized that I wasn’t able to learn any more tricks due to the yoyo’s tendency to snag mid throw. I upgraded to a Replay Pro shortly after. After this I spent a month learning some basic tricks and decided to upgrade to a metal yoyo, I found a brand on YoYoExpert called One Drop Yoyos and found that they were around 2 hours from where I live. I went there in February and got a Kraken and a Rebirth. I quickly learned that these 2 were completely different in play, with the Kraken being big and light and the Rebirth being smaller and heavier on the string.
I got a concussion around 3 weeks ago and one of the things I was initially allowed to do was to use my yoyos. Since then I’ve just been trying to learn more and more tricks.
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Great yoyos. Welcome to the Forums!
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Welcome!
Is your username related to the two handed playstyle 3A?
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Welcome to the forums @Tomcat and @Speedcat! Nice coincidence that both of you have names that end with “cat”.
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Hello 
I am returning after being away from the hobby for 12 or so years. The new Guilty Gear character Bridget uses a yoyo as a weapon and I went “oh hey I remember those, I wonder what has changed”. A lot! Also not that much!
Ordered a Dove and a Shortcut. I still own a ILYY Lio, a Werrd Pacquiao, YFF Skyline and Protostar.
Still remember that Jensen Kimmit 2010 video lol
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Welcome to the forums! The yoyos you have are really cool, especially the Werrd Pacquiao and ILYY Lio!
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Hi, my name is Joshua and I’m from North Carolina. I would say that the Horizon is one of my favorite throws because this spin time is ridiculous. I am an intermediate/advanced player and my favorite trick is revolutions.
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Welcome to the forums! Maybe you should look into bimetal yoyos if spin time is the biggest thing for you. I would recommend this:
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Hi! I’m Sawyer. I got into yoyoing around 4 years ago, but around 3 years ago I stopped. I then found my old yo-yo 2 years later and got back into it. Now I LOVE yoyoing. Buuuut I only have 2 years of experience. I’d say the headrest trick I can hit right now is either Kwijibo Or Cold Fusion. Also, atm my favorite throw is The Normal Shutter as that’s the only metal yo-yo I’ve had.
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Welcome to the forums! The shutter is a great yoyo to carry you through all the tricks you want to learn, good choice!
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For years, I have made the argument that you can eat anything with a spoon, hence my name, The King of Spoons. I’m not here to talk about spoons though, I’m here to talk about throwing. First off, I’ve been a yoyo player for about 2 years and my favorite trick has to be the first trick I ever made, “fast hands.” My favorite yoyo is definitely the Iceberg considering how stable it while also having a floaty nature. Lastly, I can do a backflip.
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Welcome to the Forums everyone!
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Welcome to the forums! Post a video of that trick you made, it sounds really cool!
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