# Just a quick note. 

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [March 2, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272 "2011-03-02T01:14:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272/1 "2011-03-02T01:14:01Z")

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Hey guys, I have been seeing some confusion in trick terms, so I am going to try and clear some things up.

Frontstyle (frontside) consists of tricks thrown from a perpendicular throw or regular sleeper. An example of this would be braintwister.

Sidestyle (sideways style) consists of tricks from a parallel throw, also known as a breakaway. An example of this is a trapeze.

Excalibur (Horizontal) consists of tricks from a completely sideways throw. Basically, you are doing tricks of the same type of throw that you do to start a UFO. This term is NOT interchangeable with Sidestyle or sideways style, and if you are asking for new sidestyle tricks, you will not get the answers you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272/2 "2011-03-02T01:24:07Z")

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Thank you. I’ve really noticed people have been mixing that up too, and it’s getting confusing.

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**Author:** ![zerrubabbel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zerrubabbel/32/592_2.png) [@zerrubabbel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zerrubabbel)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272/3 "2011-03-03T19:56:47Z")

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Don’t they also call Excalibur, vertex style?

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**Author:** ![XLazyThrowerX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@XLazyThrowerX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XLazyThrowerX)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272/4 "2011-03-03T20:56:27Z")

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Excalibur is actually a term taken from diaboloing, and I have seen people call it vertex, but most people call it excalibur. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Troy\_oyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/troy_oyo/32/340_2.png) [@Troy\_oyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Troy_oyo)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-a-quick-note/24272/5 "2011-03-07T01:17:37Z")

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In diabolo, it is either called Vertax, (Vertical Axis) or Excalibur. Horizontal for yoyoing does not do it justice. I feel as though the yoyoing community should use one of the diabolo terms. I use vertax more often than not, but that is just me.