# lacerations **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [July 3, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868 "2009-07-03T03:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jack\_wiggin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jack_wiggin/32/211_2.png) [@jack\_wiggin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jack_wiggin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/1 "2009-07-03T03:29:56Z")
i am trying to learn lacerations and was looking at Andres video and noticed i was doing it a little differently. i realized when i do it instead of having the string hit the yoyo, and open a loop, then catching it on the other side, i tend to throw a loop and catch the loop and then bring it up to the yoyo instead of having the string hit the yoyo first. sorry it is hard to explain but basically i am catching the loop first then it hits the yoyo instead of it hitting the yoyo first. is this still a laceration or do i need to learn it the other way? ---
**Author:** ![Paolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/2 "2009-07-03T03:41:08Z")
I get what you are saying, but don’t see how that’s possible. I think that way’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![YoKid5000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yokid5000/32/147_2.png) [@YoKid5000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoKid5000)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/3 "2009-07-03T14:10:43Z")
Do you mean you are popping the yo-yo up, catching the string, and then landing the yo-yo on the string? If that is what you mean then no it is not a laceration. ---
**Author:** ![Spencer\_L](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spencer_l/32/180_2.png) [@Spencer\_L](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spencer_L)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/4 "2009-07-03T14:45:39Z")
Thats what I do. Whip it, catch it, and land it. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/5 "2009-07-03T15:44:24Z")
That’s still a laceration I think, maybe a slack or something, but if it is still considered a laceration then it wouldn’t be the same thing as the one André shows. ---
**Author:** ![belnumcree](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/belnumcree/32/209_2.png) [@belnumcree](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/belnumcree)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/6 "2009-07-03T15:52:23Z")
I don’t believe it’s a laceration. I believe the name laceration comes from the string shooting through the gap. ---
**Author:** ![hellbringer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hellbringer/32/36_2.png) [@hellbringer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellbringer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/7 "2009-07-03T16:57:03Z")
Well the thing is that in a laceration when you catch the string the yo-yo is already landed on the string. Yes, its kinda like landing the yo-yo without using the other hand, the you put the finger in the loop to complete the trick So, bottom line, you jerk, the whip, string goes under yo-yo, then you catch and yo-yo should be landed. Remember string tension. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_wiggin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jack_wiggin/32/211_2.png) [@jack\_wiggin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jack_wiggin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/8 "2009-07-03T19:48:45Z")
thanks guys. i will try to do it like Andre shows but im glad to know it is not just me. i appreciate it ---
**Author:** ![yoyoplaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e47774/32.png) [@yoyoplaya](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoplaya)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/9 "2009-07-03T19:58:16Z")
i do that too. i think it is still a laceration because a laceration is when you whip catch the slack and the yoyo lands in trapeze. ---
**Author:** ![m\_yoyo13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/m_yoyo13/32/195_2.png) [@m\_yoyo13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m_yoyo13)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/10 "2009-07-04T02:09:23Z")
i found it easier when grab the string with your thumb and pointer finger it made easier to to lead the string in to the gap ---
**Author:** ![TheOrganizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheOrganizer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheOrganizer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/11 "2009-07-04T02:48:02Z")
> [@yoyoplaya](#): > > i do that too. i think it is still a laceration because a laceration is when you whip catch the slack and the yoyo lands in trapeze. What you guys are describing is not a laceration. A laceration is a lot like a suicide in how you catch it. You whip the slack into the gap of the yoyo to form a loop. Then you catch the loop. Your finger does not touch the string until the loop is formed. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_wiggin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jack_wiggin/32/211_2.png) [@jack\_wiggin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jack_wiggin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lacerations/3868/12 "2009-07-04T03:16:06Z")
thank you for clearing that up organizer. i guess i will just have to practice.