# 'Legal' Magic Drop
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012 "2013-06-13T16:34:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@pacer105](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pacer105)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/1 "2013-06-13T16:34:02Z")
Like most people, I had problems learning Magic Drop. Watching the MFD tutorial was the turning point for me - specifically the Magic Drop to Shockwave tutorial - ([http://www.monkeyfinger.ca/page12/page13/complicated.html](http://www.monkeyfinger.ca/page12/page13/complicated.html))
My question is this:
Is it ‘legal’ - contest wise - to make that move with your non throw hand ring finger? It creates the perfect separation and tension to land the yoyo just right and make the string reject. When I first saw it, my palm instantly smacked my forehead… perfect adjustment… thank you Jeremy!
Part of me doesn’t care, because it works 95% of the time and I can now work on a bunch of tricks that use Magic Drop, but there’s another part of me that wants to know if making that move would be counted against you somehow.
I want to say those Monkey Finger tutorials are awesome… not trying to be critical of them at all. Just wondering about that aspect of the trick.
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### Author:  [@Xore237](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xore237)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/2 "2013-06-13T21:29:03Z")
That’s actually a huge help for me, that’s my biggest problem with magic drop right now. I don’t see how it would be counted against you, every trick has little variations of doing it.
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### Author:  [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/3 "2013-06-13T22:28:27Z")
Just do it fast enough so no one notices.
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### Author:  [@MrYoyoThrower](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrYoyoThrower)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/4 "2013-06-14T14:00:13Z")
You come to any of the canadian contests and its fine. No idea about anyone else’s, but I imagine there wouldn’t be a problem with it.
And thanks for the compliments, I’m glad the tutorials are helping.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/5 "2013-06-14T14:04:43Z")
The only time you have to stick to prescribed execution of a trick is for trick ladder. Is anything Magic Drop-based even on the trick ladder?
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### Author:  [@redneckyoyoer3826](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/redneckyoyoer3826)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/6 "2013-06-14T20:24:58Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> The only time you have to stick to prescribed execution of a trick is for trick ladder. Is anything Magic Drop-based even on the trick ladder?
That’s what I am worried about. Kamikaze (which has a Magic Drop) is on the sports ladder at WYYC and I will be competing in it this year. Would they count the trick as a miss if I did the Magic Drop with help from my NTH ring finger?
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### Author:  [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/7 "2013-06-14T20:33:36Z")
I highly doubt it.
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### Author:  [@MrYoyoThrower](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrYoyoThrower)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/legal-magic-drop/55012/8 "2013-06-14T23:14:23Z")
Email someone in charge and ask, or ask when you get there. I agree though, it’s highly unlikely