# Lets Learn Horizontal Together! **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107 "2021-09-23T14:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/1 "2021-09-23T14:16:34Z")
I recently just started learning horizontal! @anon14765792 said it would be cool to start a thread where the community could try to learn this together and help each other, so I’m starting one. Let’s start by posting where we are currently at in this new skill. Here’s my latest recorded horizontal trick. Recently learned skin the gerbil but haven’t recorded it yet. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/c/1/dc11ded2ab5c9ee5b55778c1551237614a1e856d.jpeg "I'm Finally Getting Comfortable Doing Some Basic Horizontal Tricks!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvUT61gbiI) ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/2 "2021-09-23T14:29:04Z")
Nice work! I will post some clips here too but not today. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/3 "2021-09-23T16:28:34Z")
This makes me think I’ll resurrect the @horizontal\_throwers Instagram… ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/4 "2021-09-23T16:31:05Z")
Do ittttttttt ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/5 "2021-09-25T12:06:52Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icj9csXhjeY) here are all my 1A horizontal tricks (it’s not much) I’m ready to learn new stuff! I don’t really care about 1A but 1A horizontal is something that interests me and maybe we can learn some tricks together in this thread ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/6 "2021-09-25T12:16:42Z")
@Theycallmecotton I just noticed in your “I’m Finally Getting Comfortable Doing Some Basic Horizontal Tricks!” video that you used your thumb to enter an undermount. If you can try to do it over your middlefinger. ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/7 "2021-09-25T16:51:31Z")
I will try. I learned to do it with thumb from a video that @nightshadow made on learning horizontal ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/8 "2021-09-25T16:52:39Z")
You smooth with it ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/9 "2021-09-25T17:10:20Z")
he taught the trick like this 😆? I’m surprised > [@Theycallmecotton](#): > > You smooth with it thanks ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/10 "2021-09-25T17:16:17Z")
Yes he makes great tips on horizontal and this is how he does it. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/e/f/2ef141d046dea5be5b0275faa906330ad442d8fd.jpeg "Horizontal Throw Slow Motion Breakdown (The two ways I throw)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jb2GYYqCvE) ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/11 "2021-09-25T17:26:22Z")
what the heck Okay that’s interesting. Before I analyze too much into this I just wait for him to explain this technique himself. When you play normally on a vertical plane you’d go into in an undermount over your middle finger and I don’t see why you’d do it differently when playing horizontal, that’s why I’m surprised. (I think he did it because he landed the braintwister type of motion) I don’t know, just do what feels comfortable to you @Theycallmecotton. ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/12 "2021-09-25T17:29:30Z")
He teaches a trick vertical and talks about learning how to do this bind like this and then says once you master the trick practice it horizontal. That small tip of using thumb helped meland horizontal bind for the first time ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/13 "2021-09-25T17:30:08Z")
I just landed this myself, it works well, I take everything back ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/14 "2021-09-25T17:31:18Z")
Haha yeah I was having trouble with horizontal bind… did that technique and landed it first try ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/15 "2021-09-25T18:23:55Z")
Yeah, it’s a little a-typical for sure. The reason why I recommend it is that it makes for a “one motion” or non stop transition from the trapeze to the undermount, essentially just bouncing off the trapeze, straight into the under mount with no pause at all. This motion can certainly be done using the index and middle fingers (you definitely pull it off in your videos 😄), but I found it a little harder when I was first learning. Eventually, I started using my thumb, and it fell into place in a matter of hours for me. Of course, this is all personal preference, but it’s just what I’ve found to work well for me. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/16 "2021-09-25T18:32:46Z")
Hey, do any of you want to do a zoom or IG live or something? I’ve got 30 min to an hour free now. Which is pretty unusual because of my course load this semester lol. @Theycallmecotton @anon14765792 ? Just a thought ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/17 "2021-09-25T18:33:41Z")
okay i have time ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/18 "2021-09-25T18:34:40Z")
Let’s see if Mr. Cotton wants on as well. I know he’s working on his horizontal… ---
**Author:** ![anon14765792](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@anon14765792](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon14765792)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/19 "2021-09-25T18:35:12Z")
a videochat with you two would be super fun ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107/20 "2021-09-25T18:35:35Z")
Yeah dude! Let’s get it. Do you want to use Zoom? [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-learn-horizontal-together/345107.md?page=2)