# magic drop

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274 "2013-10-18T04:02:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author: ![midnightyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@midnightyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/midnightyoyo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/1 "2013-10-18T04:02:28Z")

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when i attempt to do magic drop the string rejects too late. does anyone know the cause of this?

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### Author: ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/2 "2013-10-18T04:43:05Z")

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> [@midnightyoyo](#):
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> when i attempt to do magic drop the string rejects too late. does anyone know the cause of this?

Happens to me, too. There’s not enough pressure against the catch zone/rim to cause the rejection, and I’m not sure the best way to increase this pressure. I’ve been semi-“hooking” the bottom string segment on the NTH and pulling it toward my body a bit. Seems to work, but I can’t help feeling there’s gotta be a better way.

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### Author: ![midnightyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@midnightyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/midnightyoyo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/3 "2013-10-18T06:15:08Z")

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ill try that

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### Author: ![midnightyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@midnightyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/midnightyoyo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/4 "2013-10-18T07:16:46Z")

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that works about one out of twenty times

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### Author: ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/5 "2013-10-18T07:21:19Z")

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Point your throw hand thumb toward the ceiling.

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### Author: ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/6 "2013-10-18T12:43:05Z")

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Watched the video for MrYoyoM’s “Educutioner” trick and remembered that he has a good Magic Drop tutorial. Also in the Educutuioner video a quick tip is to move the NTH forward as you do the drop. Intuitively, I probably wouldn’t have done that. But somehow it’s helping!

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### Author: ![midnightyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@midnightyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/midnightyoyo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/7 "2013-10-18T13:02:03Z")

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> [@Waylon](#):
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> Point your throw hand thumb toward the ceiling.

it is pointed towards the ceiling :-\

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### Author: ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/8 "2013-10-18T13:05:00Z")

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> [@midnightyoyo](#):
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> it is pointed towards the ceiling :-\

I point mine towards my left ear (right-handed).

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### Author: ![midnightyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@midnightyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/midnightyoyo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/9 "2013-10-18T13:13:21Z")

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> [@GregP](#):
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> Watched the video for MrYoyoM’s “Educutioner” trick and remembered that he has a good Magic Drop tutorial. Also in the Educutuioner video a quick tip is to move the NTH forward as you do the drop. Intuitively, I probably wouldn’t have done that. But somehow it’s helping!

is there a free video for this?

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### Author: ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/10 "2013-10-18T13:23:04Z")

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> [@midnightyoyo](#):
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> is there a free video for this?

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/f/c/1fc67acd760cf5f6bc0298155602948d3be94765.jpeg "Yo-yo Trick Tutorial - The Educutioner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8blSSNOLstM)

Within the video itself (when viewed on YouTube), there is a link to the standalone Magic Drop tutorial. Another good one is the yotricks one.

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### Author: ![midnightyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@midnightyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/midnightyoyo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/magic-drop/60274/11 "2013-10-18T18:11:02Z")

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i think that the problem was that i wasn’t swinging hard enough. figures