# Mid-air Redirect?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [January 14, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940 "2015-01-14T00:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![HavikkTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@HavikkTV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HavikkTV)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/1 "2015-01-14T00:34:28Z")

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So, lately, I’ve been watching a lot of yo-yo videos on YouTube, and I’ve seen a lot of people redirecting their yo-yo mid-air, such as Grant Johnson in a 2009 DXL Battle ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PhdYuBv9JQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PhdYuBv9JQ) ) … can anyone make a video / explain to me how they do this? Thanks in advance for all help

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**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/2 "2015-01-14T00:57:14Z")

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at which point

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**Author:** ![HavikkTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@HavikkTV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HavikkTV)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/3 "2015-01-14T01:05:38Z")

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> [@kadabrium](#):
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> at which point

1:25

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**Author:** ![HavikkTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@HavikkTV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HavikkTV)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/4 "2015-01-14T01:07:33Z")

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> [@kadabrium](#):
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> at which point

Jensen also does the same thing (but instead lands in a thumb mount) here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fgAVs8O9Kg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fgAVs8O9Kg) at 0:03

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**Author:** ![HavikkTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@HavikkTV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HavikkTV)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/5 "2015-01-15T00:21:40Z")

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Bump

Jensen also does it here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XIWf0AFhpc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XIWf0AFhpc) at 0:44

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**Author:** ![SloppyBinds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloppybinds/32/1179_2.png) [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/6 "2015-01-15T01:05:19Z")

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If the yoyo is moving in one direction, you can change direction just by pulling on the string in the opposite direction. That is all I see going on here. ???

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**Author:** ![HavikkTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@HavikkTV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HavikkTV)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/7 "2015-01-15T01:49:10Z")

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> [@SloppyBinds](#):
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> If the yoyo is moving in one direction, you can change direction just by pulling on the string in the opposite direction. That is all I see going on here. ???

Although they move it in the opposite direction when it’s mid-air, it always goes straight down for me when I try to redirect it 😛 I’m trying to figure out how they flawlessly make it go back from a breakaway

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**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mid-air-redirect/71940/8 "2015-01-15T03:35:05Z")

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> [@HavikkTV](#):
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> Although they move it in the opposite direction when it’s mid-air, it always goes straight down for me when I try to redirect it 😛 I’m trying to figure out how they flawlessly make it go back from a breakaway

It’s kinda one of those things that sometimes people will have a mental block on. I figured out how to make it look clean. It just takes practice; stick with it!