# MoonageMin & Twitch's Trick-a-Week Challenge! (2020) **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [November 29, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398 "2019-11-29T11:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2991 "2020-08-01T21:09:17Z")
I think your to picky for my style, but i have to say @stringKnot you have a very sharp crisp OCD style that i think demands a SECOND jump rope in the same trick! You da man! šŸ˜€. ---
**Author:** ![stringKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stringknot/32/91156_2.png) [@stringKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stringKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2992 "2020-08-01T21:17:57Z")
šŸ¤£ thanks! Itā€™s all about finding excuses to keep training those damn jump ropes. ---
**Author:** ![Yo-yoislife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yoislife/32/87261_2.png) [@Yo-yoislife](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-yoislife)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2993 "2020-08-01T21:55:12Z")
Ladder escape was one of my favorite tricks when I was first learning it šŸ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2994 "2020-08-01T22:49:20Z")
The problem (for me) is that the cross armed GT makes it more difficult. At least itā€™s easy to practice, get there right from a 1.5 pretty quick. Have you made any progress doing a jump rope out of the GT? ---
**Author:** ![stringKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stringknot/32/91156_2.png) [@stringKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stringKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2995 "2020-08-01T22:57:27Z")
Yes I can land it with 30% success rate, Iā€™ll shoot a video tomorrow šŸ™‚ It does feel a bit awkward at first but luckily itā€™s the easier jump rope (imo) where you have to go away from you over the top and come back towards you to land the trapeze. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2996 "2020-08-01T23:39:43Z")
My time, focus and energy has been elsewhere this week and I havenā€™t put much time into throwing. Iā€™m so impossibly behind in this Trick-A-Week at this point. I wish I could go dig a hole, put my head in itā€¦then pretend no one could see me. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2997 "2020-08-02T02:23:35Z")
Sweet, I got the GT jump rope down pretty consistently. Itā€™s sort of odd uncrossing your arms and doing a jump rope at the same time, kind of ends up as one smooth motion. I like it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2998 "2020-08-02T03:02:19Z")
There is no catch upā€¦ just pick a trick work on it and post. All good. Sometimes I also find it helpful to just practice a new element unrelated to what we are doing. Sort of gives you a small victory and then you take on the bigger trick. Ill have to try the extra jump ropeā€¦ one dayā€¦i tried revisiting candy rain this weekā€¦ that magic drop over the nth is really a strange bird. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/2999 "2020-08-02T06:50:56Z")
Well said @AKYOYOMIKE. This is what I do too. Some weeks are all about the TaW, others not so much. @twitch77 If itā€™s not fun or youā€™re hitting a wall, just work on something else. When I hit a wall, Iā€™ll try to work on something similar, and sometimes that helps. And other times it doesnā€™t šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![stringKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stringknot/32/91156_2.png) [@stringKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stringKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3000 "2020-08-02T16:15:15Z")
I think you guys summed it up well. Donā€™t beat yourself up over it @twitch77! ---
**Author:** ![stringKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stringknot/32/91156_2.png) [@stringKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stringKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3001 "2020-08-02T16:21:37Z")
Hereā€™s my take on this weekā€™s trick šŸ˜ƒ [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/b/4/8b45158855b8e4ad8f778d8ed29fad6762613edf.jpeg "TaW#35 - Bouncy Castle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN9vB6AWmoA) Also, to come back on this subject: > [@ryanmcg](#): > > Anyone else have trouble with binds while landing in and hopping out of the GTs in this trick? This one is for you, Ryan šŸ¤£ [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/c/f/acff9f1b513062625e04da2bbc7ccee245a32e5e.jpeg "Yoyo bite - Bouncy Castle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZI2FxOqh4) ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3002 "2020-08-02T19:01:01Z")
Nice job bro! That was really smooth. Interesting bind tooā€”Iā€™ve toyed with similar binds rolling into a brother mount and letting the yo-yo fly one direction or another. I used to always do binds that fly up, but I got tired of hitting my ceiling fan and waking up my whole family at night šŸ˜… That jump rope is sweet, also exactly what I meant yesterday when I said it was sort of all one motion. Itā€™s really satisfying. Love the surprise bind video :joy: Iā€™ve got some good nicks on my throwhand from the past two weeks from the same triangle. ---
**Author:** ![stringKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stringknot/32/91156_2.png) [@stringKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stringKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3003 "2020-08-02T19:21:56Z")
Thanks! I love doing binds in multiple directions from Brother mount too! From above is my favorite although it really comes back with a punch if I dare to pull on it just a little too much. And yes, that last jumping rope makes the GT to trapeze feel much less awkward to me and feels very natural. Iā€™m really happy you like it too! ---
**Author:** ![CPC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cpc/32/95092_2.png) [@CPC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CPC)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3004 "2020-08-02T19:37:14Z")
@stringKnot That was awesome. Really liking this trick cause it has some elements that I can use in building combos. ---
**Author:** ![CPC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cpc/32/95092_2.png) [@CPC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CPC)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3005 "2020-08-02T19:55:29Z")
My submission [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/0/8/20884661c8d3d1209881defd7bf12d40d0876c91.jpeg "Trick-A-Week Challenge #35") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgDggYDpcdA) ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3006 "2020-08-02T20:06:53Z")
I wish you guys had someone stronger running this thing then me. I havenā€™t been able to be a decent leader of this Trick-A-Week in months. Iā€™m barely a participant anymoreā€¦let a lone someone who runs this thing ā˜¹. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3007 "2020-08-02T20:07:02Z")
**Trick-A-Week Week #36: Grinds** So this week Iā€™m leaving it openā€¦the goal is to work on grinds, but Iā€™m leaving it up to you guys to pick which grinds to work on! This should be nice as it can be a challenge for everyone. Thereā€™s binds that are beginner friendly for those of us who are new to grindsā€¦but then thereā€™s grinds that are much tougher that those of you who are more experienced (or hungry for the challenge) can work on! Hoping this can be a fun relaxing week for everyone šŸ™‚ Hereā€™s a nice intro vid to grinding: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/f/4/5f45ae884781bffb942d281697f561ac94a34767.jpeg "Grind Yoyo Tricks Introduction - Finger Grinds 1A Yoyo Trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67I7h-lPFBQ) Some cool grind binds: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/6/d/d6d3ec09cf3118f7f021f720c70583efafe39c63.jpeg "Learn Three 1A Yoyo Grind Binds") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBRf4Ve1k3I) And Dylan just put this cool grind video up on youtube today: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/e/7/2e73b19e06bf017e9c07b5e6c4b45801af97f968.jpeg "GrindJIBO YoYo Trick Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iRetV-BnF4) If you guys need more ideas for grinds to work on, just say so and hopefully we can come up with and share some cool suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3008 "2020-08-02T20:09:31Z")
@stringKnot & @CPC holy ā– ā– ā– ā– ā€¦nice job to both of you! Both very clean and smooth! Love that you guys were able to get these on video šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![stringKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stringknot/32/91156_2.png) [@stringKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stringKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3009 "2020-08-02T20:40:38Z")
> [@CPC](#): > > @stringKnot That was awesome. Right back at you! And I totally agree with you, great elements that fit very well even with recently learned elements like TaW #33 which has a really cool brother GT. > [@twitch77](#): > > Trick-A-Week Week #36: Grinds What a great idea, this looks fun! Thanks again for spoiling us every week with such great tricks suggestions! šŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/3010 "2020-08-02T21:02:00Z")
I forbid anyone to like @twitch77 self pitty post. Shut up and throw. No one thinks Yoda is less then cause he didnā€™t show skills for a whileā€¦ walking around all greenā€¦ but dare question yodas leadership skills and im sure a forceful yoyo would smack you in the head. You lead. You throw. You no worry. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398.md?page=149) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398.md?page=151)