# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/863 "2020-01-06T09:31:49Z")
Thanks dude!! ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/864 "2020-01-06T09:33:36Z")
Guys if you can already do finger spins, which I’m guessing would be a fair few. Then you need to now learn to get : - consistent - do fingerspin hops - do fingerspin like weaving things - do fingerspin spins on different fingers - do something different involving finger spins. Don’t just tick this week off, finger spin is the theme. How much you improve this week is up to you 🙂 Unless you don’t know how to finger spin like me and @twitch77, then this is going to be a slow progress week for us lot lol ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/865 "2020-01-06T10:29:17Z")
Here’s my first video of this week. I made some hops, some vortex and I’m trying to fingerspin with the EzSpin at the end, which has a convex surface. BTW I think that the right yoyo is essential to learn fingerspins without getting frustrated, a flat or even a slightly concave hub may be veeeery difficult to lock your finger. For example the YYF Marco has concave hubs but somehow is the worst yoyo I have for fingerspin, it just does not work. You can also learn it quite well with spikes hubs, I know it is counter intuitive but they work better than flat IMHO. Anyway, here’s my video for today ,🙂 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/d/9/3d91708df37d0da194c83a76ebe8b643e012bb09.jpeg "FINGERSPIN for Trick-a-week challenge on Yoyoexpert forum") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFu7Lasv2qA) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/866 "2020-01-06T12:16:30Z")
@ChrysaeThrows Dude you are so good at making videos! Chrysae also made a video tutorial yesterday for a trick I’ll be using in the future for this trick-a-week challenge… He says it’s his first tutorial he’s made, but I would’ve never have guessed it…it’s very well done with multiple viewing angles (including a top-down first person perspective) with clear written instructions throughout. And it’s nice and short too. Just a really nice video! Looking forward to featuring his trick!! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/867 "2020-01-06T12:35:23Z")
That was great! I didn’t even get it on a finger last night… i’m hoping to get something on video this week but i’m deff starting from scratch on this one ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/868 "2020-01-06T13:06:06Z")
It’s much easier to finger spin throwing away from your body—much easier to get the angle you want and hop it onto your finger. Give that a try if you were throwing across your body last night. Also, don’t rush, you can pause a beat before hopping it up. And when you do hop it, be gentle, as it kinda pops up really high with a little tug—not sure about the physics of that 🤷‍♂️ OTOH, you can do longer vortex binds throwing left(with normal twist string), because it unwinds the string instead of tightening it—depends a bit on the string, if you’re using a pretty loose twist string it makes less difference. But you can safely ignore that till you can do a finger spin first. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/869 "2020-01-06T14:09:29Z")
So I’ve learned how to do a fingerspin, but I don’t do them often cuz they just don’t really fit my throw style. So, I’m gonna use this week to get more consistent, and to try and learn the vortex bind. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/870 "2020-01-06T14:23:44Z")
I think I’m going to try to learn to do a hop from hand to hand, and finish with a vortex. And improve my consistency. I can sometimes do vortex binds that completely unwind the string—not too smart, but other times I leave a little bit of tail on the bind that kills the spin and stability so it doesn’t last long at all. ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/871 "2020-01-06T14:24:32Z")
I found out that the throw does not have to be flat horizontal when it leaves your hand. I throw it bent to the left a little so that it’s flat at the bottom of the string. I’m throwing with the right hand to the right. > [@ryanmcg](#): > > OTOH, you can do longer vortex binds throwing left(with normal twist string), because it unwinds the string instead of tightening it That’s exactly how I unwinded the string completely out of the yoyo… :joy: I’ve called this “horizontal transition 1a to 4a” ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/872 "2020-01-06T14:25:41Z")
Nice man. Love those hops. Nice vortexes too. I need to be more consistent with all of those things. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/873 "2020-01-06T14:28:04Z")
> [@ChrysaeThrows](#): > > That’s exactly how I unwinded the string completely out of the yoyo… :joy: I’ve called this “horizontal transition 1a to 4a” 🤣 I’ve done that too, but I’m kinda hit or miss with vortexes. Any tips for not leaving a tail on the bind? That’s the thing that I have the most trouble with, some strings are much more problematic. Edit: I’ve also done that quite a few times adjusting string tension too fast so it unwinds the axle loop and the string jumps off, and I’m left holding a spinning yo-yo on a string without it attached to the yo-yo… the only 4a I’ve ever done :joy: ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/874 "2020-01-06T14:49:18Z")
As you may see in my video, what I do is, after lock in the finger, I create a tail behind the yoyo and I keep it far from the yoyo with my nth thumb. Then when I’m ready to bind, I pass the string into the gap and pull it upward creating the vprtex ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/875 "2020-01-06T14:55:24Z")
Here you can see how I do with my thumb [https://www.instagram.com/p/B6-UmuqJHvN/?igshid=lrze2u28r816](https://www.instagram.com/p/B6-UmuqJHvN/?igshid=lrze2u28r816) EDIT: does the Instagram link works? First time i link a Instagram video ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/876 "2020-01-06T15:30:40Z")
Thanks. That’s looks much easier than the different ways I’ve been doing it. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/877 "2020-01-06T15:32:47Z")
Yeah, the link works fine. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/878 "2020-01-06T15:39:20Z")
What do you shoot your video with? Also, for anyone else, I’ve been having issues with YouTube degrading my video quality pretty badly. It’s really aggravating. Anyone know how to fix that? ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/879 "2020-01-06T15:41:43Z")
Yeah me too! Other people seem to have sharp videos. Mine seems really grainy. ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/880 "2020-01-06T16:18:53Z")
Actually I’m using my phone, xiaomi a2, and honestly its camera is very bad compared to other phones. I did not noticed any loss in image quality when uploading to YouTube, videos are produced with PowerDirector in 720p. I don’t know, maybe YouTube has quality limitation for “casual” users, and it degrades hq videos. Just guessing. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/881 "2020-01-06T16:42:35Z")
> [@ryanmcg](#): > > I’ve been having issues with YouTube degrading my video quality pretty badly. Yeah, me too man :(. I keep producing these freaking AWESOME videos of these super complicated tricks that would blow all ya’lls minds… But then I upload them to youtube and things get all messed up. ☹ Stupid youtube!! ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/882 "2020-01-06T16:56:09Z")
Yeah I heard YouTube tends to degrade tricks. Try Insta. It’s capped at 720p so might suit your tricks better 😝 [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398.md?page=43) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398.md?page=45)