# 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:** 94
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1865 "2020-03-24T15:47:54Z")
Hehe you are too hard on yourself 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1866 "2020-03-24T16:58:54Z")
Damn dude! Nice combo!! 😃 You come across as relaxed and smooth in your videos…and I love that! I love slow, smooth, powerful and in control! Sorry to hear about the job ☹ I hope the new one is something you like at least a little. And sorry I missed this post earlier ☹ lol no idea how I missed it! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1867 "2020-03-24T17:00:26Z")
> [@MoonageMin](#): > > Hehe you are too hard on yourself lol we’re all too damn hard on ourselves! You’re really hard on yourself too and it always saddens me when I hear your frustration with yourself in your vids! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1868 "2020-03-24T18:54:30Z")
Making slow progress. Having issues with string separation [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/0/1/d01e6f18247cf4abd3b5bd9b4f051cb3500fc7ba.jpeg "Learning Black Hops (24/3/20)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99bsInQZVk0) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1869 "2020-03-24T20:34:08Z")
Nice progress man. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1870 "2020-03-24T20:53:19Z")
Woo! Nice job moons!! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1871 "2020-03-24T22:16:39Z")
Love practiceing this trick. Haven’t landed it once since that almost successful video but this one rocks … edit 1. ok just landed it once very cleanish with no video. I promise! Edit 2… after that i pt my camera on just incase… came pretty close here. I love this trick. I found Kendama legs help the hops go smoother, or cause less jerkiness in my hands. 45 more min of video just for a 20 sec clip! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhzaSJGQEXw) ---
**Author:** ![NitroBobby916](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nitrobobby916/32/76321_2.png) [@NitroBobby916](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NitroBobby916)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1872 "2020-03-25T14:22:18Z")
Looking good peeps! I’m behind on this weeks trick but I think I can pull it off… I’ll find out this afternoon. kgb ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1873 "2020-03-25T17:04:43Z")
Nice! You guys are really impressing me. When I learned black hops, it took me way more than 3 days to start landing it clean/nearly clean. You guys are making it look pretty easy. I landed it once clean and a few almosts the other day, but I didn’t want to push it. I’m getting some work done on my back, I’m hoping I can yo-yo more really soon. I have all these fun combos in my head that I just want to spend a few hours working on. So frustrating being limited to a few minutes a day right now. Really crappy time to be needing any sort of medical care. Everyone is limiting the number of patients they’re seeing. And practices that aren’t… probably aren’t places I want to be. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1874 "2020-03-25T17:38:22Z")
I haven’t actually put any time into this trick the last couple of days to be honest. I’m taking a bit of a much needed breather. Think today’s a good day to practice though! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1875 "2020-03-27T06:49:46Z")
Last 3 weeks of TaW follow into eachother very nicely…uf you can land it…i cannot land any of it but it’s a thought… hook (laceration or whatever i land that’s usable) into jacks slack… assuming success here u can flip around back into triple or nothing (:wink:) and finish with black hops… there is no chance .if this video successfully being produced by me for a while. But i challenge u guys out there! Week 15,16,17 in one throw! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1876 "2020-03-27T07:50:46Z")
> [@AKYOYOMIKE](#): > > hook […] into jacks slack […] flip around back into triple or nothing […] and finish with black hops Oh yeah! I can totally do that! 😃 But just not in reality yet! lol 😛 … I’ve still not landed a complete Black Hops. I’m super impressed that you’ve landed this one a couple of times now @AKYOYODR…and damn @MoonageMin…you’re SO close! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1877 "2020-03-27T12:11:14Z")
I have not learned it 100% clean… i think only 1 time but i think im much better at old school tricks like this then techy stuff. Seems more natural in my clumsy hands… ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1878 "2020-03-27T13:45:11Z")
Any one have a problem of when taking your TH finger out (black hop or candy rain) some of the wraps around my free hand come out… almost like a rejectio except clearly i did something wrong. I have been wondering if there is a difference if you pull your TH finger out above the plane of the yoyo or below? Or is it that im being sloppy… did that make sense? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1879 "2020-03-27T16:06:27Z")
I think part of the key is to point your fingers up as you pop the yo into the air and go to catch the string…this video explains it: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/0/3/d03269dfabb60073932fa32c0df6d95498d8e282.jpeg "Black Hops Yoyo Trick - Learn How to Yoyo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i5U1NQPRn0&t=154) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1880 "2020-03-27T18:43:52Z")
During the second half of Black Hops? It helps to keep your fingers pointing outward, which also helps to keep the strings moving back toward your knuckles after and between each hop. Which part of Candy Rain? ---
**Author:** ![NitroBobby916](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nitrobobby916/32/76321_2.png) [@NitroBobby916](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NitroBobby916)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1881 "2020-03-27T19:53:37Z")
i’m pretty solid with the first half… second half, i can get to the first undercut (trap cuz). after that, the yoyo simply does not cooperate. 🤣 kgb ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1882 "2020-03-27T20:04:16Z")
For the first half for anyone struggling, I’m finding it helps a lot to keep both hands pushing away from each other and keeping the strings tight. Second half needs some blood magic it seems. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1883 "2020-03-27T20:24:42Z")
This one is tough and I’m still no where close. But it’s a really fun one to work on for me. Some tricks that I can’t get down are super frustrating and burn me out. I’m liking this one. Holy hell it’s going to be satisfying to actually pull one off eventually. Also, I finally hopped all the way up from a trapeze to the triple today 😃 I’m still very far away from feeling comfortable/confident with this though! lol at this rate, I’m not even sure I’ll be able to do the hops up to a triple again this week! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398/1884 "2020-03-27T20:25:32Z")
It felt weird trying to go into a double or nothing just now. Keep feeling the need to do one more wrap haha [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398.md?page=93) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemin-twitchs-trick-a-week-challenge-2020/311398.md?page=95)