how’s my gang getting along with this week’s tricks?
I feel like my 360 and half beestings are starting to come along.
Still struggling with full bee sting though
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I got no film worthy progress… my CWs are all duds… i got some good 2a and fixy progress… and my 1a feels great… honestly getting another at least weeks tricks but haven’t progress much in 5a this week to brag about.
But i now carry 1,2 and 5A ready yoyos at all times.
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I just carry 1 yoyo and a candy dice (or a rapid ball, one of those you can just put the slip knot over the counter weights)
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I did that last week… but then i realized my 5a string length is way shorter then 1A.
Plus i wear cargo pants for a reason
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So . cargo shorts, check this out.
I got to do a workshop with a guy who was one of the first clowns with Cirque du Soleil in the 80s.
He tells me he always wears cargo pockets. Always.
This way no matter where or what he’s doing, he knows he has a 15 minute show in this pocket and in that pocket.
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Beewhat? 
I’m making super slow progress with 5a…but it has been neat because over the last few days I can see myself getting better each day…and that feels great!
Still struggling with half beesting let alone a full. Been working on Windmill as well…that one is tough for me!
I’ve been learning to loop (just with my throw hand for now). I can confidently say I have inside loops down now…hitting 100 consecutive loops is becoming more and more of a normal for me. Only been working on outside loops since monday…still only hitting about 10 in a row sometimes…but this too I’m getting better at with each day that passes.
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100 consecutive loops! You are amazing! I can’t get 10!
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It’s only because I’m cheating. I had to enter the code “Loop2020” into my looping game.
I’ve been practicing everyday for the past few months doing anywhere from 1,000 all the way to 10,000 loops each day. It slowly started to click for me.
I love looping because I can totally be lazy about it! haha…I often do my loops while I’m sitting around watching tv or something on youtube.
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Why is the 2020 cheating? I just looked it up… looks like a better tool for looping… looks like my next impulse purchase…
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Hi, I’m trying to master bee sting too!
My goal for this month is designing a new counterweight everyday and I post the .STL on Thingiverse so everybody can download them for free and 3D print them:)
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Sweet!
Welcome to the Trick a Week challenge. Everyone here is trying to master bee sting this week 
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I’ve got the basics down and I’ve got stalls down. Still farther behind than I’d like. Been a busy week for me, but I’m making slow progress anyway.
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I hear that the TiShee is goood for 5a 
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Yeah… I tried it, dropped it, and now it’s totally destroyed 
Actually I’m pretty curious how durable Ti yos are, but I’m certainly not going to try and test that
Really, the shape of the TiShee would be really not fun for 5a. I still hit my knuckles when I bind sometimes, so for now a nice roundish shape is pretty much a necessity.
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Freehand AL and Movement has been my go to 5a these days
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You’re risking your movement? 
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Still struggling with bee sting. First off, I am finding overall that a shorter string is easier to control. The problem I’m running into is having the yoyo bind when I flip it up and over from my NTH index to middle finger…not fun having a finger caught in a bind lol
Anyone else running into this/any pointers?
I can do a half bee sting if that counts.
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Whoa!!!
I can do Windmill now! 
Started to land them today and it feels great!!
I can only do 1 at a time still though. No idea how to keep the momentum going to do a bunch in a row. I’m sure it’ll come to me with enough practice!
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2 things come to mind.
Be sure you don’t give it any slack string to suck into a bind.
Sometimes I have this problem if I’m using to thick a string for the throw. Maybe try a thinner string.
Maybe that will help, I’m no expert though.
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