Indeed! Your photo yesterday inspired me to bring it out to play today
I donāt know that Iām honestly comfortable going any longer right now. I keep lengthening my strings and Iām just now starting to get comfortable at the current length.
Iām using a Markmont Blue Eyes White Dragon string, and the knot is about 1 1/2 inches below the very end of the string as they come stock.
Iām going to be trying several things out this week though, so maybe I will try a bit longer at some point.
I resisted longer string for a long timeā¦ especially with anything $$$ā¦ i got over it. Im careful with my good throws i usually play over a mat or wood floorsā¦ for outside i have my MYYs.
I can vouch for the fact that since using a longer string as per suggested on this thread the slack and tech trick are easier. (Before lengthening my string couldnāt do them almost at all). Im 5ft3ā¦ at home my string is shoulder to ground. My edc is only mid sternum to the ground.
Try a slightly longer string. Youāve got plenty of throws to experiment with.
Lately Iāve been going about an inch shy of the bottom of my sternum. Itās only a few inches longer than I was doing before but itās helped a lot with dense mounts, slack stuff, and undercuts. Iām scared to go any longer since 99.9% of the time Iām throwing over the concrete floor of work or my basement.
You got used to the longer string but i use shorter string still when iām outside but i keep going longer as i get more comfortable. I think string length is proportional to your hightā¦ that equation leaves a short guy like me with a uncomfortable long string for throws. But it actually makes the tricks easier
Being more gentle with the second pop on Spirit Bomb feels a lot better then what I was doingā¦but Iāve still not hit the trick quite yet.
Iām getting there. Will feel great when I land my first!!
I have a couple more vids Iām working on Iām going to upload as well. lolā¦even though Iām totally in one of my bedtime shirts . I really donāt like the way I look on cameraā¦but Iām trying to brave it out anyhow and to keep on uploading videos. I think itās good to build my self esteem a bit.
Man you almost got it!! You are struggling with the suicide because the string attached to you yoyo is about the same length of the string that should create the slack. When you rotate in position before the suicide, try to keep the fulcrum of rotation as close as possible to the yoyo. So the slack will be bigger
Wellā¦ could go better, thatās my 4th day of quarantine, and it will go on at least until April 3rd. But hey, I have a lot of time for yoyoing!! (not really actually, Iām working from homeā¦ lol)
Did you do Jackās Slack yet? Itās hard to prevent the two lengths from being close to equal. Even in the tutorial the fulcrum string is almost too long. Makes the suicide a little difficult, the motion has to be just right.
That sucks dude. Stay sane man; guess thatās not too hard when youāve got yo-yos to play with. Iām not quarantined but Iām going crazy from having to take it easy on the yo-yoing right now.
Least I can throw a bit. I finally learned momentum bind. Also got Jackās Slack down pretty quickly. I think the only thing Iām still behind on is barrel rolls/boingy boing.
Soon as I feel a bit better Iām going to make some new videosāhard to make videos when I yo-yo for only 5 minutes at a time.
Understood, that was what I was worried about, cause I did not start working on jack slack yet. Iāll start now tho and let you know how I feel with it
. I really donāt like the way I look on cameraā¦but Iām trying to brave it out anyhow and to keep on uploading videos. I think itās good to build my self esteem a bit.
