i have socked my self good with a yoyo. arms elbows and my face a few times. ive never hit my mouth and i highly doubt if you would chip a tooth very easily. its a waste of money imo
That’s the way it is “officially” in my league (high school 4a), but the referees are very lax about it. Most of the people in my league will be going to the minors, so the zebras feel less liable if someone’s tooth falls out, 'cause it’s bound to happen at some point anyway.
I completely shattered my nose once doing a breakaway when i was first learning. Didnt really know to much about knots. Just keep practicing at stuff that isnt going to injure you until the point that you know when you have a knot based on the way the bind felt.
As someone who has chipped a tooth and seriously injured my eye while yoyoing due to this, I can’t stress this enough. ALWAYS take a knot out of a yoyo before putting it down.
I completely knocked out my right front tooth and bused my left one when I fell open-mouth first into the edge of the baby pool when I missed the step about 8 years ago (second grade)… So naturally I’m just very aware of things near my face, so I don’t worry about it too much. I have though taken a yoyo to the ear like twice