# My sleeper **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [July 4, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321 "2010-07-04T05:56:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/1 "2010-07-04T05:56:06Z")
No, im not asking on how to throw a strong sleeper, I can do that. However, when I do throw a strong sleeper, the yoyo always flies behind me. It doesn’t tilt or anything, Im just concerned I might smack a dude in the face… :-X ---
**Author:** ![Ohemgee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@Ohemgee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ohemgee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/2 "2010-07-04T07:37:38Z")
Well that used to happen to me, but instead of hitting some dude i hit my mom 😃 Just keep working on it, after a while it started to go away ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/3 "2010-07-04T15:00:04Z")
Instead of throwing down, throw about 2 or 3 feet in front of you. Also, make sure your string isn’t too long. ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/4 "2010-07-04T15:02:29Z")
I can’t really explain it, but all you really have to do is just throw it hard, but cause it not to swing back. ---
**Author:** ![jtman562](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jtman562/32/285_2.png) [@jtman562](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jtman562)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/5 "2010-07-04T15:42:46Z")
Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… ---
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/6 "2010-07-04T16:16:13Z")
> [@jtman562](#): > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Ohemgee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@Ohemgee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ohemgee)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/7 "2010-07-05T02:00:01Z")
> [@mista8eight8](#): > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 ---
**Author:** ![XaGoNiX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@XaGoNiX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XaGoNiX)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/8 "2010-07-05T21:52:11Z")
When you follow through with your throw, you might be following through a little TOO MUCH so it goes behind you. Try to lessen the intensity of your follow through or do as Apetrunk said: > [@Apetrunk](#): > > throw about 2 or 3 feet in front of you. ---
**Author:** ![sa11297](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@sa11297](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sa11297)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/9 "2010-07-06T00:43:53Z")
> [@Ohemgee](#): > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 > > Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 im sry but i laughed when i read this,lol ---
**Author:** ![AlexDerYoyo-er](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/alexderyoyo-er/32/600_2.png) [@AlexDerYoyo-er](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AlexDerYoyo-er)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/10 "2010-07-08T00:15:20Z")
> [@Ohemgee](#): > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 > > Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 When I was still learning to bind I got this huge knot and threw it as hard as I could and I hit my elbow. I couldn’t feel anything from my throw arm for a couple minutes :-[ ---
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/11 "2010-07-08T00:46:37Z")
> [@Ohemgee](#): > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 > > Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 Let him play 5A 😃 > [@](#): > > When I was still learning to bind I got this huge knot and threw it as hard as I could and I hit my elbow. > I couldn’t feel anything from my throw arm for a couple minutes :-[ Well, lets see… 3 Times in the elbow 5 Times in my man parts (Followed by 2 minutes of laying on the floor) 2 Times in the chin (Drew blood as well) 1 Time in the teeth (I think i bent them!) 1 Time in the forehead with a counterweight 10+ times in the palm I pulled a muscle throwing a sleeper I got a weak case of carpal tunnel All the skin on my index finger is shredded Uhh… yeah… Either i’m accident prone, or yoyoing is a dangerous sport (luckily, I don’t have a metal) ---
**Author:** ![sa11297](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@sa11297](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sa11297)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/12 "2010-07-08T15:15:07Z")
> [@mista8eight8](#): > > > [@Ohemgee](#): > > > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > > > > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 > > > > Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 > > Let him play 5A 😃 > > > [@](#): > > > > When I was still learning to bind I got this huge knot and threw it as hard as I could and I hit my elbow. > > I couldn’t feel anything from my throw arm for a couple minutes :-[ > > Well, lets see… > > 3 Times in the elbow > 5 Times in my man parts (Followed by 2 minutes of laying on the floor) > 2 Times in the chin (Drew blood as well) > 1 Time in the teeth (I think i bent them!) > 1 Time in the forehead with a counterweight > 10+ times in the palm > I pulled a muscle throwing a sleeper > I got a weak case of carpal tunnel > All the skin on my index finger is shredded > > Uhh… yeah… > > Either i’m accident prone, or yoyoing is a dangerous sport (luckily, I don’t have a metal) oh i expected you to own an 888, lol ---
**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/13 "2010-07-08T16:32:46Z")
> [@sa11297](#): > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > [@Ohemgee](#): > > > > > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > > > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > > > > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > > > > > > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 > > > > > > Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 > > > > ’ > > I expected myself to have an 888 too 😢 > > Let him play 5A 😃 > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > When I was still learning to bind I got this huge knot and threw it as hard as I could and I hit my elbow. > > > I couldn’t feel anything from my throw arm for a couple minutes :-[ > > > > Well, lets see… > > > > 3 Times in the elbow > > 5 Times in my man parts (Followed by 2 minutes of laying on the floor) > > 2 Times in the chin (Drew blood as well) > > 1 Time in the teeth (I think i bent them!) > > 1 Time in the forehead with a counterweight > > 10+ times in the palm > > I pulled a muscle throwing a sleeper > > I got a weak case of carpal tunnel > > All the skin on my index finger is shredded > > > > Uhh… yeah… > > > > Either i’m accident prone, or yoyoing is a dangerous sport (luckily, I don’t have a metal) > > oh i expected you to own an 888, lol ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/14 "2010-07-08T17:02:17Z")
> [@mista8eight8](#): > > > [@sa11297](#): > > > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > > > [@Ohemgee](#): > > > > > > > > > [@mista8eight8](#): > > > > > > > > > > > [@jtman562](#): > > > > > > > > > > > > Hiting your mom is nothing. Um, I’ve hit waaay worse things than that… > > > > > > > > > > I’ve smashed asphalt and scratched my throw 😢 > > > > > > > > Well I let my cousin play on my dm and instead of throwing it into a sleeper he throws it at the wall 😢 > > > > > > ’ > > > I expected myself to have an 888 too 😢 > > > Let him play 5A 😃 > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > When I was still learning to bind I got this huge knot and threw it as hard as I could and I hit my elbow. > > > > I couldn’t feel anything from my throw arm for a couple minutes :-[ > > > > > > Well, lets see… > > > > > > 3 Times in the elbow > > > 5 Times in my man parts (Followed by 2 minutes of laying on the floor) > > > 2 Times in the chin (Drew blood as well) > > > 1 Time in the teeth (I think i bent them!) > > > 1 Time in the forehead with a counterweight > > > 10+ times in the palm > > > I pulled a muscle throwing a sleeper > > > I got a weak case of carpal tunnel > > > All the skin on my index finger is shredded > > > > > > Uhh… yeah… > > > > > > Either i’m accident prone, or yoyoing is a dangerous sport (luckily, I don’t have a metal) > > > > oh i expected you to own an 888, lol > > I expected myself to have an 888 too 😢 Fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyojones213](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojones213/32/363_2.png) [@Yoyojones213](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyojones213)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/15 "2010-07-15T10:04:18Z")
Try to throw it straight down. Don’t let it rock. I hit my friend in the head doing a sleeper. (long story) ;D I woke up bright and early in the morning, ready for a day of yoing. Threw a sleeper, forgotten that the previous night I had gotten a knot. The yoyo shredded it’s way back up the string ,It aimed for my eye and landed it’s target… I dropped to the ground for 5 minutes trying to think about of what just happened ???. That day there were 2 knots one in the yoyo and the other on my head. ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@Leo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/16 "2010-07-25T18:34:35Z")
you can sleep the yoyo and intercept the string with your hand. i saw yuuki spencer and many other players do this. you kinda stop the yoyo from going bCK TO FAR by “blocking the strings” ---
**Author:** ![sa11297](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@sa11297](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sa11297)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sleeper/16321/17 "2010-07-26T00:31:39Z")
> [@Leo](#): > > you can sleep the yoyo and intercept the string with your hand. i saw yuuki spencer and many other players do this. you kinda stop the yoyo from going bCK TO FAR by “blocking the strings” i havent thought of that solution… smart! i mean even though i have done that before, i havent done it for that reason