Navigating 3A—3A Tutorials

Let’s gooo! Those yoyos are super good for the style imo and do have a more narrow gap which is great. but yeah like it can be really annoying to bind in 3A even w really really nice yoyos just bc it’s harder to bind with the short strings 3A demands. You can get more used to it but I gotta use really soft pads and super super fat strings to work with the 4.5mm gap my fav pairs have. It would be worth trying your fav yoyos w a 74cm string just to compare like work on a bit of offhand 1a maybe and yeah.

Slippy binds is kind of just an annoying part of 3a too like even the best players in the world let binds slip. Here is the best in the world letting like 5 binds slip in 60 seconds so yeah

Matching pairs are dope though lol and copping those titans was a good move yo like pretty much an ss tier 3a pair imo so you shouldn’t feel like there are other yoyos that will be much of an upgrade. This will help the style be more fun fr bc slippy binds does suck.

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I use the Recognition reduxes because they have a 4.3ish gap instead of the usual 4.5 and it really helps with short 3A string. Titans have a tighter gap too so that should help a bit!

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it’s such an interesting tradeoff. i got mine down to 72 cm and binding with that is a tough adjustment, but the increase in control is noticeable

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Yeah I’ve been comfy around 80cm lately. I just measured it for the first time after tweaking length all week.

Edit for additional thoughts: I did order some of that kitty XXL string and it’s supposed to come in on monday so I’m gonna try that with my old 4.5mm gap-having colossus vi maxes and see how short it can go with normal gaps. If it’s nice it will really open up my options for my next 3A pair…

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