# Need Help **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468 "2012-06-05T17:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/1 "2012-06-05T17:04:35Z")
Hey! I am really new to yoyoing. I keep trying to do the man on the trapeze and I have the breakaway part, but when I try to land it it never lands on the string. It does sometimes but they are mostly accidents. Do I just need more practice or am I doing something wrong. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/2 "2012-06-05T17:06:46Z")
> [@ACE\_yoyo](#): > > Hey! > I am really new to yoyoing. I keep trying to do the man on the trapeze and I have the breakaway part, but when I try to land it it never lands on the string. It does sometimes but they are mostly accidents. Do I just need more practice or am I doing something wrong. > thanks. What yo-yo are you using? Is it a butterfly shape? I am assuming you are using the Maverick? This trick is a very fundamental trick, try to make the trapeze as small as possible, this helps a lot, it is very difficult to land a massive trapeze. What I mean is try making your finger close to the yo-yo so it makes a tiny trapeze. ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/3 "2012-06-05T17:10:41Z")
yes the Maverick. (Butterfly) I think the problem is I can never tell where to place my finger to make it small. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/4 "2012-06-05T17:14:59Z")
> [@ACE\_yoyo](#): > > yes the Maverick.  (Butterfly)  I think the problem is I can never tell where to place my finger to make it small. Two inches away from the yoyo is a great place to get started learning trapeze, just make sure you don’t make the trapeze too big. Watch this video: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSac5Kda-eo) He tell’s a lot about the importance about the bigness of the trapeze. ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/5 "2012-06-05T18:02:20Z")
Thanks. I have watched it before but I will do everything right. ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/6 "2012-06-06T20:35:55Z")
Okay so I am landing it quite a bit now after some practice with keeping my fingers about 2 inches from it but now when I land it, it turns sideways and falls off before I get a chance to dismount it. Am I still doing something wrong? A. ---
**Author:** ![Taluboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Taluboots](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Taluboots)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/7 "2012-06-06T20:40:52Z")
> [@ACE\_yoyo](#): > > Okay so I am landing it quite a bit now after some practice with keeping my fingers about 2 inches from it but now when I land it, it turns sideways and falls off before I get a chance to dismount it. Am I still doing something wrong? > A. Make sure you keep your strings straight. If it isn’t, the yo-yo will tilt. Also, learn how to throw better. It will take time, but with a better throw, the yo-yo will tilt less. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/8 "2012-06-06T20:41:12Z")
After a while you will get the hand of it, you may have to adjust the angle of your hands (how far they are away from your body) to make it not fall over. After a while it will become usual for you to do it without thinking. What side is it falling off? By doing a trapeze off of a breakaway if it is falling off of the front move your throw hand away your body, if it is falling of the back move your throw-hand towards your body, this should adjust the angle of the yo-yo making it straight again. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Hogheg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce73a5/32.png) [@Hogheg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hogheg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/9 "2012-06-06T21:48:38Z")
Like Shadowz said, adjust the angle of your hands until you can get the YoYo to stay at the angle you want it. Another thing that may attribute to this tilting is your throw - you may be tilting the YoYo as you throw it. Practice your throw, practice your landing, and practice keeping your hands at the right angle. Soon enough it will be second nature. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/10 "2012-06-06T22:42:17Z")
thanks guys. this really helps. i am already better… i know this because I have been annoying my sibs. and parents by yoyoing every moment. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/11 "2012-06-07T16:28:13Z")
> [@ACE\_yoyo](#): > > thanks guys. this really helps. i am already better… i know this because I have been annoying my sibs. and parents by yoyoing every moment. Haha, don’t worry, were here to help. Also, I do that all the time. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/12 "2012-06-07T18:01:03Z")
But i bet you don’t have 2 yr old twin sisters who are always telling you in there cute voices to stop doing that with your yoyo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stephosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stephosh/32/770_2.png) [@stephosh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stephosh)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/13 "2012-06-07T18:19:40Z")
Another thing that helped me was facing a wall about 2 feet away and then throwing a trapez over and over. It forces you to keep things straight. ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/14 "2012-06-07T19:19:04Z")
Sounds like a good idea… so I am now working on split the atom and I have the same problem it keeps turning to the side right after i get it to the part where you do the brain twister at the end… Ideas?? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/15 "2012-06-07T19:55:35Z")
> [@ACE\_yoyo](#): > > But i bet you don’t have 2 yr old twin sisters who are always telling you in there cute voices to stop doing that with your yoyo. 😃 I have 3 younger brothers… > [@ACE\_yoyo](#): > > Sounds like a good idea… so I am now working on split the atom and I have the same problem it keeps turning to the side right after i get it to the part where you do the brain twister at the end… Ideas?? It is spinning the opposite way, so if it is leaning to the left, pull your back hand to the right, if it is leaning to the right pull your back hand to the left. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/16 "2012-06-07T20:05:27Z")
I have 3 younger brothers as well. plus 2 younger sisters not counting the twins… (no I am not the oldest…) ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/17 "2012-06-07T20:07:32Z")
How many kids in the fam? Eight in mine. Plus two parents equals… 10 people in my family! ---
**Author:** ![ACE\_yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@ACE\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ACE_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/18 "2012-06-07T20:18:51Z")
10 kids 2 parents… 12 ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/19 "2012-06-07T20:25:31Z")
Haha, nice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skwumpie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Skwumpie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skwumpie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help/38468/20 "2012-06-07T20:27:19Z")
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