# Noob progressing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Videos\ **Created:** [December 1, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741 "2018-12-01T02:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/1 "2018-12-01T02:56:28Z")
Just getting into yoyoing for just a few weeks and doing some very simple stuff! [Starting point - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/a/33URmdX) And here is a nice photo to compensate my amateur skill lol. ![20181130_172439](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/f/7/ef78420cd29fe990a2811c77a7ef7913bbd4ffbc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/2 "2018-12-01T03:00:24Z")
I’m glad you’re here and giving yoyoing a try. Everyone starts out with simple. Soon you will consider more and more complicated things as simple! ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/3 "2018-12-01T03:11:25Z")
Wow, you have brother slack down already! How do you like the Bliss? Did you pick the gold/black for a special reason? (it matches some school colors near where I live - UCF!) ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/4 "2018-12-01T04:37:44Z")
Very nice my dude, you look like you’re having a good time. Nice pic too ---
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/5 "2018-12-01T15:59:18Z")
I’m loving it! Been hearing all kinds of great yhings about it and was lucky enough to encounter a drop, it looked damn sexy so I thought heck why not! really happy with this colorway! ---
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/6 "2018-12-06T13:50:15Z")
Finally got the jade whip to be somewhat consistent :joy: ---
**Author:** ![gcoomans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gcoomans/32/25166_2.png) [@gcoomans](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gcoomans)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/7 "2018-12-06T16:22:18Z")
Well done! That’s a fun one for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Schlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schlynn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schlynn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/8 "2018-12-06T18:07:19Z")
Is that a deck of cards the yoyo is on? ---
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/9 "2018-12-06T18:45:29Z")
Yeah, it’s a deck of the white Madison Rounders ---
**Author:** ![Schlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schlynn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schlynn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/10 "2018-12-06T18:59:08Z")
Beautiful. I do close up card magic as another hobby too. A crisp looking deck of cards always attracts my attention haha. ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/11 "2018-12-06T21:33:16Z")
Great job on that jade whip! You’re making fast progress. ---
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/12 "2018-12-07T07:41:30Z")
Got Kwijibo down in one day!🤣(opposed to forever on the jade whip) (probably gonna use this post to record progress onwards) ---
**Author:** ![gcoomans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gcoomans/32/25166_2.png) [@gcoomans](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gcoomans)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/13 "2018-12-07T07:46:31Z")
Duuuuuuude it took me literally 2 years to figure out how to do the last hop on kwijibo, you’re crushing it! Also I can’t follow tutorials, haha. ---
**Author:** ![ClaytonDM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@ClaytonDM](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ClaytonDM)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/14 "2018-12-07T16:35:28Z")
Looks good! Congratulations on your progress! ---
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/15 "2018-12-07T17:05:10Z")
Next trick is the hook, probably going to take as much time as the jade whip, if not more. :joy: ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/16 "2018-12-07T17:25:09Z")
Yew kin DEW eet!!! ---
**Author:** ![feryuweryu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/feryuweryu/32/42092_2.png) [@feryuweryu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/feryuweryu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/17 "2018-12-09T05:38:15Z")
Got the Hook down! 🤣 Pretty consistent too after figuring out the exact whipping motion. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/18 "2018-12-09T12:47:57Z")
Looked smooth to me. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![ThinkOD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thinkod/32/42096_2.png) [@ThinkOD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThinkOD)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/19 "2018-12-09T17:00:58Z")
Looks like to me your doing an awesome job. Keep it up and you’ll progress quickly before you even know it. I have a few simple tricks you could learn on my youtube page. check out [www.youtube.com/FabledEra](http://www.youtube.com/FabledEra) Its been a long time since I posted. But youll find some simple tricks I made up that you could add to your list of tricks. ---
**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741/20 "2018-12-09T17:41:23Z")
Progressing extremely fast! Keep it up! [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noob-progressing/295741.md?page=2)