# Painful Start to 2a Style

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [June 8, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586 "2012-06-08T02:57:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![xcharger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aeb1de/32.png) [@xcharger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xcharger)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586/1 "2012-06-08T02:57:38Z")

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Hey guys, i just recently started learning 2a style about 2 hours ago. and i was just wondering if it is suppose to hurt your yoyo finger (this is my dominant hand)…  
my finger hurts alot, and i have not been looping for more than 30mins in those 2 hours. i’ve been doing 1a for about 10months. but im guessing that does not build a strong enough callous?

im not sure if im doing it wrong or not. but my finger hurts even when i switch back to 1a.

No Pain, No Gain? ???

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**Author:** ![lukedude43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@lukedude43](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/lukedude43)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586/2 "2012-06-08T03:04:17Z")

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dude the same thing happened to me but think about it. your putting constant force on your finger pulling in and out at fast speeds.

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**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586/3 "2012-06-08T03:21:17Z")

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It’s all in the wrists.

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**Author:** ![Hogheg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce73a5/32.png) [@Hogheg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hogheg)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586/4 "2012-06-08T08:06:55Z")

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> [@YourBBQ](#):
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> It’s all in the wrists.

According to André’s video it’s actually mostly in the middle finger:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player\_embedded&v=Zy4bR6fo2OU#](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zy4bR6fo2OU#)!  
At 1:25…

Back to the OP’s problem though, with looping you will initially get hurt a lot when you play a lot, but I’ve found that looping causes a callous to form incredibly quickly. Just grin and bear it, and soon you should be able to play for ages without any pain.

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**Author:** ![xcharger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aeb1de/32.png) [@xcharger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xcharger)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586/5 "2012-06-09T20:21:38Z")

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can anyone tell me how “responsive” a 2a yoyo is supposed to be?  
a video would be appreciated if possible. ;D

my raider is not consistant, it is unresponsive sometimes and that does not loop right.

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painful-start-to-2a-style/38586/6 "2012-06-09T20:23:02Z")

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> [@xcharger](#):
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> my raider is not consistant, it is unresponsive sometimes and that does not loop right.

Put a friction sticker over one of the starbursts.