# Practice paradox
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [October 10, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494 "2024-10-10T00:05:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/1 "2024-10-10T00:05:17Z")
so it seems the more i practice the smoother i get. the smoother i get the faster i get. result is, the more i practice the less time it takes me to get through every trick i know and i gotta learn more tricks just to feel like i know more than a handful of tricks. i have to stand there and think about whether I’m forgetting about tricks i know 🤭
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### Author:  [@mikeydoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikeydoe)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/2 "2024-10-10T00:38:12Z")
Hell yeah man!
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### Author:  [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/3 "2024-10-10T00:46:53Z")
Awesome man!
> [@Splizacular](#):
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> i have to stand there and think about whether I’m forgetting about tricks i know
Thats why I like to keep a video record of my tricks
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### Author:  [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/4 "2024-10-10T00:54:39Z")
I think I’ve forgotten more tricks than I currently know. :joy:
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### Author:  [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/5 "2024-10-10T00:59:37Z")
funny you say that. just the other day i was looking at a couple of my older videos and found one i forgot, and i relearned it from my own video lol
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### Author:  [@mikeydoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikeydoe)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/6 "2024-10-10T01:02:11Z")
Come do the trick a week stuff! This week’s doesn’t seem too hard but I can’t figure it out (again lol)
But last week’s switchbacks i am making progress on and it’s really cool
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### Author:  [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/7 "2024-10-10T01:02:43Z")
Maybe you can have a goal at the end of a practice session (if you do that way) to string together a “routine” of the tricks you know? Like a run through of set list when my band practices. Or well… when we used to lol
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### Author:  [@Fancy-0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fancy-0)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/8 "2024-10-10T02:17:22Z")
> [@Yodaddyo](#):
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> I think I’ve forgotten more tricks than I currently know. :joy:
I feel this. I swear that for every two tricks I learn, I forget one.
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### Author:  [@Albertino](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Albertino)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/9 "2024-10-10T06:46:19Z")
It is normal to forget trick as you replace them with better ones, practicing a lot as you said make you improve quickly so you abandon “the old” for the new. I barely remember my combos, I put on instagram a combo every week, if I look back at some of my old I have no idea how I made it, obviously I can relearn but I can’t be bothered, is all part of the process to leave what is “old” behind for the new improved stuff, all the basics combo in the ladder I forgot all of them, I can learn them again but I do not see the point of that. Keep going mate, you are improving and this is good, let it go the old and embrace the new!
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### Author:  [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/10 "2024-10-10T10:44:04Z")
> [@mikeydoe](#):
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> Come do the trick a week stuff
i do pop in and out there. even though i don’t fully get most yet, there’s always elements i pick up
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### Author:  [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/11 "2024-10-10T10:49:47Z")
When it’s all said and done, don’t you think it’s the elements we remember best rather than the specific order? I haven’t learned anything new for ages, but still remember basic moves. I used to like learning the “move,” then figuring out how to fit it in with others.
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### Author:  [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/practice-paradox/411494/12 "2024-10-10T11:09:58Z")
> [@stevejspins](#):
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> When it’s all said and done, don’t you think it’s the elements we remember best rather than the specific order?
dunno lol I’m still brand new so I’ve only fairly recently learned enough yocabulary (@GTDropKnot word 🤙) to really start putting things together or modifying tricks/elements to fit in combos. the more i read about how other ppl play through a session I’m getting that impression though