# Pre-Contest ritual **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 11, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pre-contest-ritual/68514 "2014-08-11T03:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samcordell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samcordell/32/1539_2.png) [@samcordell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/samcordell)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pre-contest-ritual/68514/1 "2014-08-11T03:35:00Z")
What is your pre-contest ritual? For me, I watch Jensen’s 2010 BAC freestyle, bind exactly four times, then I don’t touch my yoyo until I get to the contest. ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pre-contest-ritual/68514/2 "2014-08-11T15:04:41Z")
This is the first time I heard something like this. However I do know that the next contest I will not play too much as to hurt my fingers and getting too tired before getting on stage. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pre-contest-ritual/68514/3 "2014-08-11T15:08:05Z")
Pre-performance ritual: wash hands, let dry, stand there watching another performance while I get my yoyos ready, stand there with a sick feeling in my stomach because I have a feeling I’m going to do horribly. Pre-contest ritual: Check my yoyos several times, make sure I have strings, make sure I have scissors, make sure I have lube, and make sure I have the case that I made sure I had all the previous things in.