You guys don’t do snap starts from the breakaway side?
When I restart my throw I pop the YoYo up between my hands and I push forward with one and pull backward with the other which works pretty consistently for me.
I biffed it in 1a at MWR and went for a snap-start.
I do it so much more than a push start, that I’m more likely to screw up a push start… go figure! 
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