The actually good yoyoers are looking at my title and lifting their noses a bit, I’m betting (no offense taken!).
Not soliciting any tips here, just venting. I’ve been trying for several days to do this smoothly. I may have gotten it once or twice by missing the string then getting it with a little hop, and I’ve certainly always had to adjust the tilt of my yoyo if I’ve managed to land it.
Such a simple-seeming trick, but doing it well is doing me in!
(Learning the “Dennis McBride” style, by the way… just forefinger and middle finger, no thumbs)
Once more, in the words of Vancouver’s Yo-Yo Master Gary Li
Practice.
Practice.
Have some candy
Practice some more.
Repeat.
I can’t tell you how many times I"ve done the “what an I doing wrong” and thats the answer. Keep at it. If you are really getting stuck, learn something new then come back to it. Learning other techniques will sharpen your skills and make this one easier.
I guess it depends on which video. I found a few, including one by Dennis McBride himself. Love the YYE videos and they’ve done me a lot of good, but in this particular case I don’t prefer the way Andre does the trick (using thumbs).
I know what I’m doing wrong; not landing on-axis and with the string the right length consistently. Like I said, just venting.
It’s not a super-fun trick to practice, either, but I can tell that just like Andre says in his version, practicing it will help with consistency of string hits.
The way I do it (Even though I’m not good at yoyos) is when you’ve landed in the Double or nothing try to push all the strings back leaving you much space to land the yoyo and string for the lats 2 parts.
I found a few, including one by Dennis McBride himself. Love the YYE videos and they’ve done me a lot of good, but in this particular case I don’t prefer the way Andre does the trick (using thumbs).