Hi all! I’m very new to Yoyoing but have a question regarding throwing clean non-wobbly throws. I have both a Shooting Star and an AOE and I’ve noticed my throws on the AOE seem to be more stable. Is this because the AOE is a heavier wider yoyo? Or is it purely because my throwing technique is off? I prefer the Shooting Star overall so I’d love to get stronger cleaner throws on that yoyo if possible. Thanks in advance!
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The Shooting Star is definitely capable of “clean non-wobbly throws”, and your choice of yoyo can absolutely affect how easy it is to get there. I haven’t used an AoE, but the shape and weight distribution could be jiving a little better with your natural throw motion. If you like the Shooting Star better, practice more with it and those smoother throws should happen with some time invested.
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I’m bringing the Brandon Vu breakaway video!!
If you haven’t seen this yet it was a huge help for me when I was starting unresponsive.
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This was life changing for my throwing technique when I first saw it.
Bascially….once you learn that the power comes from basically an aerial pullstart in stead of throwing it to the ground.
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I really wish they wouldn’t’ teach to do the muscle breakaway. It wasn’t fun relearning how to do a proper breakaway with already having a habit of the wrong way. I never realized til Connor Scholten said to me “Why are you looking out the window when you throw your breakaway?” Then I realized how goofy it does look.
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Yeah….it’s actually a very poor way of teaching it.
So how should we teach it as an alternative?
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I feel like Brandon hit the perfect way to teach it in this video. That’s why it keeps showing up in threads like this. As mentioned this video has had a huge impact on MANY of us.
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Thank you! I actually learned my breakway using this video after having issues with the “muscle" method and have found using a small length of string to whip it around my fingers really hells get spin on it. Are there takeaways I could use for the standard sleeper from this video? That’s where I seem to get more wobble. Pardon my terminology, not sure if I’m explaining everything in a way that makes sense.
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