# Should I change my freestyle for my next contest?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [August 11, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-change-my-freestyle-for-my-next-contest/76296 "2015-08-11T00:52:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanthegiraffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/seanthegiraffe/32/1554_2.png) [@seanthegiraffe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/seanthegiraffe)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-change-my-freestyle-for-my-next-contest/76296/1 "2015-08-11T00:52:14Z")

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Ok so I just went IYYC on August 8 where I competed And I am also planning to go to the West Coast Yoyo Championships on August 29.

I was wondering if I should change a little bit of my freestyle or should I just keep it the way it is considering the amount of time I have to prepare for West Coast.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![wishiwasayoyoexpert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@wishiwasayoyoexpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wishiwasayoyoexpert)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-change-my-freestyle-for-my-next-contest/76296/2 "2015-08-11T00:55:37Z")

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> [@seanthegiraffe](#):
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> Ok so I just went IYYC on August 8 where I competed And I am also planning to go to the West Coast Yoyo Championships on August 29.
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> I was wondering if I should change a little bit of my freestyle or should I just keep it the way it is considering the amount of time I have to prepare for West Coast.
> 
> Thanks.

It depends, did you do well?

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-change-my-freestyle-for-my-next-contest/76296/3 "2015-08-11T00:57:55Z")

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Were you clean but didn’t place well, or did you miss enough that you would’ve placed better if you were clean? If you were clean but didn’t place where you wanted, change it. If you messed up, then practice what you’re already close to perfecting and aim to be flawless.

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**Author:** ![seanthegiraffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/seanthegiraffe/32/1554_2.png) [@seanthegiraffe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/seanthegiraffe)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-change-my-freestyle-for-my-next-contest/76296/4 "2015-08-11T00:58:12Z")

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> [@wishiwasayoyoexpert](#):
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> It depends, did you do well?

Nope got 19 out of 22. But then again I also got a knot

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**Author:** ![seanthegiraffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/seanthegiraffe/32/1554_2.png) [@seanthegiraffe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/seanthegiraffe)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-i-change-my-freestyle-for-my-next-contest/76296/5 "2015-08-11T03:35:05Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> Were you clean but didn’t place well, or did you miss enough that you would’ve placed better if you were clean? If you were clean but didn’t place where you wanted, change it. If you messed up, then practice what you’re already close to perfecting and aim to be flawless.

Ok awesome! Thanks for the advice. btw I messed up and got a knot and I didn’t bring up a backup yoyo.