# Skill question for the pros.

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050 "2012-12-03T01:44:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/1 "2012-12-03T01:44:23Z")

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I was throwing yesterday and inevitably I tried to land a big loop and instead landed it square in the crotch. I played soccer for years through college (Div 1) and beyond. There came a time where my skill rose to a level where I stopped trapping the ball into my face; or other such embarrassing moments. Is there a point in yoyo-ing where things like this stop happening? Does Hiroyuki Suzuki still hammer himself? Just had to wonder.

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**Author:** ![Yonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/2 "2012-12-03T01:57:27Z")

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I’d think Mickey hammers himself more from doing so much horizontal.

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**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/3 "2012-12-03T02:04:26Z")

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Playing at the speed Mickey plays at and the amount of time he must spend practicing, I’m betting he hits himself in the crotch and the face plenty.

Yuki

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**Author:** ![AFairhurst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/afairhurst/32/793_2.png) [@AFairhurst](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AFairhurst)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/4 "2012-12-03T02:17:34Z")

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what do you think the sunglasses are for?

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**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/5 "2012-12-03T02:50:00Z")

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> [@Alex Fairhurst](#):
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> what do you think the sunglasses are for?

Stylish and practical!

Yuki

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/6 "2012-12-03T18:24:20Z")

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> [@yuki\_onitsura](#):
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> > [@Alex Fairhurst](#):
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> > what do you think the sunglasses are for?
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> Stylish and practical!
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> Yuki

Yup. Face armor and covers bruises.

Plus, I bet he’s probably wearing a cup, just in case! Nothing worse than getting a yoyo contest DQ due to a TKO.

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**Author:** ![kuyaChristian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kuyaChristian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kuyaChristian)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/7 "2012-12-03T20:37:49Z")

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A Louis Vuitton face armor for $800?  
Definitely stylish and practical.

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**Author:** ![anon12742582](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@anon12742582](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon12742582)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/8 "2012-12-04T22:36:31Z")

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I hit myself like 3 times a day

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**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/skill-question-for-the-pros/46050/9 "2012-12-04T22:38:56Z")

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I’m no pro.

But yes, I hit my self all the time…

One time in the face at a fundraiser.