# Snap start tips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [June 16, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/snap-start-tips/3286 "2009-06-16T18:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![realityinabox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/realityinabox/32/82_2.png) [@realityinabox](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/realityinabox)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/snap-start-tips/3286/1 "2009-06-16T18:15:45Z")
Hey guys, I just watched the tut for the snap start. He doesn’t go that in depth in explaining how to do it, just talks a lot about how cool it looks. Does anybody have any good advice or a more thorough tut? Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/snap-start-tips/3286/2 "2009-06-16T18:31:20Z")
I’m not very good at the snap start so I use the flick/thumb start, but when I do try the snap start, I try to aim my snap towards the left (if right handed) quite a bit to help it go straight. For the spinning part, I kind of snap but I mainly just turn my hand to get it to start spinning. ---
**Author:** ![DaShiznit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dashiznit/32/62_2.png) [@DaShiznit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaShiznit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/snap-start-tips/3286/3 "2009-06-17T00:20:25Z")
Well first, it would help if you know how to snap. 🙂 Second, PRACTICE! A lot of these simple (yet hard) tricks (or moves) just require that. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/snap-start-tips/3286/4 "2009-06-17T01:53:54Z")
“If you can’t snap-start a yo-yo, you aint s\*\*t.” -steve brown it takes a good while to get good at it (by good at it i mean have enough spin to hit spirit bomb or rancid milk or something from a snap start). it’s important to practice though; it’s a very valuable skill that can influence your learning curve (less time spent winding). use a smaller yo-yo at first (like a squirrel or business or mini-motu). put your thumb on the bottom and middle finger on the top, and just practice rotating the yo-yo faster and faster. when you do it “right” there should be an audible “snap”. the yo-yo should pop up slightly with a wicked, controlled spin. if you’re using a responsive yo-yo, you should have enough juice to get it back into a full wind, or even right into a sidewinder. with a metal yo-yo, you can snap right into a thumb grind. it’s a super fun trick with a lot of applications. i do a few on no jives at the beginning of (and throughout) this vid: [http://www.vimeo.com/4406017](http://www.vimeo.com/4406017) you’ll get it. ---
**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/snap-start-tips/3286/5 "2009-06-18T00:15:36Z")
For me, There is a certain depth I have to put my finger in. Other than that, practice. A lot of people here couldn’t get it the first time but they got it after 10-30 minutes of practicing it.