# Stop making excuses for yourself when wanting to learn a new trick!
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [January 19, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118 "2014-01-19T04:27:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/1 "2014-01-19T04:27:12Z")
Alright I have been noticing a lot when I want to learn a new trick and I look at a tutorial and watch the Yoyo trick I always notice there I 1 element that throws me off and I think “oh that trick is to hard I can’t learn that!” so I don’t learn the trick. even though later in the day I realize I am perfectly able to learn that trick i just saw but it just seems to hard when it isn’t. When I know I can learn it. And the thing is I’m probably am not the only one that thinks like this either some of you probably reading this are think the same as well when you seem something you want to learn. And now I have been noticing it’s been what’s keeping me from progressing in becoming a better yoyoer. So from this day foreword every trick I see or want to learn. I will give a try at learning the yoyo trick even when it seems “too hard” or looks like it. So I challenge some my of my fellow forum members to do the same because some of you guys probably make similar excuses. On why you can learn blank Yoyo trick. Even though you Probably can learn that trick you just don’t want to pit the effort in to learning the trick.
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### Author:  [@atombomb3r](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/atombomb3r)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/2 "2014-01-19T04:55:58Z")
I will admit Abby I have do e this several different times. But I’m with you from now on ill at least give each trick a try
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### Author:  [@Mofoya](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mofoya)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/3 "2014-01-19T05:10:34Z")
The first trick I remember doing this with was UFO! I tried it like once and blew it off!
Later I was starting the advanced tricks and went back to UFO for fun. It was a piece of cake!
Moral of the story? Skip it for a while if it’s really tough, but don’t forget it because you will grow and the trick will stay the same. When you return to it, you will surprise yourself.
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### Author:  [@yoyo\_creep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_creep)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/4 "2014-01-19T05:15:45Z")
Two things.
I’ve actually never done that, aside from when I was starting out and looking at things like hourglass.
Please fix your grammar… I hate to be that guy, but…
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### Author:  [@SaltySalvador](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SaltySalvador)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/5 "2014-01-19T08:05:14Z")
As a yoyo player, you just have to get your mechanics down. That’s why it’s alright to skip a trick for a bit but make sure you come back to it.
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### Author:  [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/6 "2014-01-19T09:18:38Z")
> [@abby1371](#):
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> Alright, I have been noticing a lot that when I want to learn a new trick and I look at a tutorial or watch the trick, I always find there is 1 element that throws me off and makes me think “oh that trick is to hard I can’t learn that!”… So I give up on learning the trick.
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> However, later in the day I realize I am perfectly able to learn the trick I just saw, and it just seemed too hard when it isn’t. At this point I find that I can actually learn it.
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> The thing is, I’m probably not the only one that thinks like this either, some of you probably reading this find yourselves thinking the same as well when you see something that you want to learn. Now I have been noticing that this is what has been keeping me from progressing and becoming a better yoyoer.
>
> So from this day forward, every trick I see or want to learn, I will give a try at learning, even when it seems “too hard” or looks like it. I challenge some my of my fellow forum members to do the same, because some of you guys probably make similar excuses on why you can’t learn ‘blank’ yoyo trick.
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> You probably can learn that trick, you just don’t want to put the effort in to learning it.
^ Cleanup on aisle six!
Fantastic post Abi, I know that there are a few tricks I’ve given up on myself because I can’t be bothered to spent hours of frustration on learning them. Consider your advice noted. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Chazy\_Chaz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chazy_Chaz)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/7 "2014-01-19T09:40:10Z")
Haha. I do the same thing. Sometimes I will look at a trick and if it looks too complicated I don’t even try it due to laziness. Then one day I will be motivated and realize that the trick is actually not so bad and I learn it rather quickly. Gotta stop being so lazy!
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### Author:  [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/8 "2014-01-19T12:17:18Z")
Well usually I try to learn it, and then it ends up being too hard anyways. However, sometimes I looked at tricks that SEEMED complicated, but they were a piece of cake. It just depends what trick you’re attempting. Although I see your point, I think attempting tutorials towards your range of ability is good, but having a challenge is always a good step forward 🙂
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### Author:  [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/9 "2014-01-20T04:15:19Z")
Four words:
Cabin Tutorials: Organic Airbags
:-\
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### Author:  [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/10 "2014-01-20T04:30:19Z")
> [@Gambit](#):
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> ^ Cleanup on aisle six!
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> Fantastic post Abi, I know that there are a few tricks I’ve given up on myself because I can’t be bothered to spent hours of frustration on learning them. Consider your advice noted. 🙂
yeah sorry late at night and making a topic on my iPod probably wasn’t the best idea.
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### Author:  [@TurboChicken](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TurboChicken)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/11 "2014-01-21T19:52:26Z")
It’s better to have tried and failed then to not tried at all!
There is no need to fully commit to learning a trick until you have first done a trial run. At the same time, there is no need to completely master every trick you come across.
I tend to learn the basic mechanics/sequence of a trick before deciding if I want to continue working on it. It breaks up the monotony of failing over and over… I’d much rather try and fail on 3 different tricks/combos for an hour than just one.
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### Author:  [@Zort\_Commander](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zort_Commander)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/12 "2014-01-22T08:47:30Z")
> [@someone](#):
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> Four words:
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> Cabin Tutorials: Organic Airbags
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> :-\
YES
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### Author:  [@yoyo\_creep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_creep)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stop-making-excuses-for-yourself-when-wanting-to-learn-a-new-trick/63118/13 "2014-01-28T00:29:10Z")
> [@Zort\_Commander](#):
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> YES
MORE YES
and organic airbags… I’m sorry, but… lol…