# Sunday Conversation #3
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [March 5, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423 "2023-03-05T18:08:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@LeftyThrower24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyThrower24)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/1 "2023-03-05T18:08:34Z")
One or two Sundays out of the month I’m gonna try and come up with a good conversation around yo-yos.
Do you or did you play sports, and do you think it has helped you in any way with yoyo (other than hand-eye coordination)?
And if you don’t or didn’t play any sports, what do you or have you done physically that you think has improved your throwing ability?
I played baseball all my life so for me I think my reflexes help with certain things as well as my timing but that’s about it. You aren’t hitting a yoyo at 90mph with a bat so…
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### Author:  [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/2 "2023-03-05T18:11:49Z")
I’ve played soccer my whole life but seeing that I can’t yo-yo with my feet yet I would say the flexibility helps. Understanding the importance of stretching and staying limber is of great benefit. Yoga rocks!
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### Author:  [@LeftyThrower24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyThrower24)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/3 "2023-03-05T18:15:18Z")
But can you juggle a yo-yo, is the real question…
Agreed though especially when you start to get older you realize it lol
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### Author:  [@tysnj](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tysnj)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/4 "2023-03-05T18:19:31Z")
Spinning poi for 16 years before really getting into yo-yo and thought it’d translate a little better 😅. I like to think it helped with some things though.
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### Author:  [@LeftyThrower24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyThrower24)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/5 "2023-03-05T18:21:25Z")
Your Around the Worlds are probably immaculate though
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### Author:  [@Orion22](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Orion22)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/6 "2023-03-05T18:30:17Z")
I like to think my Amtgard experience helps me dodge the occasional errant throw or snag bound for my head.
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### Author:  [@ContentBuck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ContentBuck)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/7 "2023-03-05T18:32:20Z")
I’d like to think playing baseball and then juggling when riding the pine helped my yoyo-ing.
I’m really curious if any musicians think playing instruments helped. I don’t play anything, but would like to think getting into the flow of yoyo-ing is the same as a jam session.
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### Author:  [@Orion22](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Orion22)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/8 "2023-03-05T18:35:53Z")
Didn’t think about that, I did play drums for some time. Lots of fast rhythmic arm and hand movements, pretty similar.
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### Author:  [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/9 "2023-03-05T19:23:49Z")
I enjoy drumming, but already being comfortable with limb independence didn’t make learning 3A any easier. Simultaneous yet asynchronous yoyo movement is going to be hella hard no matter what prior physical experience you have.
I think other hobbies/sports/etc. only really have a mental carryover into yoyo, not any kind of physical benefit. But that mental aspect can be incredibly understated. Progression and overall style in yoyoing will radically change based on your mental approach to yoyo.
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### Author:  [@kretzschmar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kretzschmar)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/10 "2023-03-05T19:30:26Z")
I started yoyoing at 12. Wasn’t big into sports, played flag football and baseball from 8-12. Don’t think it helped, but maybe it did?
What helped the most was the fact that that was 27 years ago. Didn’t have internet or smart phones. Fun was riding my bike, playing Mario on NES, and listening to music.
The lack of technology distraction made watching a Duncan how to yoyo VHS 3 times a day with my Duncan butterfly palpable. That’s what got me good. Less distractions and time spent just yoyoing.
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### Author:  [@Blaidd\_Drwg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blaidd_Drwg)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/11 "2023-03-05T20:07:38Z")
I never played sports, it wasn’t until my 30’s I got into road cycling.
Only thing I think is carryover is the mental reflection. Pretty much being able to put the brain on autopilot and let it wander.
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### Author:  [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/12 "2023-03-05T20:17:29Z")
> [@ContentBuck](#):
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> I’m really curious if any musicians think playing instruments helped. I don’t play anything, but would like to think getting into the flow of yoyo-ing is the same as a jam session
There is a lot of layover for sure. I’ve been in a lot of jam sessions and I love throwing a yoyo around to some good music. It’s one of the reasons I got into this hobby. Having that background really helps with being able to pick up on musical cues and stay in rhythm. Also the manual dexterity probably helps. I’ve seen at least a few other dudes around here that play bass, guitar, or drums and I’m sure that isn’t a coincidence.
I also used to be really into extreme sports when I was younger, mainly biking and skateboarding, but my sense of self-preservation prevented me from getting any good at it. Yoyoing, to me, is a relatively safe version of that. Sometimes when I’m playing, I imagine the yoyo like is a little skateboarder riding along the string.
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### Author:  [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/13 "2023-03-05T20:21:12Z")
Try 5a, so much related.
Fire manipulator since 2003. Poi, staff,double staffs, fire eating ,dragon staff, the list goes on. And many other Juggling and manipulation arts.
They all look different, but in truth are fully relateable. The difference is only in the mind.
They all make circles. Its the squares that are hard.
:wink:
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### Author:  [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/14 "2023-03-05T20:36:19Z")
A Cat’s Cradle enthusiast might step into yoyo already knowing how to Walk the Dog!
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wqPUUePzg)
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### Author:  [@Herelieslewi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Herelieslewi)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/15 "2023-03-05T20:37:58Z")
I actually loved cats cradle! Ive been wanting to get back into it, my favorite trick was jacobs ladder there was also a crab one i liked
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### Author:  [@Hanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hanker)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/16 "2023-03-06T05:51:35Z")
I was a diabolo player before getting into yoyo so I’m pretty sure all that experience helped me a bit when it comes to learning yoyo tricks as both yoyo and diabolo are quite similar.
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### Author:  [@Pun1sh3R](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pun1sh3R)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/17 "2023-03-06T07:09:21Z")
Baseball - No Correlation
Spring Board Diving - Nothing remotely close.
Paintball - Dodging things flying at my face.
Shooting Sportd - Maybe Focus?
I cant think of anything I have done in my life that relates to yoyo. I find the appeal in it being it own unique thing.
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### Author:  [@Albertino](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Albertino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/18 "2023-03-06T08:18:09Z")
I use to do aggressive inline and skateboarding then went into yoyoing and playing guitar.
But while yoyoing and extreme sports weren’t super related for me, yoyoing really helped me with music.
The philosophy around yoyo where you learn tricks and then the tricks themselves get harder helped me to create a sort of “trick ladder” for music and recently that I started piano I am using the same philosophy and is working like when I did with guitar.
Yoyo playing changed so much my mentality about “how to” something and how to learn it and taught me patience and that trial and error is good and help the process, this gave ma patience to go through hours of bad or boring music (played by me lol) or very simple one note songs at the beginning knowing that that was the fundamental for “better tricks”.
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### Author:  [@Jerrod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jerrod)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/19 "2023-03-06T09:15:56Z")
I used to skateboard. Throwing has a lot in common with skating to me. I look at them as artistic expression earned through perseverance and will. You learn tricks and then string them together with your own style and flow.
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### Author:  [@p44company](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p44company)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sunday-conversation-3/371423/20 "2023-03-06T10:22:39Z")
Back in my childhood days I was into B- damans, Beyblades and pellet guns they were very popular at that time and it was all for fun until the mini yoyo boom came on our primary school. Kids around our classrooms became competitive and throw a bunch of special moves by doing basic tricks (kinda cringe but ok) and thus yoyoing became one of my main hobbies after a decade of playing.
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