# Tech tricks

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [March 12, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723 "2013-03-12T20:08:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![WAT-AAH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wat-aah/32/1010_2.png) [@WAT-AAH](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WAT-AAH)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723/1 "2013-03-12T20:08:16Z")

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Does anyone have any tips on making up tech tricks?

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**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723/2 "2013-03-12T20:22:08Z")

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I’mma piggyback for a moment, if I may! Can you (or anyone else kind enough to answer!) definitively clarify for me what makes a “tech trick”?

My vague notion that I’ve been operating under is that tech tricks are comprised of multiple string lengths between the hands (2 or more I guess?) and the yoyo hopping and bouncing between these strings. To be truly “technical”, the form of these string lengths should be progressively changing and modified over time (for example, going from a box shape to a bowtie shape) as a result of these varying hops and bounces.

Is that at all in the right ballpark?

Spirit Bomb feels pretty tech to me, but it’s not the same as watching Zach Gormley or someone who look like they’re doing a fancy yoyo cat’s cradle. :wink: (I know, the cat’s cradle comparison hurts a bit, but it turns out to be true sometimes and I don’t mean it in a bad way!)

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**Author:** ![En5an3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@En5an3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/En5an3)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723/3 "2013-03-13T02:05:54Z")

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yo check out raytsh on youtube, hes got some qual material

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**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723/4 "2013-03-13T15:48:56Z")

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Simplest answer: Fail each time you throw while trying to do something new.

Write down what you do if you find something new.

Make variations, decide what looks best and what feels good.

Practice. Experiment. Develop.

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**Author:** ![MrYoyoThrower](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mryoyothrower/32/21004_2.png) [@MrYoyoThrower](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrYoyoThrower)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723/5 "2013-03-13T17:52:42Z")

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[http://monkeyfinger.ca/page12/page15/building.html](http://monkeyfinger.ca/page12/page15/building.html)

Here are a few videos I made on the subject.

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**Author:** ![papaYOYO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/papayoyo/32/926_2.png) [@papaYOYO](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/papaYOYO)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tech-tricks/50723/6 "2013-03-13T18:12:59Z")

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[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/a/0/ea0146df3e7d41469de6d7b6834d787f572e3a1c.jpeg "Wire Work Pt.1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUdhYU3LyMc)