Ola, my fellow throwers!
Have a question to ask; when should I transfer to an unresponsive yoyo?
After 20 years, I’m getting back. I’ve been throwing for a month now, with my plastic Axolotl and can do all the basic tricks, like sleeper, around the world, forward pass, breakaway and rock the baby.
Am I ready for an unresponsive, or is it better to stay on responsive for some time and get some more mileage in?
Thank you for your time and answers, mates!
Have a great day or night!!
It’s always time for unresponsive! (Unless it’s fixed axle February or modern responsive March, of course)
In all seriousness, responsive fun and is awesome for cleaning up play, but unresponsive opens up a new world of fun and exploration
Hi there!
You can make the transition whenever feels right to you. Some merit staying on responsives as a way to increase how smooth your play looks, as responsive yo-yos are much more punishing to choppy movement. Unresponsive yo-yos are going to be a lot more forgiving to learn on, so there’s pros and cons both ways
You’re going to get a variety of answers.
My response in the past would probably be to learn some more complex tricks first as it really helps develop that elusive flow/smoothness that people are after.
But now id say do whatever makes you want to yo-yo more. You can always alternate, or learn something unresponsive and smooth it out by playing responsive.
If it stops being fun you’re not going to learn as much.
Cheers guys, I guess it won’t hurt if I stick with a responsive one and get some more new tricks in and polish the old ones, before switching.
Thank you again, you bunch are the best!!
I’d say go for it. Maybe get something on the cheaper side so if it takes a beating it’s no big deal. I just got my son an unresponsive and all he played with prior was a transaxel. He is having a blast learning to bind which is the basis for all unresponsive tricks. Good luck and stay patient!
I had responsive yoyos around growing up but never progressed past rock the baby etc (I don’t think I realized there was more) but when I got back into it heavy 3 years ago I was straight into unresponsive. Learning to bind opens up so much new territory to explore. Learning a fast rewind like snap start or something like that also speeds up practice.
I have an alternate suggestion for you regarding whether you think it’s time to transition to unresponsive?
I second what Doc said and several others. There are many pretty good and quite affordable options out there that you won’t mind too much if something happens to. Try one of those to get a feel. There are $20ish options that are not too bad and many pretty actually decent options in the $30-40 range.
I really apreciate all of your help and advice guys!
You’re right, why can’t I throw both. I’ll buy me an unresponsive tomorrow and start learning to bind. I will still improve and learn skills on the responsive one and shift between them.
Cheers again for everything, I am fortunate that I found you all and can be a part of this amazing community.
Have a great day, or night!!
