# Tips for freestyles **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [December 21, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-for-freestyles/349341 "2021-12-21T16:36:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yoyobob123321](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyobob123321/32/146914_2.png) [@Yoyobob123321](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyobob123321)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-for-freestyles/349341/1 "2021-12-21T16:36:51Z")
Do you guys have any tips? Last summer I did a freestyle for the 4-H expo but it was before I knew much about yo-yos. I didn’t even have music (NO MUSIC!!😫😩😬) I’m pretty sure everyone else who gave a speech or did a dance or something went to state fair except for the “kid with his yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo”(the judge actually said that!!) she also said that I should “announce my tricks” before I do them but that would just make it even more lame. I think I need some help. ---
**Author:** ![Lefski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lefski/32/1430_2.png) [@Lefski](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lefski)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-for-freestyles/349341/2 "2021-12-21T21:59:12Z")
If it’s about something like a show for an audience of people who are not related to yo-yoing, i’ve got some tips: It doesn’t make any sense to show them your hardest speed combo - they will not understand. Try to choose some simple, but impressive tricks people can relate to. You can even start with a simple Eiffel Tower and ask the audience:“What is this?” Somebody will shout:“Eiffel Tower!” You can answer something like:" Yeah! So my little yo-yo just came home from Paris and is very tired. We´re gonna put it in the cradle…" Then you do Rock the Baby. You can wake it up with a Brain Twister and so on…(i´m not gonna tell you my whole routine ;-)) Some Tricks who work very good for this kind of show: Eiffel Tower (and many other picture tricks) Rock the Baby Around the World Brain Twister Mach 5 Gyroscopic Flop Eli Hops Magic Trick Magic Knots Heart/Brokenhearted Bikini Becherovka Gondola Fingerspin Helix Edit: Here were some tips to create a fun-freestyle to your favourite song. My wife caught me while writing this and said i wrote some rubbish. Now i have to create a freestyle to Steve Reich´s “Music for 18 Musicians” which is actually my favourite song. Approximate Playtime is 55 Minutes… see you next year! ---
**Author:** ![Yoyobob123321](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyobob123321/32/146914_2.png) [@Yoyobob123321](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyobob123321)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-for-freestyles/349341/3 "2021-12-23T16:22:22Z")
Anybody else have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![PendingThrows24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pendingthrows24/32/131160_2.png) [@PendingThrows24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PendingThrows24)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-for-freestyles/349341/4 "2021-12-23T17:00:52Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/1/2/3122f02ac4bd74688d61a2de13e744a495be81c2.jpeg "Build an Epic Routine (Performance Evals): Vol. 4 How to Become a Yoyo Champion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCkEGEkFSww) This video is super helpful ---
**Author:** ![craZivn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crazivn/32/124648_2.png) [@craZivn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/craZivn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-for-freestyles/349341/5 "2021-12-23T17:03:45Z")
I don’t have any suggestions but I’m watching this thread as I too am primarily interested in crowd-pleaser tricks. I think what @Lefski said makes a lot of sense, there’s a big difference in entertaining a general audience and competing in front of fellow throwers or judges so the trick repertoire has to be tailored towards flash rather than difficulty. Oh and carry a yoyo that you’re not afraid to scratch up as well, because someone is going to ask you to walk the dog. Ivan