# Tips on hooks **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [January 8, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-on-hooks/391583 "2024-01-08T19:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scoogy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/scoogy/32/292166_2.png) [@Scoogy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Scoogy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-on-hooks/391583/1 "2024-01-08T19:59:37Z")
I’ve been trying to officially get a 2.0. Its been a very long time since i got it, but even so, it just binded into my hand. ---
**Author:** ![HappyYoyoer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/happyyoyoer/32/266188_2.png) [@HappyYoyoer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HappyYoyoer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-on-hooks/391583/2 "2024-01-08T20:25:40Z")
I’ve also wanted to start practicing this, so I’ll use these tips too :joy: ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_baseball19](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_baseball19/32/172521_2.png) [@Yoyo\_baseball19](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_baseball19)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-on-hooks/391583/3 "2024-01-08T23:30:28Z")
It took me a while to master a 2.0, but i find that a good way to make sure you keep your hands moving smoothly, opposed to swinging your arms wildly. When I first learned a -2.0, I found it helped me develop a smoother motion the other way. But don’t take my advice as a surefire way of hitting it, because I also suck at hooks (I’ve only hit a 2.5 twice) ---
**Author:** ![Bobparty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bobparty/32/302913_2.png) [@Bobparty](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bobparty)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-on-hooks/391583/4 "2024-01-09T02:22:42Z")
Maybe. Or the best tip. But when I was learning the 2.0 I screen recorded a slo no video and would watch it over and over really paying attention to the hand motions and making sure I was doing the same thing. Pretty much the only way I figured out how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Albertino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/albertino/32/302953_2.png) [@Albertino](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Albertino)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tips-on-hooks/391583/5 "2024-01-09T08:04:35Z")
Marco, I just copy and paste some advices that I wrote in another post, this should help you a bit 🙂 > [@I think i might have hit 2.5 hook](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-think-i-might-have-hit-2-5-hook/390225/4): > > Well done mate, now work to make it happen all the time. If I can I leave you some tips, I do it without problems: Put the hand that catch the hook lower than the other one (for 2.5 the right hand just a bit lower than the left) Follow the speed of your string, when you throw the string follow it with your eyes do not let everything just happen randomly, follow the movement and whip quite strongly. Once done the first loop I sort of give again power to my rotation adding spin with my w…