Im working on those velvet rolls guys I promise. I thought this was gonna be easy and again I am humbled by another style lol. I’m having a hard time mounting my nth yoyo, I get lost in the strings and what hand should be doing what but I’ll get it!
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Went back for this a bit because I guess I’m a glutton for punishment but the trick felt good? Here’s another version, cleaner and slower and calm and now I’m done for a little while w/ this trick. First attempt w the camera also which never happens for me…must learn more patience still. Also added the slack to don at the beginning because this yoyo real heavy and I’m lazy…and because it looks cool!
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If you ever want to talk tricks I’m down like I’m still learning and not experienced but if there is something you want to know and I think I might be able to help, I’m totally down to try! Some of the super duper experienced players don’t realize all the steps they do even because they are so engrained I think…Idk but I notice so much stuff left out of tutorials sometimes. Tricks are really fun for me to talk about and I’d be down to nerd out about yoyo stuff
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That’s sick to hear you’re taking a crack at it at all. Even attempting 3A at all is way more of a step than most people will ever take in the style. I debated posting this video instead of the yotricks one. It won’t tell you anything you don’t already know about the trick, but I like the angle and it’s super clear. (also Paul is cool)
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Yesss thank you I couldn’t find another tut with a different angle for some reason. Yeah I’m definitely keeping at this even if I just learn most of the basic stuff! We need more 3a up in here and also it’s just been a nice break between 1a stuff, I was getting a little burnt out again
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I’m not sure how short of string you’re using for 3A, but I feel like I already use relatively short (compared to other players) string for 1A, and my 3A string is even shorter. About 105cm for 1A and 75cm for 3A.
I use XL string because it helps with binding when you’re going this short, but short string helps with control soooo much.
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Your progression has been fun to watch since you joined here in February. I really respect you going after it every week no matter the difficulty of the trick. Hitting anything of Zach Gormley’s just months into throwing is impressive dude
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Thanks! Shouts to whoever said something like, “there is nothing in yo you can’t do, only stuff you haven’t figured out yet”. Because it do kinda be like that but yeah this one was frustrating but luckily the first part is like his other trick we did and then that hop is kinda like the yuta trick. I don’t know, it all builds it’s cool I like it.
Also I don’t think I would have pushed this trick if it wasn’t taw like I like to do tricks that are only a tiny bit hard or like one new element because grinding a really hard trick will burn you out like this was almost like that but then it felt good I was almost tilted though
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Yeah I was gonna ask about that too, I’ve been cutting the string about belly button length but it still feels a little long, shorter string definitely seems to be the move. I noticed the slippy binds right away too with normal string especially with my non dominant hand haha, switched to thick right away
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I was under the impression that the length of tail stays the same for different lengths of string? only really noticed it when I went freakishly short for horizontals as an experiment but I also tried a lil 3a and was like ooo I need shorter strings w this for sure
If you have spare string to basically just waste (or you could do this with a dead string). Just cut like 30-40cm off of it and try binding with it. You’ll notice your binds want to slip constantly because there’s just so little string to bind with. Most people just use string lengths above the point where this matters. Although inversely, when you start going super long with string it’s easier to end up with a snaggy bind.
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okay I tried with a freakishly short string to try and it feels weird like I have to use like half the string length to bind but that also seems like the same amount I would usually use, just a greater proportion of the strings total length idk though this was just a quick experiment and I’ll play with it more later…
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Did you for the heck of it try and go extremely fast with a little combo or two thinking the short string would make you Angelo himself? Am I the only one that does that when I try real short string? 
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When I go short strings my so says she sees sparks coming from my hands … the problems is I just go around the same 2 or 3 mounts and she can’t tell that…so yes absolutely I try to be 2up
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Update: starting to wonder if I’m actually gonna be able to learn velvet rolls or really any 3a with two plastics. Really wish I had another Protostar lying around because that seems to be okay, it’s the FHNG that’s killing me lol. I’m thinking it’s Magicyos here I come though, there’s no reason to make it harder on myself when I can scoop up a pair of decent metals for like 30 bucks
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Are you struggling with precession? Honestly that’s the big killer for me whenever I try to 3A with plastics. Sidestyle feels a bit easier to manage it since you’ve got more leeway on plane management with each hand, but any amount of precession makes frontstyle 3A super rough.
Here’s a sidestyle trick to start out with if you want to give this a try.
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Yeah it’s just a lot harder to throw a straight front style with your ndth than I thought, it’s like learning to throw all over again in some ways. I’m pretty ambidextrous with a lot of stuff but yoyo is not one of them lol. I’ll try this one today and see if it’s a little easier! We have a huge snowstorm coming in later so I’m about to have some good free time finally
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Nice, I’m excited to hear more about your journey. If you end up starting to have some more fun with it, it might be time then to finally revive 3A Thursdays lol. It’s like the coolest style imo, but getting over the initial hurdles is rough. I don’t think it’s as bad as 2A, but anybody getting into 2A knows that they’re getting into a long term battle from the moment they start.
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Yeah it’s like that…using this Tuesday to get my nth better at throwing because 3a does feel like relearning a bunch of stuff and my throw is good by itself and terrible when I do both. This trick is cool in that the yos are on separate strings. Also trying this made me realize I really need to lock in my one hand snap starts…I will need to learn this eventually though because I want to throw a suicide and catch it on the other Yoyo.
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I’m having a blast truthfully. The challenge of literally just trying to throw a straight sleeper is giving me nostalgia of learning to yoyo again. Just doing basic whips to binds in sync (I think that’s a trick? Gunslinger or something?) is very satisfying lol. I was gonna ask you about that or something similar for now like can I just have my own 3a trick a week?
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