I love hearing how other people approach building combos — I’m not quite there in terms of really thinking thematically, but over the last few months I’ve been building combos around shared momentum to make links feel like they belong together rather than starts/stops. It’s really made it feel like combos are more than the sum of their parts now.
I’m also still really working on the grind bind — I’m pretty trash at grinds in general, so it’s been a real challenge. But that’s kind of what I like about splitting TaW. I look at things I wouldn’t otherwise (though somehow Henry hasn’t picked any slackicide tricks this year?).
oh there’s no way I’ll get discouraged or tap out. at this point this hobby gives me everything i need to be happy in a hobby, so in a sense, as cheesey as it sounds I’m already where i wanna be i appreciate everyone’s help and encouragement and im really stoked to be starting my first full year with taw. let’s go '25
that’s what i found immediately helpful. i remember seeing henry talk a couple months ago about taw helping him step out of his comfort zone and that got me thinking about how i could similarly benefit from taw
honestly it’s hard for me too stop thinking about tricks lol i think i have a problem. i like the yoyos themselves, a lot! but if my brain isn’t actively dedicated to something else, i default to thinking about tricks. i even find myself running through the steps of something I’m working on mentally if i can’t actually throw at that time. it’s fun when you go to sleep on the cusp of getting a trick, then first thing in the morning you nail it cuz your brain kept working at it. as a psychologist that just makes me smile
All of them Gonna focus on the “open string” laceration bind for now. I think I just need to get my knot pick ready and grind it out sometime when I have the energy.
I wanted to share this as a good reminder that even though lots of successful tricks are posted, sometimes just putting the yoyo on the string and doing a basic bind feels impossible
one thing i forgot to mention earlier… it’s obviously apparent to you more skilled players, but for anyone that may still be trying to form the triangle, one thing that took me a minute to clue in to that he doesnt mention is right before he releases the strings from his th, he pinches the soon-to-be slack with his nth. if you dont, the roll will eat up most of the useable slack and the triangle will be small. not sure if that’ll be helpful to anyone, but i figured I’d leave that just in case
dude i don’t know how i originally didnt get the throw direction but i couldn’t land this for months! something made me think i missed something or was doing something wrong so i finally went back and rewatched the tutorial and realized my spin was backwards. fixed that and nailed it straight off! i guess spin direction is a more major thing but it’s interesting to me how small things like which way a finger is turned has huge impact on the trick playing out
Still working on making it smoother. I just got around to learning Green Triangle a couple days ago, and today is when I started seriously trying to learn Hook.
Couldn’t wrap up the year without doing a trick with a toss. None of the individual parts of this trick are incredibly complex, but the whole thing together is just a good roll-y time. It’s also very distinctly in two parts, so if you’re new to either of the chopsticks-like elements they’re easy to isolate.
Also, as I start planning for next year’s thread, I’d love a little bit of feedback:
The tricks were too easy
The tricks were about right
The tricks were too hard
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If you have other feedback / thoughts about TaW this year, or thoughts about what you’d like to see in this thread, please send me a message. I’d love to hear from you.
i appreciate everyone’s help and encouragement and im really stoked to be starting my first full year with taw. let’s go '25 
Gonna focus on the “open string” laceration bind for now. I think I just need to get my knot pick ready and grind it out sometime when I have the energy.
