Very important to have neutral string tension and keeping everything in plane and perpendicular to your body. This is how the slack should look before flipping the slack over your wrist:
The last slack gave me way more trouble than i was expecting at first but I do now agree w charlies initial assessment that once you get it, you kinda just get it and it makes sense but that initial figuring it out part can take a sec…I would much prefer something like that vs the eements that just stay hard forever lol. Imo that element is all about the setup before and especially the TH thumb action. You want to start with an L shape and then curl th index in and pinch the string there. The thumb sticking out important though and if the string is down at the tip of the thumb by the nail vs close to the webbing, it is easier to get it go around. Once you do release and turn the wrist over, make sure to follow through with the thumb and almost flick it at the end to add a bit more ooomf. If you’re landing in a heart mount and the string doesn’t go all the way around youre close. If you dont have enough string to go around, make sure hands are spread apart and that the pinch is secure in the set up before. Also you can try to use NTH thumb and pull that segment away from TH in the setup before to adjust the proportions. If you’re falling off the trapeze, yeah it happens just try to move both hands up together when you go to flick and maybe isolate the wrist turnover and try not to make that a super big movement with the arm but yeah that was happening to me a bit sometimes also. The hop up as you turn over like we can see in the POV as the slack goes around for the tower isn’t strictly necessary but does make the element a bit easier.
In general i think if you’re struggling w the last slack for the tower, just really take your time to make sure you’re happy with how the string is positioned and feels before going for the slack to make the tower. Also making sure there is some pressure on the string being held by nth thumb helps add a bit of extra ooomph.
Oh crap, did you mean the whip to tower part? Sorry, I thought you meant the set up part…
this is a good trick
Ohhhhh hit it once and have been getting closer on subsequent tries. Someone give me the last pointers I need.
Slack kinda got stuck but this was my best take. I really liked this one.
Yoyo: OneDrop Warlock
Week 27 — Underhand Tension Whip
There are a lot of variations of this kind of underhand whip out there, so it’s a good element to get some practice with, and it fits nicely with the other elements in this trick from @EOS44. Have fun!
Yo trick was fun to learn! I hadn’t done this variation before. Also yo shoutout eos new yoyo looks so dope! Asterisk by Mk1 is eos44’s signature about to get a full release soon. Looks so so dope hah like old school vibes w the protostar inspiration but new school performance type beat and y’all should check it out if y’all haven’t seen it yet like just looks so so dope and my bros who tried it at nats said it was very good. I am excited for that to release lol
oh i just got home and recorded this before i was going to get ready for bed, I should’ve stolen henry’s combo instead though lol
saw it only after coming here to post 
jesus this is so old. ty for reminding me i ever filmed this.
heres a couple tricks that use that element
doin some late spring cleaning and took a yoyo break. while throwing i had a thought that i think is worth sharing. as i try to clean up techniques im noticing how impactful string placement can be sometimes. small tweaks of shifting a string wrap on your finger a smidge forward or backward, shifting a wrap to a diff finger, separating wraps on your hand, etc. can make a huge difference in how a trick works. one small adjustment can give that little extra bit of slack or create that little bit of extra separation between strings and big gains can be had. more than once when learning a trick i couldn’t get to work, sometimes even just paying attention to which direction someone’s finger is pointing can make a trick click. the devil is in the details
anyway, just wanted to drop that bit of randomness in case it helps anyone with anything they’re working on
I liked that first combo! Liked it enough to learn it, but I can’t be bothered to film a clean take lol
