# Trick-a-Week 2025- #52 Control Workshop **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [January 3, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377 "2025-01-03T11:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 52
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1027 "2025-11-06T14:33:12Z")
Yo it is Thursday and no one has learned the trick so far. I am nervous people are struggling so I wanted to give a couple tips about the part I think is most likely to trip people up—the hop from cross arm trapeze to cross arm brother. This part is awkward but gets much easier with some technical considerations. There should be a maintained tension on the string throughout that hop and undercut (just like regular trapeze hop and undercut to brother). With the crossarm version, this is achieved by making sure nth stays crossed over far and stays pushing into the string and that when th index does cut into the string, it is pushing against it enough to pull the yoyo down. Undercutting close to the yoyo also helps bc there is just less room for errors that way and plane control can be a little looser. The main thing though is that the yoyo should be pulled the yoyo onto the string (like all hop elements…think basic eli hop technique) vs trying to “catch” or “land” the yoyo. If there is tension and the yoyo is being pulled onto the string, the yoyo is easier to control and that is good. Also exceptionally long string will make these elements harder…hope this helps and ppl enjoy the trick… ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1028 "2025-11-06T17:25:16Z")
that’s the part that took me the most time for sure and these are great tips for getting there ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1029 "2025-11-07T02:58:59Z")
fun trick! this one got me to work on some new moves I’ve never tried ✌ [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/3/0/4305ea95939663d0c0d86030ed3b72cae7f000f4.jpeg "TAW 2544 Mr Pink") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8cZ-Uqi3_o) ---
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1030 "2025-11-07T08:27:40Z")
The family and I are in epic vacation mode, so I haven’t really had time to do much yoyoing, but I will definitely plug away at it… no way I’m leaving y’all hangin’ 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1031 "2025-11-07T11:19:18Z")
**Week 45–Jensen 2010 Rail Combo** [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/d/4/dd4ddcb02c75f7cf02a5babd9ee0f3679d2c530f.jpeg "Jensen Kimmitt tutorial - Worlds 2010 double or nothing rail combo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1fo2_etCH8) Yo we got a rail combo this week with a ton of classic and common elements. This trick is super fun to do imo ---
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1032 "2025-11-08T01:11:15Z")
Nice pick! This has been sitting in my “to learn” list for at least 2 years, thanks for the motivation! ---
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1033 "2025-11-12T21:35:08Z")
TAW 2025 Week 44 - Mr. Pink Try to play catch up… ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1034 "2025-11-14T00:43:58Z")
well imma have to do like you. I’ve only just gotten to sit down with jensen rail. been a heck of a week! i plan to record this weekend ---
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1035 "2025-11-14T01:46:28Z")
I still haven’t really had much time to work on the Jensen combo either… i have a feeling it may take longer than a week to get this one down 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1036 "2025-11-14T12:04:06Z")
Im with you guys kinda lol I learned it on Friday at like 30% speed and was going to get it a bit more smooth but then had a yoyo contest on Sunday to focus on and then got super sick after like just haven’t felt up to playing yoyo bahh soon though ill get it done im on the mend ---
**Author:** ![digitalcharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/digitalcharlie/32/234575_2.png) [@digitalcharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/digitalcharlie)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1037 "2025-11-14T13:46:03Z")
**Week 46 — Matthew Poon’s Slack Trick** [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/e/3/fe3cda4202587684b439d2faa612b7757ee80bbd.jpeg "Yoyo Trick Tutorial: Matthew Poon's Slack Trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqXju21_a6c) I really enjoy that slack whip motion and was looking for something in between Maider’s double whip from week 14 and the [meta slack trick a lot of folks learn from this yoyojoe video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePbsZnCWeE). This tutorial from @Rhythm162 feels right in the middle to me and is pretty satisfying when you do it cleanly. ---
**Author:** ![mikeydoe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mikeydoe/32/301589_2.png) [@mikeydoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikeydoe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1038 "2025-11-21T02:38:00Z")
Life has been turmoil for me the past few months but I’m finally getting back into throwing again and this part is really hard for me Thanks for the tips. I’ll do my best to stay up to date through the end of the year ---
**Author:** ![digitalcharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/digitalcharlie/32/234575_2.png) [@digitalcharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/digitalcharlie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1039 "2025-11-21T14:19:28Z")
**Week 47 - Chopstick small stall whip combo from Rewind** [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/9/6/f96378b937d0b6ef2599d1bc296e4acf5e47099f.jpeg "[Popular & Important✅] Chopstick Small Stall Whip Combo [REWIND Yo-Yo Trick Tutorial] #yoyo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cote2HhacZE) I’m always a sucker for rewind’s full tutorials, and this one has a number of neat components. ---
**Author:** ![NuroVolt7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nurovolt7/32/671908_2.png) [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1040 "2025-11-21T14:22:34Z")
If it doesn’t exist already, I propose we call it “Porkchop” from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1041 "2025-11-21T16:51:36Z")
> [@mikeydoe](#): > > Life has been turmoil for me the past few months that stinks! i know the feeling and im going through the same, hence my lack of posts 😔 but at least throwing is always here for us when we have the time and head-space. good to see ya back around! ✌ ---
**Author:** ![mikeydoe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mikeydoe/32/301589_2.png) [@mikeydoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikeydoe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1042 "2025-11-21T16:57:04Z")
i’m sorry you’re going through it too friend ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1043 "2025-11-21T17:45:21Z")
Cool I knew this one already…just had to freshen it up a bit. Going to double back to the couple I missed when I was sick…eventually… ---
**Author:** ![GnarlyCharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gnarlycharlie/32/279610_2.png) [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1044 "2025-11-22T18:34:12Z")
Man oh man this one is killin’ me. I feel like I’m doing the exact same motions as the video but when I get to the step where I pinch the strings on my NTH to allow the slack to fall, I oddly have an additional twist somewhere. Somehow I can’t pinpoint where it came from either. Wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t need to untangle a knot after every attempt hahaha. Edit: was able to get an example photo of the extra wraps happening between my index and thumb on my NTH. ![IMG_7515](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/6/6/76644bd130f2aa016ad9349027931ba0e06624b7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1045 "2025-11-22T20:54:40Z")
yooo i feel like now that you say that i remember having the same problem. lemme see if i can remember the ins and outs of fixing that edit: playin around with it, it’s kinda hard for me to tell, but is this immediately prior to the underpass part? when you do the rejection part, your nth should turn palm up. if you aren’t doing that, that _could_ be the problem. once you end up in the gt, the top knot of the gt will actually have an extra wrap though instead of just one wrap over the top like a nrml gt. so once you hop out of that gt itll be a trapeze with a twist. lemme know if we’re on the right track or if none of that’s it ---
**Author:** ![GnarlyCharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gnarlycharlie/32/279610_2.png) [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377/1046 "2025-11-23T22:32:29Z")
Awesome, thanks for the tips! > [@Splizacular](#): > > is this immediately prior to the underpass part? In the photos it’s right before I would pinch the strings and drop the slack. But obviously in my picture if I dropped the slack it wouldn’t be a nice open slack to swing the yoyo into. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377.md?page=51) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2025-52-control-workshop/416377.md?page=53)