# Try it
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [October 24, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980 "2011-10-24T14:39:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/1 "2011-10-24T14:39:24Z")
Try not watching any yoyo video for an entire week, and see what kind of things you can come up with without the influence of the modern trick elements. You may be surprised to find that you just might make up something decent, unlike all that other unoriginal stuff you tend to do.
:wink:
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/2 "2011-10-24T16:45:00Z")
I never watch videos but this is a great idea for those who watch them all the time.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/3 "2011-10-24T16:59:07Z")
I watch videos all the time, but I watch for motivation to improve as well as to start spotting elements of things I can do and see how they can be tied together. But at this point, I’m not trying to come up with anything original, I’m still learning.
First, I think it’s good that people want to watch videos. Second, I feel that as part of a learning process, people want to emulate what they see in the videos. To acquire more skills is always a good thing.
I’m not saying we all need to “be original”. My end goal is to be ale to do long combos, which may include made up elements, but for the purposes of enjoyment and relaxation. I think have the videos is a great resource, and I know because I download a lot to keep handy. But, we all need to be able to get to a point where we just use the videos to get ideas from, not just to copy.
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### Author:  [@somebody](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/somebody)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/4 "2011-11-11T19:29:11Z")
I have only wached like one or two videos and you make up alot of pretty good tricks. So I think you are correct
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### Author:  [@gee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gee)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/5 "2011-11-11T20:43:11Z")
I’m not saying people shouldn’t try it but it’s silly to think that watching videos is in any way detrimental. I watch yoyo videos all the time but I still have original tricks. It’s less about not watching and more about not biting, which isn’t the same as influence and inspiration.
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### Author:  [@turtleyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/turtleyo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/6 "2011-11-12T03:19:05Z")
When I create tricks I just try and do different mounts. I might watch videos every now and then to help with a little inspiration, but just playing around with mounts and adding transitional moves is really what I make my tricks out of. This is a good idea though, some people’s tricks are extremely unorigional. 8)
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### Author:  [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/7 "2011-11-12T05:01:48Z")
I never watch vids. Even when I do, I rarely finish them. I found quite a few ways to get into a red triangle.
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### Author:  [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/8 "2011-11-12T05:07:50Z")
> [@Icthus](#):
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> I never watch videos but this is a great idea for those who watch them all the time.
I’m almost the same. I watch them rarely.
This is good advice for those who get swept up, though.
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### Author:  [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/try-it/30980/9 "2011-11-12T14:46:04Z")
I’m kind of the opposite. I don’t generally watch yoyo vids, but when I do, it gives me some good ideas for tricks I probably wouldn’t have come up with hadn’t I watched them. Plus, you seem to be making the assumption that you can only be inspired to make “modern” and “unoriginal” tricks by watching yoyo vids. This is simply not true. Just because someone derived inspiration from someone else’s trick, doesn’t mean that can’t inspire you to do something completely unique.