After having a Fizz for a couple of years that was really no fun for her, I got a Magic Yoyo Crystal K2 plus for my 8 year old daughter for Christmas. Her older brother and I are honing our skills on iCEBERGs and she wants to catch up.
She has pretty much mastered the first bind, has solid throws, but string tricks are quite challenging due to the limited amount of string in such a tight space on her hands. She really needs a smaller/narrower yoyo to fit her body size at this point.
A long spinning pocket sized throw would be good, but Iām a little worried about handing her metal at this point in her skill development. I cant seem to find anything plastic that is highly recommended.
Options Iāve come up with:
-YYF One (plenty of people say tricks are challenging due to limited spin time, which wonāt boost her morale, also a super narrow gap for string tricks might kick it out of the running)
-YYF 45 (maybe the best option since it is lighter?)
-Recess Snack (definitely the best for it to handle her tricks as she advances, but a little worried about injuries early on)
I think the 45 would be awesome! It looks and plays premium, which will help her morale. Its also small and light so it shouldnāt be too hard for small hands to learn on, and impacts wont be as gnarly. The shape is also fairly wide, with a nice big catch zone too which should help with learning tricks.
I have a Snack, and its a crazy powerful little yoyo. Binds on good throws come back hard cuz its not really light for its size. I think the 44 or 45 would be more ideal tbh.
The Skyline for 20 is pretty amazing. As far as plastics go, the Rain City Skills Sk8r is the closest thing Iāve found to āundersizedā while still performing exceptionally well. Lots of cool colors to choose from on their site, too.
No, it definitely isnāt. It has a smaller diameter than my other good unresponsive plastics, but itās difficult to find a plastic that performs well and is truly undersized.
Hi @therman, I just wanted to add in that the YYF Whip is similar in size to the YYF One but performs waaaaay better! It is a fantastic yoyo for the price and is my go to give away yoyo. It is super durable and a pretty good player. It comes set up as responsive (w/ a slim C bearing and thick pads) but if you have a regular C bearing and standard 19mm pads to switch in, it is easily converted to a great unresponsive. The axle is long enough to accommodate.
