I am a fairly new thrower, I’ve started on a Magicyoyo K2.
The issue is that it tends to vibrate quite a bit, I’m quite certain this is a technique issue though not completely as it vibrates a lot less when spinning slower and although it stabilises when I use a nail against it, that also slows the yoyo down noticeably.
I’ve looked at potential solutions to this problem and I’ve tried flipping the axle and bearing but not cleaning the bearing, changing the bearing to the unresponsive one did significantly lower the vibrations at similarly hard throws. I’ve yet to try lubing the bearing.
Aside from these, is there something else I can try to reduce vibration?
And what can I improve in my technique to lower vibrations? Technique is definitely part of the reason as it vibrates more on some throws than others but I also want to ensure that my yoyo is in the best condition
You’ll get a feel for it soon. I find that it helps to think of it more as swinging than throwing. Brandon vu has a great video on throwing breakaways that helped me with my technique a lot.
When you throw, are you able to smooth out the vibrations with your finger or the string once the yoyo is already spinning? It could just be a little bit of inconsistency from being a beginner. If it doesn’t smooth out completely it’s probably the yoyo. Never played a K2 myself but in my experience plastic yoyos can be a little vibey. A bit of vibe won’t impact your spintime the way technique and practice will so unless it’s like, MEGA vibey you should be totally fine.
Careful lubing the bearing, it’s easy to put too much and make it more responsive (unless that’s what you’re looking for, in which case thick lube helps to make it more responsive). For unresponsive, I use the tiniest amount of thin lube that makes the bearing quieter just to reduce noise. If you’re primarily playing unresponsive you don’t have to worry about lube as much. Totally cool to run them dry. Cleaning might help but it sounds to me mostly like technique rather than maintenance.
If you’re throwing breakaways try it like this video. I wish I knew this earlier and I only started like, a year ago. It’s a good technique. You’ll still get some uneven and vibey throws but I would encourage practicing this type of breakaway once you get there if you aren’t already.
Yeah when ur a beginner hard throws are more often than not, going to give u a bit of throw vibe until u get used to the throw and improve technique as everyone already stated. For me personally, I found that when I have a new throw and I keep getting throw vibe but I know it must be me then I take a break from it. Like a day or two then when I come back to it and start throwing all of a sudden I feel more familiar with it and automatically start getting less and less viby throws until you become fully in sync with the Yoyo. You must become one with the Yoyo….
You must be the Yoyo!
Okay I went a little extra at the end there but u get the point
Thank you all for the help, thinking of it as swinging did help quite a bit, it seems like I was actually using too much power which caused the yoyo to jerk to a stop at the end of the string, and the slight slack it created very briefly activated the response system on one side and that caused the vibration. Reducing throw power a little, swinging it outwards rather than throwing and changing the technique I used with that video really helped
