# Want to learn more tricks, but hate watching videos... **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 11, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550 "2014-03-11T17:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bdjansen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bdjansen/32/1386_2.png) [@bdjansen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bdjansen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/1 "2014-03-11T17:50:14Z")
Any ideas? I hate watching videos, it’s tedious. Plus, one of the reasons I like this hobby is it’s something that’s not on the computer. All mechanical, no batteries or electronics. ---
**Author:** ![hobbyman101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/2 "2014-03-11T18:04:11Z")
I know how you feel about videos, but they are the convenient choice. Otherwise the best option I could name is to visit a club or to look on this forum for a fellow yo-yoer in your area. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/3 "2014-03-11T18:16:53Z")
If you’re not using videos there are only two options: 1. Learn from somebody in person as hobbyman suggests 2. Throw the towel in on learning other people’s tricks and strictly create your own. Maybe the occasional picture or TINY bit of video every now and then for mount ideas as starting points. I like using videos. I watch enough that I can digest, and then practice just that part until I’m ready to move on. Nobody wants to watch the entire video from beginning to end over and over again to learn a trick. ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/4 "2014-03-11T18:57:38Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > If you’re not using videos there are only two options: > > 1. Learn from somebody in person as hobbyman suggests > 2. Throw the towel in on learning other people’s tricks and strictly create your own. Maybe the occasional picture or TINY bit of video every now and then for mount ideas as starting points. > > I like using videos. I watch enough that I can digest, and then practice just that part until I’m ready to move on. Nobody wants to watch the entire video from beginning to end over and over again to learn a trick. GregP is right but the problem is that not everyone can learn from a person that just happens to live near them. ---
**Author:** ![Jdrabik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jdrabik/32/1110_2.png) [@Jdrabik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jdrabik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/5 "2014-03-11T19:31:19Z")
Well, you could use a trick book. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/6 "2014-03-11T19:35:04Z")
> [@Jdrabik](#): > > Well, you could use a trick book. Trick book frustration is what led me to YouTube and then the discovery of unresponsive play. :wink: Trick books suuuuuuuuuuck. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/7 "2014-03-11T19:51:40Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > 1. Throw the towel in on learning other people’s tricks and strictly create your own. Maybe the occasional picture or TINY bit of video every now and then for mount ideas as starting points. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/8 "2014-03-11T19:52:18Z")
I feel you on that but it’s the easiest choice so sometimes I’ll think of it as training as a professional sport and make like I’m watching film lol 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mgodinez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodinez/32/585_2.png) [@mgodinez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodinez)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/9 "2014-03-11T20:16:38Z")
> **[www.kwos.ca - Ken's World on a String - Yo-yo tricks for beginners made...](http://www.kwos.ca/yoyo-tricks.htm)** > > Ken's World on a String teaches you how to do yoyo tricks with pictures he breaks down tricks via pics and vids 🙂 mgodinez sunny… ---
**Author:** ![iron\_hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@iron\_hayden](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/iron_hayden)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/10 "2014-03-11T20:36:54Z")
You might have to suffer through it but it’ll make you so much better. Personally I love watching the cabin tutorials by Charles haycock, they’re always pretty fun ---
**Author:** ![StrippedAxle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/strippedaxle/32/1163_2.png) [@StrippedAxle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/StrippedAxle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/11 "2014-03-12T21:36:57Z")
Try and make up your own stuff. It’s a more fun and rewarding process in the end anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Jdrabik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jdrabik/32/1110_2.png) [@Jdrabik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jdrabik)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/12 "2014-03-12T23:26:52Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > Trick book frustration is what led me to YouTube and then the discovery of unresponsive play. :wink: Trick books suuuuuuuuuuck. Haha, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/13 "2014-03-14T10:08:14Z")
> [@StrippedAxle](#): > > Try and make up your own stuff. It’s a more fun and rewarding process in the end anyway. ^Boom. I haven’t even learned 90% of the tricks in the tutorials here on YYE. Maybe Brent Stole and Matrix, but thats probably about it. After learning a few of them I decided that I wanted to come up with everything else myself, or at least arrive their naturally rather than learning off other people. Heck I never learned skin the gerbil, mach 5, drop in the bucket or spirit bomb, along with many more. Do I feel that this holds me back? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpN6CCrEG4) ^ Not particularly. The way I see it, figuring out and inventing tricks is half the fun of yoyoing, and in the end enjoying yourself is what it should all be about. Also, it’ll help you develop your own style if you come up with things yourself. Look at Ryan Gee for instance, his style is 1-of-a-kind because nobody else thinks to come up with such strange tricks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/14 "2014-03-14T13:16:52Z")
_eyes darting around_ Of course, if you’re perfectly happy to learn other people’s tricks, that’s OK, too… as long as you’re having fun. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/15 "2014-03-14T13:57:26Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > _eyes darting around_ > > Of course, if you’re perfectly happy to learn other people’s tricks, that’s OK, too… as long as you’re having fun. :wink: Hahaha, the judging finger of accusation is turning your way Greg! Here it comeees!! [http://modernwomandigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Anger-Man-Pointing-Finger.jpg](http://modernwomandigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Anger-Man-Pointing-Finger.jpg) Seriously though, there’s nothing wrong with learning peoples tricks, in fact a lot of the pros started off that way. It’s just, as Greg mentioned above, important to make sure that you’re having fun. If you feel like you have to learn tricks but hate the process, then I was simply saying that there’s no real need to. On the flipside, if trying to come up with something yourself stresses you out and you enjoy learning and perfecting other people’s tricks more, then do it that way. I’ve been through stages of hours of regimented practice and creation, and as productive as it may be, it’s somewhat mentally exausting. Throwing on your favourite tunes, going outside on a nice day and just letting it flow, on the other hand, reminds you what yoyoing is really all about. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bigfoot004](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bigfoot004/32/1470_2.png) [@Bigfoot004](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bigfoot004)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/16 "2014-03-15T04:41:56Z")
> [@Gambit](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpN6CCrEG4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpN6CCrEG4) OH. MY. GOSH!!! DUDE!!, YOU HAVE TO TEACH/TELL ME HOW TO DO THAT TRIPLE- BACKFLIP-FROM-A-WRIST-MOUNT-INTO-A-GT-THINGY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jgarcia05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jgarcia05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jgarcia05)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/want-to-learn-more-tricks-but-hate-watching-videos/64550/17 "2014-03-16T01:11:16Z")
> [@Bigfoot004](#): > > OH. MY. GOSH!!! > > DUDE!!, YOU HAVE TO TEACH/TELL ME HOW TO DO THAT TRIPLE- BACKFLIP-FROM-A-WRIST-MOUNT-INTO-A-GT-THINGY!!! I must admit, that was pretty sick!