# ways to make a prelim better

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230
**Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events
**Created:** [April 26, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230 "2012-04-26T23:09:08Z")
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### Author: ![yoyofactoryfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yoyofactoryfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofactoryfan)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230/1 "2012-04-26T23:09:08Z")

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Quite simply how does one go about creating a better scoring prelim

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### Author: ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230/2 "2012-04-26T23:09:46Z")

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> [@yoyofactoryfan](#):
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> Quite simply how does one go about creating a better scoring prelim

I would assume you put together a lot of good scoring tricks.

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### Author: ![yoyofactoryfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yoyofactoryfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofactoryfan)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230/3 "2012-04-27T00:52:12Z")

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what would you consider"high scoring tricks"

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### Author: ![blue\_lagoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/blue_lagoon/32/822_2.png) [@blue\_lagoon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/blue_lagoon)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230/4 "2012-04-27T02:35:29Z")

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Try and come up with a freestyle that has a lot of string hits and element changes. If anything, watching some prelim freestyles might be a good place to start. Prelims aren’t supposed to be daring, but they should be done cleanly and smoothly if you want to place high enough. I’ve heard of some pro yoyoers doing basically the same 1-min. freestyle for their prelims. Try and get a 1-min routine that you can do well almost every time, with a good variety of tricks.

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### Author: ![ExAzrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ExAzrael](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ExAzrael)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ways-to-make-a-prelim-better/37230/5 "2012-04-27T04:22:12Z")

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The masters of the preliminary Freestyle:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/6/5/a658cd0375a89d95a20473074a3e88bdfd280745.jpeg "Triple Crown of Yo-Yo Presents: Andrew Bergen - 1-Minute Qualifier (MWC)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6qpEGzys54)

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/6/c/06cbcf5017832064443e7af7c3f19a77d0d2de15.jpeg "YoYoFactory Presents: Paul Han 1a National Prelim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhtYXud1Ww)

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/0/a/90a914dafa17a83b18de5106193a6bab8d72314c.jpeg "2012 Central Japan Yo-Yo Contest 1A Pre Shinya Kido") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyCicQwtoWU)

Pay most of the attention to bergy though. It’s not about speed, it’s about being clean.

You want to change up the tricks as much as possible. Make everything count. This means little to no repetition of tricks (boingy boing stuff or hourglass stuff is bad). If you film a prelim and want me to click scores for you, feel free to record it (with good lighting and enough quality for me to tell what’s going on please) and I’ll click it and tell you how to improve it.

Logan