# What is the first trick you do with a new yoyo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [June 23, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476 "2013-06-23T01:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/1 "2013-06-23T01:30:58Z")
As strange as it sounds, I spend the days before my yoyo arrives deciding what the first trick I will attempt when I get it, only to freak out and check if it really is unresponsive when I get it. What’s the first trick you do? ---
**Author:** ![yoyo143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo143/32/1384_2.png) [@yoyo143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo143)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/2 "2013-06-23T01:52:22Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > As strange as it sounds, I spend the days before my yoyo arrives deciding what the first trick I will attempt when I get it, only to freak out and check if it really is unresponsive when I get it. What’s the first trick you do? I don’t freak out when I get a yoyo like you… Lol but I always do a combo, it consists of :kamikaze, branding,Eli hops, and cross-armed GT ---
**Author:** ![yoyoer8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoer8/32/963_2.png) [@yoyoer8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoer8)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/3 "2013-06-23T01:53:03Z")
I don’t know why but I usually do the matrix. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/4 "2013-06-23T02:14:19Z")
Never thought about it. Not sure what I do, but probably boingy-boing or zipper. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/5 "2013-06-23T02:19:47Z")
Skin the gerbil… Its just too much fun, and I get to see how fast theyoyo is, cant wait to d it with a phenom coming my way 8) ---
**Author:** ![MattE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/matte/32/90162_2.png) [@MattE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattE)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/6 "2013-06-23T02:37:56Z")
Trapeze. Then a kwijibo ---
**Author:** ![Xore237](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xore237](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xore237)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/7 "2013-06-23T03:07:02Z")
I bind to see if the response is snappy or slippy. ---
**Author:** ![benkdru80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@benkdru80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/benkdru80)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/8 "2013-06-23T16:46:35Z")
Three wraps from a trapeze to see how grabby the response is, and to see the integrity of the spin ---
**Author:** ![Noonar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/noonar/32/1244_2.png) [@Noonar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Noonar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/9 "2013-06-23T16:49:07Z")
Usually just play it like I normally would. But I always like to see if it can handle Ladder Escape so I do that. ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/10 "2013-06-23T17:15:52Z")
Sleeper ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Hood0999](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/robin_hood0999/32/693_2.png) [@Robin\_Hood0999](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Robin_Hood0999)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/11 "2013-06-23T17:31:10Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > Skin the gerbil… Its just too much fun, and I get to see how fast theyoyo is, cant wait to d it with a phenom coming my way 8) I do the same thing. As fast as I can I throw a skin the gerbil, and then do it horizontal too to see how it handles it. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/12 "2013-06-23T18:31:31Z")
> [@Robin\_Hood0999](#): > > > [@andy569](#): > > > > Skin the gerbil… Its just too much fun, and I get to see how fast theyoyo is, cant wait to d it with a phenom coming my way 8) > > I do the same thing. As fast as I can I throw a skin the gerbil, and then do it horizontal too to see how it handles it. OMG i do horizontal skin the gerbil too 😃 its great at testing the speed of a yoyo and horizontal! ---
**Author:** ![Lordchootapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lordchootapa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lordchootapa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/13 "2013-06-23T18:34:13Z")
The bind. Exciting, I know 😛 ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/14 "2013-06-23T18:35:23Z")
> [@Lordchootapa](#): > > The bind. Exciting, I know 😛 You have to do the sleeper befor you bind silly 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Noonar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/noonar/32/1244_2.png) [@Noonar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Noonar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/15 "2013-06-23T18:42:13Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > > [@Lordchootapa](#): > > > > The bind. Exciting, I know 😛 > > You have to do the sleeper befor you bind silly 😛 Not entirely true. You have to do a throw, though. ---
**Author:** ![bazz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bazz/32/1383_2.png) [@bazz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bazz)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/16 "2013-06-24T02:08:08Z")
I find that my current trick is always changing… mostly whatever I’m working on, or generally happy to throw in the moment. ---
**Author:** ![digigiraffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@digigiraffe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/digigiraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/17 "2013-06-27T04:03:50Z")
Depends, I’ll usually throw hashbrowns first, but it depends on my mood. Then I’ll go into whatever trick or combo I’m working on. ---
**Author:** ![MYNAMEISZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/18 "2013-06-27T04:32:12Z")
I always throw down a sleeper and bind it no tricks. Then I just start throwing to see how it plays. No tricks in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Casey888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/19 "2013-06-27T04:53:02Z")
I do a double or triple laceration hook depending on my mood, then that flows into a double neck wrap/unwrap, and then a between the legs wrap/unwrap. I have a video of it in slow mo somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![SebastianAB12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@SebastianAB12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SebastianAB12)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-first-trick-you-do-with-a-new-yoyo/55476/20 "2013-06-27T06:03:10Z")
The very first trick I do with it was a breakaway and a bind, just to see how the response is. This habit started when I got my MYY N5 and the response was way to slippery. But when I get new throws I usually learn a few new tricks with each one. Chief? Learned Kwhatjibo and the Sky Bind. Got my classic? Landed a Brent Stole. And kept doing them consistently. ;D