# What trick are you working on? (Pre 2025)

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [July 30, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231 "2013-07-30T04:29:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1166 "2016-10-31T12:42:18Z")

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> [@1nathan234](#):
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> I’m having a hard time learning the trick magic drop got any tips

I find that it helps to push slightly down and out with my TH index as the yoyo is swinging over into the drop. This causes the strings to separate, and allows you to land on the one string. You still have to be accurate, and find the right amount to push out and down, but I’m hitting it much more consistently since discovering that.

Shock Wave is a great trick with which to practice Magic Drop. As it’s a repeater, you can do a lot of MD reps in a short period of time. If you land on both strings, you can easily pop the yoyo onto the back string, finish the rep, and continue.

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**Author:** ![thereticentone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thereticentone/32/60029_2.png) [@thereticentone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thereticentone)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1167 "2016-11-01T09:58:55Z")

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Double assist. Stopped throwing for awhile so I’m trying to get back into it again. Have a skyva in the mail.

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**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1168 "2016-12-07T02:27:16Z")

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Cheese whip on a fixed axle.

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**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1169 "2016-12-07T02:45:48Z")

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> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> I’m still working on the 1a trick ladder. I can do every trick on it (Well, I’ve landed Black Hops once…), but boy does it take a lot of repetition to lock everything down! Sometimes I miss a trick that I thought I was tight with, over and over. The most frustrating have been:
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> - Eli Hops- Why do I miss!?
> - Kwijibo- I hit this trick right away when I learned it, but now I keep missing the pop to Double or Nothing.
> - Hook- Strings are usually twisted in a Green Triangle formation.
> - Suicide Catch- Ugh! Never have been good at this one, and have tried it on and off since it was first created. Sometimes I hit it 3 or 4 times in-a-row, but then miss over and over.
> - Iron Whip- I often catch the wrong string.
> - Kamikaze- Need to get a higher percentage on the Magic Drop.
> - Spirit Bomb- the typical trouble hitting the last pop through the triangle
> - Black Hops- the typical difficulty hitting the last two chops
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> There’s a kind of paradox with working on these. Sometimes when I practice an element over and over, I’ll keep missing it in the same fashion. I feel like I’m actually strengthening the mistake. As a drummer friend of mine says about this phenomenon in music, I’m learning to do it wrong; really well! Then it makes it all the more difficult to break those habits. I’ve got to make sure I’m changing what I’m doing, to make sure I don’t fall into that trap too much.
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> This has been alternately, fun and boring, but I feel I’ll come out of it a better player. Plus I’ve learned a couple of new-to-me tricks.

Eli Hops - Keep string tension (not slacky) taught the eniterity of the trick. The landing is all in the throw hand. Make small adjustments either closer to you or farther from you. Looking at the gap of the yoyo can help gauge if there is a diagonal adjustment that would need to be made as well.

Suicide Catch- make 100% sure your string tension clean. Then do a small circle the same direction the loop is traveling during the toss. That tiny little circular motion can really help open it up. Other than that, its all about consistency.

Spirit Bomb-For the last triangle hop, try not to let the yoyo hit the “top” of its slack and get tight. If it goes that it makes the triangle alot smaller. By popping it up just enough to get up there, but not maxed. Keep it relaxed. Kendama knees will also give more time.

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**Author:** ![Albatross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Albatross](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Albatross)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1170 "2016-12-07T18:27:04Z")

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Kamikaze and Car Wash are next on my to do list.

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**Author:** ![Crossfire503](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Crossfire503](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Crossfire503)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1171 "2016-12-10T16:51:35Z")

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Finding time to work on tricks regularly again since having a kid. Working on Spirit Bomb, finger spins, and double or nothing part of Black Hops. I actually also love breaking down stuff I know and trying it at different speeds, playing bouncier, and trying to get more precise. Sheer practice means I’m hitting magic drop without using an extra finger to open it up! Now just getting consistent at it…

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**Author:** ![Doubleoryo11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/doubleoryo11/32/1666_2.png) [@Doubleoryo11](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Doubleoryo11)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1172 "2016-12-26T01:56:11Z")

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Cold Fusion :wink:

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**Author:** ![Toby2345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Toby2345](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Toby2345)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1173 "2016-12-26T03:59:00Z")

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Trying to learn the sport ladder. Right now I’m working on pop n fresh and boingy-boing.

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**Author:** ![Doubleoryo11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/doubleoryo11/32/1666_2.png) [@Doubleoryo11](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Doubleoryo11)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1174 "2016-12-27T16:13:03Z")

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I am working on “Slack Trapeze” 😛

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**Author:** ![Double\_Yo\_7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Double\_Yo\_7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Double_Yo_7)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1175 "2017-01-05T16:47:54Z")

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I am having difficulty landing “brent stole” directly into a “reverse brent stole”. Any tips?

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**Author:** ![Throwto100](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwto100/32/87184_2.png) [@Throwto100](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Throwto100)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1176 "2017-01-07T19:41:21Z")

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Bannana turnover and a Skin the Gerbil near or completely horizontal. Hard, but rewarding.

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**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1177 "2017-01-08T15:37:46Z")

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Rejection to GT. I thought it was impossible a few days ago, and the last night i was hitting 2 outta 10. Feelin good!

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/f/6/af600838062354a853f17e481784e142422a2233.jpeg "Rejection to Triangle yoyo trick tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOw7LJEYyM4&t=113s)

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**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1178 "2017-01-08T17:39:02Z")

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^ I’m guessing the hard part is landing on the rejected segment?

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**Author:** ![morgothaod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgothaod/32/7951_2.png) [@morgothaod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/morgothaod)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1179 "2017-01-13T16:10:56Z")

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I’m working on ripcord (I’m having trouble keeping the yo-yo straight after I land on the two strings)

Edit: I can do the trick now! I think what helped me was watching the video on strong throws.

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**Author:** ![whitesage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/whitesage/32/654209_2.png) [@whitesage](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/whitesage)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1180 "2017-01-16T14:55:53Z")

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Mine is kwijibo. Also trying to perfect everything I’ve learned so far. McBride roller coaster, matrix, rewind is where I’m at. How about you ?

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**Author:** ![kythrowing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@kythrowing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kythrowing)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1181 "2017-01-16T15:29:02Z")

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Arm grind stop and go.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/c/1/0c16289383055168727f94dbb9c6a2d7e99e0bf4.jpeg "Augie Fash tutorial - Grind to stop and go yoyo trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlClOLnjy1Y)

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**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1182 "2017-01-16T15:35:16Z")

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Corkscrew, and therefore Banana Turnover.

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**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1183 "2017-01-16T15:58:03Z")

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I’ve been working on some of my favorite tricks but on a Walter and fixed axles. Spirit bomb, Enigma, Rancid Milk, Super Man, Wonder Woman, White Buddah, etc.

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**Author:** ![Niekro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/niekro/32/1541_2.png) [@Niekro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niekro)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1184 "2017-01-16T16:29:13Z")

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Boingy-boing…pray for me.

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**Author:** ![CollinC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@CollinC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CollinC)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1185 "2017-01-16T20:05:51Z")

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Reverse cross arm brent stole

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