# What trick are you working on? (Pre 2025) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 63
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1246 "2018-08-26T20:14:48Z")
> [@NoT\_ATHROWER](#): > > You’re progressing fast! Um, yeah, I’m not so sure about that! As I mentioned, I’ve been getting the name wrong of the trick I’ve been working on lately. Four weeks into this and all I can do from the Intermediate section of the learning ladder so far is Brain Twister and the two Flying Trapeze tricks (along with the two most basic binds there are). Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the **1.5** isn’t on the YYE learning ladder? Seems like a useful stepping stone to Double or Nothing. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1247 "2018-08-26T20:47:20Z")
There isn’t an individual tutorial for 1.5 mount, it’s first introduced and implemented into another trick, I don’t remember exactly what trick it is but it’s in the advanced section. If I remember correctly the 1.5 mount was a lot harder to get smooth than double or nothing because I kept hitting both strings if I try to get into the 1.5 mount in one fluid motion. Anyway, if you know how to do trapeze, brother, and DON, you should check out the tricks matrix and rewind in the advanced section. Rewind will probably be too difficult for you right now but you can try to learn a simplified version of it that only goes up to DON rather than TON. That’s what I practiced when I was first trying to learn rewind. ---
**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1248 "2018-08-27T02:10:07Z")
I think that’s actually pretty good despite the mixup. I couldn’t even bind or do anything with an unresponsive yoyo in my first one or two months. Main tip for you is don’t get fustrated! I don’t think you have to stick to the YYE learning ladder, learn some things from [yotricks.com](http://yotricks.com) too, they also have good tutorials and I’ve learned some of my first tricks from them. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1249 "2018-08-27T03:48:33Z")
Yeah, I’ve been learning from both sites. I often find that watching the videos for the same trick from both is valuable because some small helpful detail will be mentioned in one that’s not in the other. Plus, everyone in these forums has been super helpful. I’d like to give a special shout out to @andy569 for making me that quick little tutorial video on binding from the side undermount. YYE and its community has been instrumental in my progress, without question. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1250 "2018-08-27T04:07:56Z")
Its been years but I still remember a lot of the issues I had with the basic tricks that weren’t quite explained in tutorials so if you need any tips on other tricks, I gotchu. Unlike you and a lot of new players nowadays I actually remember I was very resistant to switching to unresponsive 😅 I didn’t like the idea of unresponsive because I just saw it as making everything more difficult by adding an additional trick at the end to actually make the yoyo come back when I could just tug it instead. I fully switched to unresponsive pretty late, it wasn’t until I had learned all of the advanced pt 1 and some of the advanced pt 2 tricks. Now it’s commonplace for people to start unresponsive from the very beginning. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1251 "2018-08-27T06:31:40Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > it’s commonplace for people to start unresponsive from the very beginning. Commonplace but a bit cruel for the average person. Kind of annoying since there are thousands of unresponsive yoyos to choose from, but maybe 10% of that in responsive. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1252 "2018-08-27T17:13:02Z")
I feel that the unresponsive-to-responsive ratio is a strong indicator of where the hobby stands today. Any newcomer will have to decide for themselves how they want to navigate that. I mean, you can obviously have plenty of fun doing nothing but tricks suitable for a responsive yoyo, but to my mind the _real_ adventure begins when unresponsive play becomes your new norm. To that end, I am learning and practicing each basic/intermediate trick (as well as combos of them) with a responsive yoyo first, and then trying it with an unresponsive yoyo after I feel I’ve gotten a handle on it. Meanwhile, I am always spending a certain portion of my practice time just working on those two basic binds. I feel this strikes a decent balance between reducing frustration when learning new tricks (because I start off using a responsive yoyo), and acclimating to unresponsive play. ---
**Author:** ![lvm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@lvm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/lvm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1253 "2018-08-27T23:20:52Z")
lately i’m working on really small eli hops 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1254 "2018-08-27T23:29:20Z")
It’s funny you phrased it like that because when I tried to give my brother a northstar that was his initial response…”I have to do a _trick_ just to get it to come back?!?” 🤣 > Blockquote ---
**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1255 "2018-08-28T01:33:45Z")
I need a BANGER TRICK!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kieran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kieran/32/7959_2.png) [@Kieran](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kieran)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1256 "2018-08-28T05:54:01Z")
> [@NoT\_ATHROWER](#): > > I need a BANGER TRICK!!! I gotchu fam :wink: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/a/a/eaa1940978333f7c86436f1720e41d92526296fc.jpeg "Learn the "Zipper" Yoyo trick - YoYoExpert Tutorials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-QchLIvmH0) ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertEric](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexperteric/32/602379_2.png) [@YoYoExpertEric](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertEric)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1257 "2018-08-30T15:52:43Z")
Working on a Charles haycock move thanks to @Kawasaki_T!!! [https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/clicks/track?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dm4DADOsPskA&post\_id=1424388&topic\_id=292374](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/clicks/track?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dm4DADOsPskA&post_id=1424388&topic_id=292374) ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertEric](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexperteric/32/602379_2.png) [@YoYoExpertEric](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertEric)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1258 "2018-08-30T16:11:17Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/8/1/181281d454589eda31b97ccba9d0c24b5d07c122.jpeg "Charles Haycock - arm repeater into GT yoyo tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DADOsPskA&t=4s) link for #trickcircle ^^^ \<3 @Kawasaki_T ---
**Author:** ![funkyman50](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/funkyman50/32/13917_2.png) [@funkyman50](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/funkyman50)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1259 "2018-08-30T16:14:11Z")
I’m working on Superman but I can’t seem to figure out the magic drop part. I get the string to reject and land but my hands & string seem to be in the wrong configuration for the next steps of the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Kawasaki\_T](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kawasaki_t/32/14119_2.png) [@Kawasaki\_T](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kawasaki_T)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1260 "2018-08-30T23:05:48Z")
Thanks for the love @YoYoExpertEric 😅 I watched Takeshi’s finals routine in slow motion and my mind was absolutely blown, so I’ve been trying to add some crazy slacks into my own combos inspired by him, plus finish off some of my other tricks which lacked an ending Edit: Also I just recalled that I’m trying to get down chopstick hops, like what Gentry does, but my fingers just don’t want to co-operate. Also trying to figure out what Zach Gormley even did in his latest trickcircle on Instagram ([https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm0a1C1nU68/?utm\_source=ig\_share\_sheet&igshid=19h5jfmj70z9v](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm0a1C1nU68/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=19h5jfmj70z9v)) ---
**Author:** ![AceValence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@AceValence](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AceValence)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1261 "2018-09-26T19:42:01Z")
right now I have a really cool Jade Whip catch into a double green triangle ---
**Author:** ![ferrocile](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ferrocile/32/48632_2.png) [@ferrocile](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ferrocile)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1262 "2018-09-26T20:00:10Z")
[Funky Giraffe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtntjTg-7cI) I’m about half way through. I’m learning how to pinch the strings to create slack, but it’s been tough going. About 1/2 way through now though. ---
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1263 "2018-10-04T10:38:50Z")
I’m currently working on Spirit Bomb, it’ll be some time yet before I completely get it and I am really struggling with the second pop but I am sure I will get there eventually 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1264 "2018-10-04T18:04:44Z")
I’m still working on Atomic Bomb. I have the basic motion down, but I can’t seem to get the hang of the _rhythm_ of it. The way I do it, it feels like a 2-stroke engine rather than a smooth, continuous motion. ---
**Author:** ![ZaYoBoy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zayoboy/32/40174_2.png) [@ZaYoBoy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ZaYoBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1265 "2018-10-04T18:05:57Z")
I’m working on Boo’s Castle. I love wrist mount tricks. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231.md?page=62) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231.md?page=64)