# 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:** 89
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1774 "2019-11-04T01:03:31Z")
> [@twitch77](#): > > I love the trick name “Confusion!” Thank you Twitch. I can’t take credit on the name though, and need to give it to my wife. I went to bug her while she was watching TV saying “check out this cool new trick I learnt that I am practising, it’s called the cold fusion” and after I did it she says “haha okay I can see why it is called the confusion”. I was like… it’s not confusing, it’s cold fusion, I am just bad at it yet. lol. And decided to build a combo around cold fusion so that I can name it confusion. ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1775 "2019-11-04T01:10:29Z")
> [@twitch77](#): > > My Kywjibo is super sloppy, but I was too lazy to keep trying for a better haha. Smoothness will come in time I’m hoping. Nice Kywjibo. That is next on my to learn list and I’ll start watching videos tomorrow. I never tried before either so I’m looking forward to spending a few days+ on it 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1776 "2019-11-04T03:23:50Z")
So I’m trying to learn Mondial, but I do not understand exactly what I’m supposed to be doing when I pop the yoyo up. The problem with tutorial videos is that the yoyo always flies out of frame, and even at slo-mo speed, I can’t tell what I’m supposed to be doing to land back in the split bottom mount. Does anyone have any hints…or maybe diagrams??? 😖 ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1777 "2019-11-04T03:40:14Z")
Honestly all you really have to do is switch your hands while the yo-yo is still in the air. Make sure your hands aren’t too close together and that they stay mostly aligned. I purposely tried messing it up to see where it could go wrong and you’re more likely to mess it up with hands too close than with them really far apart. Id say it’s more important to focus on the position of the hands than where the yo-yo is in the air. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1778 "2019-11-04T04:10:00Z")
The end position isn’t a split bottom mount and I don’t understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1779 "2019-11-04T04:40:04Z")
I just did the trick like 30 more times trying to mess up to figure out what it might be. The only things I can think of that aren’t a complete miss are putting your non throwhand over your throwhand instead of the opposite, not popping the yo-yo high enough, or not going completely into the Mach 5 mount. Moving my hands off plane just results in a miss. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1780 "2019-11-04T12:19:37Z")
This video is in Japanese, but the guy keeps his yo in frame (though his arms get in the way!) and might be useful. Mondial is great to get down as it leads to Pop’N’Fresh which is flashy and fun as heck to do (at least IMO). Here’s the vid: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/1/1/511e04854598cd1652e5452d5ea3a69e658a3856.jpeg "ヨーヨー Mondial 解説！　[ヨーヨー 技]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHTr1_d2oH0) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1781 "2019-11-04T18:08:04Z")
Thanks for that video. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. It _feels_ like I’m doing all the right things, but I just don’t end up in the split bottom mount again. I’ll figure it out eventually. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1782 "2019-11-04T18:38:36Z")
So I just learned this as I already know pop n fresh and the thing I found is they are slightly different. Is the string coming from your TH middle finger wrapped around your TH pointer finger after you do the hop? If so, this is what you want for pop n fresh. For Mondial I am finding it easier to setup just from the brain twister mount because that string won’t get wrapped around your TH pointer finger When my wife gets home I’ll make her help me film a quick clip to show you ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1783 "2019-11-04T21:45:19Z")
So I am trying to learn Kwyjibo, and then I realised I didn’t know how to pop a yoyo properly I was trying to throw it up. So I realised I need to go back and learn eli hops first. I can’t seem to quite understand how to pop a yoyo up, i either end up trying to throw the yoyo up instead of using string tension, or if I do the yoyo flings around off the trapeze, as if I was trying to go in to the brother mount or under mount to bind. How do I hop the yoyo up? any tips? 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1784 "2019-11-04T21:50:32Z")
Pulling both hands away from each other, with equal force, will pop it straight up (assuming the yoyo is centered on the string). The trick is pulling apart with just the right amount of force, and doing it with your hands positioned in front of you such that when it comes back down, it is easy to set the uncrossed string up under the falling yoyo just right so that it lands correctly. I’ve been at it for many months, and popping & catching is still really inconsistent for me. ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1785 "2019-11-04T22:31:00Z")
I feel like I am going to hit a plateau for a while until I get these right, so my plan now is to do my previous tricks for fun, and practice boing-e-boing, eli hops and later Kwyjibo for a while until I start hitting and landing those pops as I feel like those 3 tricks are somewhat related. Might mix in rewind to practice as well as I still can’t do that double or nothing brother mount bit ---
**Author:** ![hellathrowed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hellathrowed/32/118449_2.png) [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1786 "2019-11-04T22:39:56Z")
Still working on yuuki slack. Hardest thing I’ve learned and the longest it’s taken to practice. OH WELL. WHAT CAN YA DO. ---
**Author:** ![MoonageMin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moonagemin/32/67731_2.png) [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1787 "2019-11-04T22:54:48Z")
After a few evenings/nights of this my right (throw) arm seems to feel really weak and seems to take a lot of effort to throw properly. I guess this is normal? as I am using muscles I am not used to, not used to using muscles period. might be a better description ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1788 "2019-11-05T01:47:04Z")
Heres what I’ve been working on. Didnt want to end it in that triangle so quickly but I haven’t posted in forever and its one of my favorite triangles. [https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dzqeWhpIb/?igshid=19fd8jjp98ke8](https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dzqeWhpIb/?igshid=19fd8jjp98ke8) ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1789 "2019-11-05T02:06:58Z")
These are nice. Great job Twitch. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1790 "2019-11-05T02:36:29Z")
> [@shatterFX](#): > > Awesome seeing your progress twitch! Keep it going! > [@EOS44](#): > > These are nice. Great job Twitch. Thanks guys 🙂 :heart: ---
**Author:** ![hellathrowed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hellathrowed/32/118449_2.png) [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1791 "2019-11-05T02:42:20Z")
I oughtta start filming my progress as well ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1792 "2019-11-05T02:51:01Z")
I agree! 😃 I use to film myself weekly there for a bit…but then I got lazy haha. Still it’s a lot of fun and adds more to the hobby for me. And it’s really cool to go back to some of my older videos and to see myself struggling really hard with stuff that is super simple to me now. It’s a nice boost to see that I am making progress even though I think it’s super slow. You don’t have to share the videos with anyone. Just use them for your own personal use. Or if you’re struggling with a trick, you can post it online and ask if anyone can see what you’re doing wrong an offer advice. Or share just the best tricks you can land with everyone :D. I’m pretty self conscious about my weight…but these forums are the first time I’ve ever shown myself in a video, and now I’m not so worried about it anymore! lol It can just add a lot to the hobby and can be really fun! 😃 If you need some video editing software, I highly recommend checking out Divinci Resolve. It’s pro level software that’s legitimately free. There’s lots of videos on it on youtube. > **[DaVinci Resolve 19 | Blackmagic Design](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve)** > > Professional video editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in a single application. Free and paid versions for Mac, Windows and Linux. Sorry for the long reply. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1793 "2019-11-05T09:48:19Z")
Hit my first few Revolutions tonight! I figured out that if I turn my body into the trick…it makes things a whole lot easier! The outside of my arm hurts from the few times I whacked myself. haha \>.\<’ Now I gotta figure out a combo to use this trick in 😃 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/b/3/fb30511a233b3a7b201fa9db83ad50699a8225c4.jpeg "How To Do Expert Yo-Yo Tricks : How To Do The Revolutions Yo-Yo Trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZSWUhL5dg) [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231.md?page=88) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231.md?page=90)