# 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
**Page:** 99
### Author:  [@rv06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rv06)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1974 "2020-03-22T09:51:29Z")
I just discovered Braintwister Combo Series videos on another yoyo tutorials site.
Looks like a nice way to acquire some flow now I can land basic tricks.
(oh, and I feel like I’ll have to install Instagram to share vids if I want to ask for advice)
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1975 "2020-03-22T11:36:34Z")
That series has been very helpful to me!
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### Author:  [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1976 "2020-03-22T13:02:08Z")
Thatsite also has a great ftontsryle 7 video series that is great. I downloaded all those videos onto my phone and watch them regularly. There are a ton of tips on each one.
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1977 "2020-03-22T13:24:19Z")
Most of the fronstyle vids are outstanding. The Brain Twister Combo Series has things that just baffle me. Weaves and frontstyle suicides? Watching that makes my brain all fuzzy because it is hard to comprehend. I just try to pick a tiny, tiny element and work on that TINY element cuz I get SO overwhelmed SO easily.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZgP0rZTLHY)
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### Author:  [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1978 "2020-03-22T16:19:31Z")
Yeah, I think that’s the key. Lots of tricks are overwhelming at first because of the many parts involved, especially as one moves from intermediate to advanced (hell, I struggled with split the atom a couple of months ago before it clicked). But I’ve really taken an approach where I just try to progress through a trick one step at a time. Once I have one component somewhat down, I add the next one on and so forth. If I try to do a whole trick from the get go, I often struggle and get frustrated.
As one of my friends told me years ago regarding our grad work: “You can’t eat an elephant whole. You have to take it bite by bite.” It applies to so much in life, including new yoyo tricks.
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### Author:  [@Legs09](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legs09)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1979 "2020-03-22T16:27:18Z")
Mavetrick #9. I needed to learn more arm tricks, so this looked good. I only need to get it smooth now!
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1980 "2020-03-22T16:31:14Z")
Split the atom and barrell rolls kicked by butt and took me a 2 months! Heck, split bottom mount kicked my butt! Now I try to have nice flow cycling through tricks. It’s HARD! When I learned brain twister I was so excited I could barely sleep that night! That was my first intermediate trick. My advice would be to learn Ripcord and Wormhole ASAP as these two tricks will help you A LOT in advancing.
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/9/4/5945a3ea9a9236bc18ed4e08088c34f8eb1adabe.jpeg "Learn the "Ripcord" Yoyo trick - YoYoExpert Tutorials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1BOtswRudA)
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/f/3/5f35108facfcafd5977f73673150e6ee3f25f301.jpeg "Learn the "Wormhole" Yoyo trick - YoYoExpert Tutorials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-rZZMGrr1Y)
I recommend watching tutorials of these from other people as well. A variety of angles helps a lot.
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### Author:  [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1981 "2020-03-22T16:37:20Z")
Split the Atom was the breakthrough trick for me. I was so jacked up about getting it at the time. I was using a YYF Whip then, so that made it more challenging than if I had the throws I have now.
Thanks for the videos. Ripcord is my go-to at the end of my combos but I hadn’t come across Wormhole. Guess I’ll be working on that one today with Cold Fusion 🙂
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### Author:  [@rv06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rv06)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1982 "2020-03-22T16:57:53Z")
Wow wow wow… slow down! 😅
I’m only at volume 1 for the moment, and it’s still a long way to go for suicides!
At least, the first combo is doable. I don’t yet have the best style, but I’m already happy with that flow!
[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Cv8evHYiw](https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Cv8evHYiw)
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1983 "2020-03-22T17:00:53Z")
That is REALLY gooood!!! :+1:
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### Author:  [@rv06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rv06)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1984 "2020-03-22T17:07:08Z")
The thing I gave up on is the “throw directly to pinwheel” thing. I don’t know why, but it just does not work. 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@Blimpin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blimpin)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1985 "2020-03-22T17:20:00Z")
I love the pinwheel when I’m throwing to death metal!
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### Author:  [@Blimpin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blimpin)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1986 "2020-03-22T17:20:40Z")
Does the yoyo just keep getting off plane and spinning?
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### Author:  [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1987 "2020-03-22T17:48:30Z")
Same with me…in the yoyo boom, I couldn’t figure out Split the Atom for the life of me…illustrations in books could only go so far as well as a blurry VHS dub of a how to yoyo video. At the time I thought it was the hardest yoyo trick one could master. Fast forward to 2010 when I got back into it, it was one of the first tricks I learned (right here on YYE) and seemingly picked it up immediately. It’s what made me decide to look ahead and say “what’s my next challenge.” I learned on a Pocket Pros Zombie.
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### Author:  [@rv06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rv06)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1988 "2020-03-22T17:58:01Z")
No, it’s not a plane problem, rather a momentum problem I think.
After a front throw, it just drops down and lacks momentum for a pinwheel.
After a side throw (breakaway), it works perfect, because it’s on the right trajectory.
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### Author:  [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1989 "2020-03-22T18:02:02Z")
Fun to reflect on the process, isn’t it? I actually got only as far as braintwister back during the boom, and I thought that was the \*\*\*\*. Now it seems so basic. Just a year from now I will look back at how I thought the stuff I am working on now was so tough.
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### Author:  [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1990 "2020-03-22T18:09:31Z")
I was actually just watching some of my old youtube videos…like back in 2011 or so. I thought I was doing good then but it was almost painful to watch as I jerked the yoyo around with no flow, threw it kind of weird (I had a tough time throwing side style so I held the yoyo sideways in my hand like I was twisting a doorknob), etc…and I could only watch me boingy boing and kwijibo so many times before I skipped to next. That said, it is fun to record tricks as it’s fun to look back visually. I’ve even rediscovered old tricks of mine I forgot just so I can modify those!
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### Author:  [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1991 "2020-03-22T19:48:25Z")
Here’s where I am at on Cold Fusion 24 hours later. Making progress! Video is only about half as long as yesterday’s - says something.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mCHhdgfwYo)
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### Author:  [@Blimpin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blimpin)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1992 "2020-03-23T10:00:07Z")
Aw yeah!
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### Author:  [@Blimpin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blimpin)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-trick-are-you-working-on-pre-2025/57231/1993 "2020-03-25T06:27:42Z")
Decided to give ninja vanish a shot. I’ve hit it once more after this one, but it still feels like pure luck. Any pointers?
[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-JXUAlJ\_Bo/?igshid=1sr58ps266t12](https://www.instagram.com/p/B-JXUAlJ_Bo/?igshid=1sr58ps266t12)
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