What trick are you working on?

I strung up my Colossus 4 tonight with a short string for my 5 year old. This kiddo hit several clean binds, AND learned trapeze and his brother mount.

:exploding_head::exploding_head::exploding_head:

Lmao, he keeps saying “no dad, don’t show me again. I’ve got it locked-in, I just need to practice it” :joy:

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wow, he’s gonna be a star someday

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Congrats!

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Trying to combine some slack stuff I do habitually into an actual trick. I’ve mentioned this before but my yoyoing is in the style of Markmont’s fully freestyle stuff, so I do the occasional awesome trick but then can’t always reproduce it. A lot of what I get from trick tutorials apart from learning a new trick is a new element to include in my freestyle stuff, so I can approach a familiar situation with new ways to transition out.

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I know I way behind on this, but I don’t think I saw anyone else give this tip for kwijibo. When you do the second pop into double or nothing, have your non throw hand palm facing up or inward rather than down. This helps with keeping your strings far apart. It allows the inner string to wrap patially around your hand while the outer string will be on you finger. I find with this technique it is very easy and you can even do the whole trick starting in double or nothing and going to triple. If what I tried to explain makes no sense I can do a video.

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Oh! I can kind of picture it making sense in my mind but I think there are so many of us here on this thread stuck on Kwyjibo that would appreciate any help we can get.
Video please! :slight_smile:

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Alright Im at work though, so I’ll try to make a quick one within the hour.

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I aim the slack way forward. I used to aim at the yoyo but once I started aiming what I felt like would be past the yoyo, I got more consistant. I keep my throw hand back and just fling the slack out there

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I can’t just post videos on here? Shenanigans! Here’s a pic of what I mean.

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Awesome thanks a lot! I’ll give this a try as I’m practicing tomorrow!

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Ah I get it. Keep your hand at like the magic drop kind of hand angle. Perpendicular with the floor, thumbs up, palms facing each other etc.

I’m going to give this a go in the morning, suddenly can’t remember how my hands were before

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Can you explain this a bit? What angles do you keep your hands in when doing magic drop? lol man I have a hard time with magic drops! I’m open to any and all suggestions on this one.

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Keep your throw hand thumb straight up, or even pointed slightly out, it keeps the string pressed against the yo-yo so it rejects easier.

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Point your throw hand finger outward (to the right if you’re right handed). It makes you feel dumb by how much easier it is that way.

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Pointer finger

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Awesome! Just the kind of tip and suggestion I’m looking for! Looking forward to giving this a try tomorrow :D. Thanks a lot man!

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Proof! :exploding_head:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SEoa1BZHc/?igshid=11jrxpfol1k5y

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Watch out Gentry. You’ve got some serious competition heading your way!!

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Looks like other people already answered this question. :slight_smile:
I picked up the tip from a Brandon Vu video

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I stumbled across a couple slacks I can build off of that I think are pretty cool. I’m hoping that I can make full tricks of them tomorrow.

It’s great when you learn new tricks just to get used to an idea/element or two and finally get those down to where they work their way into your own throwing and you can build with them.

Probably the best part of yoyoing imo.

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