I find it most often when the string rolls into an awkward place, you have to roll it out or else it will start snagging. Snag usually happens when I first learn tricks, but once I have them down they’re much less likely to happen
Its not your equipment. None of it is causing you to snag. Only your sloppy play does that.
Too grippy of response, old string,“high walls”, EXCUSES. Just practice. People want a definitive answer on why yoyos get snagged during tricks? You suck, that’s why. Not knowing how to properly care for your stuff just makes it even more your fault.
Go buy a Freehand Zero and a 48 pack of stickers, or a Renegade. Throw that exclusively for a month, or six. Goodbye snags. Blaming equipment is pretty much never acceptable.
I am not blaming the equipment but sometimes there are reasons for some things so I asked and now I know that it because of sloppy play. So yeah not blaming equipment.
It’s both. Recognizing that a particular yoyo has a narrow gap, that your pads are grippy, etc. is a thing. It’s not made up. Knowing you have a narrow gap and grippy pads, you can select tricks that are less prone to snag, and you can concentrate on technique (especially tension management but also string alignment and cleanliness of play) to compensate.
There are equipment characteristics that contribute to easier snags…but with practice and good technique, you can overcome these. Point being: they’re not mutually exclusive things.
Snag (in my experience) happens when you have some string wraps in the gap, and the string ends up sliding opposite direction that the yoyo’s spinning when using an unresponsive throw. I am currently working on some of the repeater tricks over at RethinkYoYo (Perpetuum, Amuse) and found the string somehow wrapping around the bearing causing a bind. This is a byproduct of some of my sloppier moves as I learn the trick and something that I will overcome as I find the technique that works best. Some tricks are more “touchy” than others and can lead to a snag or knucklebuster.
Also my experience, found that fresh pads tend to bind up and snag unexpectedly and happen far less to not at all once you break in the pads.
Lastly, a yoyo that becomes unwound in your pocket and rewound. Guys, remember to do a gentle safety throw first when you pull that yo out of your pocket…your knuckles will thank you for it!