So as a beginner thrower I’ve learnt quite a few tricks in the span of a month but I rarely hit them like I learnt boingy boingy and knew how to do it 1 week later I can’t get that motion. Even the trapeze and trapeze and vro it takes me more go’s so do I keep doing one trick till ive mastered it or somma idk?
I find myself going through all the things ive learned every time i pick up a yoyo. If I miss something ill keep trying it until i get it, then move on. Eventually it all ends up being 2nd nature. But beefhook i drilled myself on for probably a month non stop until i had it down. Like didnt do anything else except beefhook until i had it figured out. Its all a matter of making attempts until youve got it figured out. Youll find yourself hitting whatever youre practicing more often the more you make the attempt.
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My ability to perform boingy boingy still comes and goes. I can do it most of the time now, but I will suddenly lose my mojo, and have to do something else for a while. When you are starting out, I think the important thing is to not get frustrated. There are so many basic mounts and trick elements to work on, you will wind up with lots of things that you are in different stages of progress with. Try to understand what the common basic trick elements are, and practice those. Then pick some tricks that contain those elements and try to do them. You will get part way through and realize there is another element you need to know, so now you have another thing to practice. When I practice, I will start with something hard that I am trying to learn, and when I get frustrated with that I will switch to some old tricks that I can do most of the time, but need some polish. There is always room for improvement, and you can always make things flow a little better or look more impressive. In between, I will practice some different binds, or short trick elements. The more you practice the faster you will get at cycling through throws, and basic throwing and binding becomes second nature, so you can focus on more details. I think you should find as many things as you can that you find interesting. Find tricks, elements, and new binds that interest you, and write them down because you won’t remember! Some you will feel like you can get if you try, and some you will try and put away for later, but now you have a list of stuff to work on. Also, you should probably forget about “mastering” anything for a good long while!
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also i just wanna note that learning in yoyo is not linear. aside from a few of the basic mounts, there aren’t really prerequisite tricks. there will be tricks where you’ll see the tut say something like “if you already know this trick it’ll help cuz it’s the same motion” or something similar, but it’s not required and you can learn elements on the fly within the context of tricks and combos you’re working on. like Ryan said, just pick a bunch of stuff that looks cool and keep at it
i strongly suggest that you don’t view it as practice with constraints and time limits and have it be strictly regimented. view it more like a video game. you don’t (generally) say “im going to practice this game”. it’s more “im going to play this game because it’s fun and i enjoy my time doing it”. if you take that mindset, you’ll be more likely to relax and play and you’ll see major gains because you’re having fun. consistency is the key. whatever you do, do it everyday if life allows. the ability of the human brain to learn and adapt is impressive to say the least, but it works best when consistent
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Just do what’s fun like if you have fun learning new stuff, do that. If you have fun mastering tricks through repetition, do that. No rules bb
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Don’t over think learning stuff. Learning isn’t linear. What is important is that you keep picking the yoyo up and having fun. It takes time to consistently land stuff.