Hi.
As a grade A noob, I wondered today how people learn from seeing other players? Do you first look at what the hands are doing? Or how the string moves? Or where the YoYo moves?
Where do you look in a video or live performance to gather the infos you need, to recreate a new trick? How do you gauge this?
yes. its all impirtant and needs to be noted. sometimes a trick won’t click till you notice that one hand position or you realize youre hitting the wrong string, etc.
lots of tutorials available, plus the trick a week thread here is amazing, fun, and run by awesome helpful folks. i found that even if you can’t quite get a whole trick, you can’t help but learn useful elements along the way
You look at everything. Start with the the first mount and how it’s being held and then where the yoyo and string and hands are moving. Go super slow and make sure you got every little part correct then move on.
I will say learning tricks from just a freestyle or trick video isn’t easy but I also believe it’s skill you can build up to. Start with learning tricks from tutorials with lots of speaking and explanation then build up to tutorials with less explanation, then slow mo pov, then eventually just going slow looking at the front view or whatever view you’re given. It really helps to have a large yocabulary of elements you know also so that all the elements you see, aren’t completely new but somewhat familiar.
Wow. Thanks all of you for your insight and tips. Very appreciated!
I guess I phrased my question badly. I am aware of different video sources on the subject and I am also clear, that one has to master all aspects of a trick to execute it.
I try to clarify my question:
When I did my training as a graphic designer, we were always made aware of the fact that humans do not see in a full picture. Humans see in sequences and in a mosaic of small details, which combines in the brain into the impression of a whole picture. Which, of course you never had. It’s an illusion made in your head. In practice our eyes are jumping through the scene in patterns and learned customs and follow a scene in a “Guided-Sight-Tracking” manner, “Blickführung” in german.
So what I actually was hoping to hear was what jumps at you first when you encounter a trick (new or old) when you see it performed. I try to get to know more about your habits, than an instruction, if that helps.
I am very thankful, that you lovely people indulge me. 
Lol im always happy to talk about tricks. I would say it depends on if i am watching something for fun or to learn it. If i am watching for fun, i just let myself absorb it all. If i am watching something specifically to learn it, I watch it like 5 times and each pass focus on a different aspect. First the hands, then the fingers, then string, then yoyo, then double back and check and then go try it. Thats just me and maybe it helps. Im sure other people approach this differently as well.
For just generally watching i don’t really analyze like that though and will let whatever part of the trick the player is emphasizing get my focus like watch the string if it’s a slack trick etc.
