# your worst yoyo accident? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144 "2010-08-20T06:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/122 "2018-01-08T06:10:04Z")
One time I was fatally injured when a yoyo falling back to Earth from the International Space Station; hit me directly in the forehead! ---
**Author:** ![Yoyomaster1202](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Yoyomaster1202](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyomaster1202)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/123 "2018-01-09T01:53:23Z")
1a had a knot at the bottom of my atlas without knowing threw real hard to get some spin and it come back and numbed my fingers 2a was practicing loops to see how fast I could get and the right one hit me in the head so hard I had a knot on my head for a week 3a no troubles yet 4a offstring to the head 5a dice to the face on a 360 ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/124 "2018-01-09T04:53:39Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > One time I was fatally injured when a yoyo falling back to Earth from the International Space Station; hit me directly in the forehead! You really have to be careful with those Orbitals! ---
**Author:** ![morgothaod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgothaod/32/7951_2.png) [@morgothaod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/morgothaod)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/125 "2018-01-10T21:17:06Z")
I hit my funny bone 2 times and it caused half my arm to go numb. I almost whacked myself in the face trying to get a finger spin to return to my hand. ---
**Author:** ![GrindDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/126 "2018-01-10T23:37:55Z")
I️ hit my finger while doing horizontal with my hattori Still have a small scar ---
**Author:** ![Cometex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cometex/32/8028_2.png) [@Cometex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cometex)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/127 "2018-01-12T00:32:27Z")
My Basecamp Expedition gave me a nice scar on my forehead. It had quite the snag that I didn’t notice until I threw a breakaway and launched back into my face. Fortunately I avoided needing stitches. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@Monkey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/128 "2018-01-12T22:10:56Z")
Bleeding hand from practicing grinds on a dinged shutter, funny bone 4 times. ---
**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/129 "2018-01-13T01:55:03Z")
I hit the back of my throw hand one time so hard it knocked the breath out of me. I limped back to the couch with a severe pain in my hand that felt hot, throbbing, and prickley and sat there and tried to breathe again. It was mostly useless for the next week, I couldnt open a jar of jelly to save my life. I couldnt make a fist, I couldnt wiggle my fingers without inducing really sharp pain. I don’t know what happened, Ive taken hundreds and hundreds of hits to the back of the hand, but there is this _tiny_ area, maybe 10mm x 10mm square that, ever since, if something hits it, im done! It only took a couple weeks to go away back to mostly normal, thankfully. I swear its like it revealed a hidden weakness I have and now know about a vulnerability. It was really eye opening. ---
**Author:** ![Tvelto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Tvelto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tvelto)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/130 "2018-01-13T05:41:15Z")
My glasses have a bunch of dings in them from yoyos ---
**Author:** ![BindWithMe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bindwithme/32/244237_2.png) [@BindWithMe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BindWithMe)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/131 "2018-01-13T06:14:46Z")
Throwing while wearing a smart watch, thirty seconds into it and the watch screen is toast. Not one of my brightest moments. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/132 "2018-01-13T17:35:36Z")
Worst yoyo accident? Accidentally posting the same yoyo accident in two different “yoyo accident” threads! ---
**Author:** ![Tx3x1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Tx3x1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tx3x1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/133 "2018-01-23T19:38:23Z")
I throw a yoyo that secretly had a not in it. swung around and hit me right in the ear. left my ear ringing all day. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/134 "2018-01-23T21:22:12Z")
> [@Tx3x1](#): > > I throw a yoyo that secretly had a not in it. swung around and hit me right in the ear. left my ear ringing all day. I just love it how your yoyo string ‘secretly’ had a knot in it as if it was trying to hide it from you. I’m picturing a yoyo in my head with a sly look on it’s face. Haha, it made me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Clinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/clinton/32/43124_2.png) [@Clinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Clinton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/135 "2018-01-24T05:51:42Z")
I have a pretty high pain threshold but I hit the bone in my lower arm so hard all I could do was sit and do a full body shake. No other accident hurt me that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/136 "2018-01-24T13:23:06Z")
One time I mistimed my yoyo delivery, and my wife got the package! ;D It’s still her favorite yoyo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VillageIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@VillageIdiot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VillageIdiot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/137 "2018-01-29T11:15:46Z")
Like so many of the other stories here. I had a snag I hadn’t noticed. But mine wasn’t super bad so the Joyride actually slept but as soon as I tried to get it on the string, it bound up and snapped back and I wasn’t ready to catch it. Hit me in my right eye. Not a square hit and not with enough force to do anything more than shock me but I set it down for the evening. I figured I’d pushed my luck enough. ---
**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/138 "2018-01-29T13:19:52Z")
Had a knot in my dv888, threw it, hit me directly in the eye. Blood went into my eye and I couldnt see for a while. Lots of eye doctor appointments later and I’m good to go! :wink: P.S. I threw my dv888 again the day after this all happened 😛 ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/139 "2018-01-31T05:23:40Z")
Tried to do an offstring neck trick in a room with a very low ceiling… standing up. Yoyo, meet light bulb. Recently disbanded light bulb, meet floor. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/140 "2018-02-01T15:13:41Z")
Shattered a light while throwing in a room with a low ceiling. It wasn’t horrible but I had a lot of broken glass to pick up afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![BigBam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@BigBam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BigBam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144/141 "2018-02-01T21:30:20Z")
Was throwing my basecamp expedition before work one morning and threw a break away to start a new trick. Didnt know I had a snag until it hit me in the the corner of my eye opposite of my throw hand. Saw a flash of light when it hit and instantly felt the pain. Dropped to one knee to gather myself. After a few moments, I walked to the bathroom to get a look at the damage. So lucky I was throwing a “rounder?” yoyo. I think a more angular yoyo would’ve split the skin. I had a nice red welt for a few hours and the area around my eye was sensitive and had a yellowish tint for a few days. Glad it didn’t go all out black eye. That would be fun to explain haha! Learned a valuable lesson and I pay attention now after a questionable or new to me bind. I thought splitting out chunks of fingernail past the quick and scarring knuckles were bad enough but I definitelty know different now. I’m thinking if yoyo expert put out a full coverage helmet in some cool colors that I would own one. Maybe match to my favorite throws? No matter the color, I certainly need it lol. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-worst-yoyo-accident/18144.md?page=8)