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Begginer's Tricks

Gravity Pull

  1. Hold your hand out with your palm up.
  2. Have the yoyo resting right on top of the inside of your hand.
  3. Take the yoyo and throw it over your fingers and down to the floor.
  4. Then just pull it up.


Forward Pass
  1. Let your hand swing naturally at your side,with the back of your hand facing front.
  2. Throw the yoyo forward.
  3. Catch it as it returns to your hand,with your palm upward.

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Sleeper

  1. Take the yoyo and make sure the string is a little loose.
  2. Take the yoyo and throw it down very hard causing it to spin at the end of the string.
  3. When it has slept for a few seconds then just simply tug and pull it up.

Walk the Dog
  1. Throw a hard sleeper
  2. Swing the yoyoslightly forward and set it on the floor gently.
  3. Let it walk in front of you for a short distance
  4. After that you gently tug it up.

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Creeper or Landrover

  1. Throw a hard sleeper.
  2. In the "sleep" position,lower the yoyo to the ground("Walk the Dog").
  3. At the same time, bend your body over and hold your hand close to the floor, letting the yoyo roll out to the end of it's string.
  4. When the yoyo reaches the end, tug on the string.Then it will roll back to you.
  5. You can catch it in your hand.

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Around the World

  1. Swing your hand back at your side, with the back of your hand facing front.
  2. Throw the yoyoforward and up,keeping elbow bent.
  3. Keeping yoyo sleeping at the end of the stringuntil a complete circle has been made.
  4. Give your yoyo a slight tug and let the yoyo return to your hand.

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Lunar Loops
  1. Throw a forward pass,but dont catch the yoyo as it returns.
  2. Instead as it passes your hand on the inside of your arm,snap your wrist forward sharply in a circular motion.This will make it loop again.
  3. Keep your arm out in front of you as you make the loop.

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Astro Loops
  1. Throw a forward pass.
  2. Force the yoyo in an outward direction by cocking your hand outward.
  3. As it passes your hand on the outside of your arm,swing the yoyo forward again with a circular motion of your wrist.

Hop the Fence
  1. At first you must start the sleeper and barely pull the string upward.When the yoyo comes up dont catch it.
  2. Instead,let the yoyo pass back over your hand and down again.Catch the yoyo when it returns.
  3. Now try it back and forth from side to side.


Break Away
  1. Throw the yoyo forfully to the right side to put it into the "sleep" position.
  2. Waving your hand from right to left as with a pendulum will form a semi-circle.
  3. When it has completed the semi-circle, tug on the string.
  4. The yoyo will come back up so you can catch it with your palm facing upward.

Rock the Baby
  1. Throw a hard sleeper
  2. In the "sleep" position,put your right hand on the string near the middle and lift it up.
  3. Grab a spot about 4" away from the yoyowith your right hand and make an upside down triangle out of the string.
  4. By changing the height of your left and right hands, you can play with the swing, moving the yoyo back and forth.

Rocket
  1. Throw a sleeper.
  2. While it is in the "sleep" position carefully remove your finger from the string,making sure the yoyo doesnt come up.
  3. Holding the sides of the string, throw the into the air with the yoyo so that it spins in front of you.
  4. The string will wind up and you can catch the yoyo when it falls back down.

Elevator
  1. Throw a long sleeper.
  2. While in the "sleep" position,place your left index finger just finger just below the middle of the string.
  3. At the same time,lift your left hand above your right hand.
  4. You should be able to slip the string into the yoyo.
  5. By pulling the string down with your right hand , the yoyo will climb up the string.

Loop the Loop
  1. Hold the yoyo with the palm of your hand facing backward,and then throw the yoyo forward.
  2. When the yoyo return's ,flick your wrist, making a loop by pushing forward.
  3. If you dont catch the yoyo when it comes back, you can make as many loops as you want using the centrifugal force.
  4. Try to do three loops in a row.
  5. When you are finished, catch the yoyo with your palm facing upward.

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