Week one of learning to Yo-Yo
By Dylan | February 23, 2006
So I am learning to YoYo thanks to Harper and the HowToYoYo crew. Until Happer hooks me up with a login there I will post here:
Here is the plan: I will get a yoyo from harper, (I actually got two yoyos a Duncan Freehand zero and a Yoyojam lyn fury.) and then I will use HowToYoYo to learn. I have spent the last week learning the 10 tricks that Mark suggested as well as hurting my fingers. I have gone through all of those tricks and feel pretty comfortable with them.
The only problems I have run into are that my Lyn Fury doesn’t like to come back. It does tricks and then just hangs there, so I need to work on that. The other problem I am having is that my finger gets all chaffed and raw. Pro yoyo players have some hardcore fingers.
Now with the Freehand I keep beating the hell out of my knuckles. I think that they need to put soft rubber on the rim so that I stop hurting my hand. Once I stop hurting my hand I can practice at work because I will cuss less.
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Topics: Clown | 2 Comments »
The problem with your lyn fury not coming back up is due to a lack of a bind. Once you learn to do that, you can get even the most unresponsive yo-yo’s to return. They have a yoyo very similar to the FreeHand Zero with rubber shells, not to protect your hands, but the yoyo actually. It works both ways though.
Good to know. I actually forgot about Yoyoing until you commented. I will have to dig them out and give it a go again.