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Start by “making a muscle” like a muscle-man showing off at the beach. Then throw the yo-yo out and away from you to the side so that it will spin at the end of the string. Swing the spinning yo-yo all the way to your other shoulder before you tug the string to bring it back to your hand.

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Start as if you are going to do a regular throwdown, but lie the yo-yo down flat in your palm. Throw the yo-yo down and at an angle (about 45 degrees) across your body. Once it gets to the end of the string, quickly move your hand so that it is above the yo-yo, and the string will start to flutter. Now pick up the middle of the string with your free hand and watch the UFO fly.

To get the yo-yo to come back to your hand, pull up on the string in your free hand so that the yo-yo pops ups into the air at about eye level. At the same time bring your yo-yo hand out to the side so that the string makes a straight line from your hand to the yo-yo. If the yo-yo is still spinning fast enough it will wind up sideways and go back to your hand.

Tips:
- You don’t have to pick up the string with your free hand, but the UFO will fly longer if you do.
- Skilled players use this trick to tighten and loosen the yo-yo strings. Just remember “Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey.” In other words, when you throw the yo-yo to your right the string will tighten, and when you throw it to your left the string will loosen. This is true for both right and left-handed players.
- It will be very difficult, if not impossible, to do this trick with an unresponsive yo-yo.

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For teaching purposes, place the yo-yo flat in your hand. Turn your arm around and hold it straight out behind you. [picture] You don’t actually hold on to the yo-yo, it only rests on your hand. Keep your arm perfectly straight, only move your shoulder, and swing your arm forward quickly. The yo-yo should fly out in front of you. Turn your palm up and catch the yo-yo.

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Once you have done a few Forward Passes you are ready to hold the yo-yo in your hand the same way as you did for the Throw-down (with the string going from your finger to the top of the yo-yo) before you turn your arm around behind you.

Tips:
- Make sure you are not holding on to the yo-yo. You simply pull your hand out from under it.
- Swing your arm forward fairly quickly so that the yo-yo has enough power to come all the way back to your hand.
- When you swing your arm forward, stop the swing at about shoulder height in front of you. If the yo-yo is going over your head it’s because you’re holding your arm up above your head.
- It’s ok to catch with both hands if you need to at first.

Gravity pulls the yo-yo down, and you pull it back up. Let the yo-yo drop toward the ground, then give it a steady pull before it reaches the end of the string. See how many times you can do it in a row without stopping.

Tip:
- If the yo-yo spins at the end of the string, just give it a little tug and it will come back up.

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