Author Archives: admin

Welcome!

Featured by

If you’re just starting out check out

The First Tricks To Learn

If you’ve been yo-yoing for a while, browse the posts or the

Trick Categories

There are a lot of great tricks on the site, and even some information on yo-yo maintenance. Yo-yoing is so fun and so great, you’re going to have the best time. Just remember, while some tricks can be learned quickly and easily, some will take time and practice. You can do it. Just stick to it, and remember that failure is part of the process. You have to keep trying until you succeed. If you want to get more into the value of failure, check out Mark Hayward’s TEDx talk on how failure leads to success.

Wind the Dog

by

Place the yo-yo on the ground so that it can roll.  Hold your hand near the ground and walk backwards pulling gently on the string.  Keep walking backwards with your hand near the ground until the yo-yo winds all the way into your hand.

Thumb Push Wind

by

One of the easiest ways to wond a yo-yo. Pull up on the string with your yo-yo hand, put the thumb of your non-yo-yo hand on the gap of the yo-yo and push down.  You should be able to get the yo-yo to wind up at least a little bit.  Then just yo-yo it back up to your hand.