YoYo Index

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YoYo Index aims at collecting material and players to share the love for yo-yoing.  

Tutorials

Click a hand

Lefthanded

Playlist below here

Righthanded

Playlist below here

 

Beginner Vids

Set up YoYo

Lefty Flipped

Inspiration

BLACK on TED Talk

World on a String (Documentary)

BLACK on TED Talk (MIRRORED)

Talents

Connor Seals

Shu Takada

Divisions

1A

Single A, AA & Single String - SS

Standard
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Form: Imperial

Type: Unresponsive (typically)

Number: Single

Advanced: String tricks.

Tricks: Walk the dog, around the world and more.

Info: Most common style of play. Often the easiest to start with for beginners. It is also the “classic” style as most will think of these tricks when they think of ol’ skool yo yo.

2A

Double A, AA, two-handed looping & DL DoubleLooping

Standard
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Form: Imperials, Modified and Classic shape. Brands as Yomega Raider and Fireball.

Type:Number: Two/Double – one in each hands.

Advanced: String tricks. Do wraps while you combine loops and/or around the world.  You can cross your yo yos  strings to achieve Trangler tricks. Un-tangle by targeting the “knot” on your playing hand and spin around it.

Tricks: Walk the dog, around the world and more in combinations where both hands and yo yos are activated. Tangle (also used for AAA)

Info:

Also known as

Generally the yo-yos used for AA are based on either a Modified or a Classic shape. Those yo-yos used among popular players consist of the Yomega Raider and Fireball (usually modified).

AAA

Triple A, AAA, & DS Double String .

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Number: Two/Double – one in each hand(?)

Advanced: Also see AA. 

Tricks: String tricks also known as Long Spins.

Info:

Also known as 

String (A.K.A. Long Spin) tricks with two yo-yos. Popularized and pioneered by Mark McBride, the first modern Triple A trick appeared in Fiend Magazine and was called the Velvet Rolls. The different mounts are referred to as houses (e.g. “Kink House”).

Photos from as early as the late 1950’s show early yo-yo demonstrators performing very basic Triple A tricks, such as a Sleeper with one hand, and a Trapeze with the other. While Triple A as a concept had existed for many years, it was not until the advent of the Velvet Rolls that development began on what is currently considered Triple A. 

OS

Offstring & OS

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Where the yo-yo is not attached to the string, but the string is tied to the finger. See the Offstring article.

FH
CW

Freehand, FH, & CW Counterweight.

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Also known as 

Where a weight (typically a casino die or small ball) is attached to the end of the yo-yo string that would otherwise be attached to the finger. The yo-yo itself is attached to the string in the normal manner. Developed in 1999 by Steve Brown, freehand is considered to be the fastest-growing style of yo-yo play, as well as one of the most exciting to watch, due mainly to the wide diversity of styles from one 5A player to the next.

Manufacturing of a yo-yo with a fixed or sliding counterweight is covered under United States Patent #6,371,824.

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