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1. Sleeper 5 seconds. With your palm up, throw the yo-yo down. After the yo-yo leaves your hand turn your hand over and let the yo-yo spin for at least five seconds. Return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 2. Side Throw Also known as sideways around the world and world tour. From a Breakaway throw, let the yo-yo continue and complete one revolution of a sideways around the world into a sideways Sleeper. Return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 3. Rock the Baby 5 full rocks. Throw a Sleeper and fold the string around your Freehand and form a triangle, or cradle, by pinching the string between your thumb and index finger of your Throwhand. Perform five or more full rocks of the yo-yo through the cradle. During each full rock the yo-yo passes through the cradle twice, once on the way out and once again on the way back. (Most variations of how the cradle is formed are acceptable.) . Lower yo-yo back to a Sleeper and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 4. Tower This trick is also known as Eiffel Tower and Tokyo Tower. Throw a Sleeper and place Freehand in front of string. Place string over Freehand and then over Throwhand thumb. Then twist your Freehand causing string segments to form an X. Pull string segment hanging from your thumb throw the bottom triangle of the X with the index finger of your Freehand. Now form the Tower by turning your Throwhand palm up and pulling upward with index finger of your Freehand. Hold the tower form for a few seconds. Lower yo-yo back to a Sleeper and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 5. Elevator Up and down the string. Throw a Sleeper and pick up the string with a finger of your Freehand. Lift your Freehand upwards keeping the yo-yo in front of the string and place the yo-yo on the string just above your Throwhand. Cause the yo-yo to climb up the string, keeping it in contact with the string all the way up to just below your Freehand. Now reverse the direction and let the yo-yo come down keeping it in contact with the string all the way down to just above your Throwhand. Lower yo-yo back to a Sleeper and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 6. Braintwister 1 Somersault. Throw a Sleeper and then perform a front mount. Now let your Throwhand index finger come up around the yo-yo and push the string segments half way between the yo-yo and the Freehand index finger causing the yo-yo to rotate around your Freehand completing one or more somersaults. Perform any dismount and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 7. Trapeze Throw a Breakaway and catch the yo-yo on the string over your index finger of your Freehand and let the yo-yo spin on the string. Perform any dismount and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 8. Zipper Start with a standard front mount. 9. Split the Atom 3 somersaults. Throw a split-bottom mount and perform a pass under the yo-yo with your Freehand index finger, then push forward into the double string segments with your Freehand index finger followed by a pass under the yo-yo with your Throwhand index finger. Now push back on the string segments and perform 3 or more somersaults. Perform any dismount and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 10. Double or Nothing Throw a Breakaway and let the yo-yo string wrap your Freehand index finger, and then wrap over your Throwhand index finger and continue over your Freehand index finger a second time. As the yo-yo comes over your index finger catch the yo-yo on the string segment furthest from your body. Perform any dismount and return the yo-yo to your hand by the method of your choice. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. |
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Please note that tricks 24 and 25 have not yet been filmed for this list. |