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| - Step 9: ... to take out the inertia. Notice the arm movement in this and in the next step.
- Step 1: Most beginners just hold out their arm, and jerk their hand downward. Do not throw the yo-yo downwards!
Instead flex your arm, put your elbow up, hold the yo-yo over your shoulder and imagine throwing it at an object lying on the ground two meters in front of you - that is where you should aim. Hold the yo-yo so that it will unwind counter clockwise in our picture, i.e. away from you .
- Step 7: The yo-yo should now sleep at the end of the string. If it is too responsive, it will come up immediately, as in step 12. If it sleeps, let it swing ...
- Step 6: This picture shows the short moment of string slackness described in step 5.
- Step 11: Now give it a little tug ...
- Step 12: ... and see it come up ...
- Step 13: ... towards your hand.
- Step 3: Continue the swing forward ...
- Step 4: ... and down.
- Step 8: ... backwards ...
- Step 2: Now throw the yo-yo quickly, swinging it up. Yes, you heard correctly, even though this is a Throw Down, you first throw it upwards an then sling it away from you. The slinging motion is what keeps the yo-yo straight. If the yo-yo tilts to one side, too little slinging is usually the culprit.
- Step 10: When you have the yo-yo hanging in front of you, let it sleep until it slows down.
The yo-yo should be completely straight. If it is not, your problem is most probably in steps 1 and 2.
If the yo-yo starts out straight, and then starts to lean sideways, your string is probably twisted too much or too little. This exerts a force on the yo-yo, trying to turn it. Due to force induced precession, the yo-yo will slowly tilt sideways.
- Step 5: At this point it should have almost reached the end of the string. You should cease to pull strongly at this time.
With a fixed axle yo-yo, you would bump it into the string end very hard, raising the chance of a string break.
With a transaxle, this is the point where the response system will lose its grip on the string, leaving the yo-yo in free fall for about 2-3 cm before bumping into the end of the string, resulting in a sharp tug, that can be quite painful.
- Step 14: Catch it from above. You should now have the yo-yo in your hand, ready for the next throw.
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