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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
Yoyo'ing was one of my hobbies that cycled in and out over the years. Started with the cheap old Duncan Imperials and Butterflys in elementary school (which are still sold today!). Then, back in the late 90's was the start of a "yoyo boom". My daughters school had an 'assembly' one day ('98 ir '99) where a yoyo guy came in and did some sort of motivational talk combined with a performance. I was pretty impressed, and kind of got back into it.
One of the first things I learned was that many people used the term "throws" ("what are you throwing today?") as a nickname for a yoyo I found that there were a lot of heavier plastic yoyos out, even some aluminum ones, and I started learning some more (somewhat) complicated tricks. Ball bearings had replaced transaxles (nylon sleeve that spun, unattached, around the main axle) in the more competition-oriented models. There started to be some hybrid bodies - plastic yoyos with aluminum rings on or near the rims to increase spin times. Nowadays, most good yoyos are of 6061, or now, 7075 aluminum. Some models are even made of titanium, and you can 'spark' them by spinning them on concrete. There are also some very good plastic models being produced, and while wood is much less popular, you can still get those, too. Any of y'all do any yo'ing during the last 20 or so years?
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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0pus Inner circle New Jersey 1739 Posts |
I pick one up from time to time. The advancements in the technology are amazing, though. The yoyos of today have moving weight systems that lengthen the yoyos' ability to sleep for very long periods and the return automatically. It is something like using a modern, high tech, compound, multiply counterweighted bow for archery; I think I like the single action bows better.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
I could never get one to "sleep," thus I could never do any of the tricks. Simple, up and down until I got bored, which was quickly.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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terryisaacs Regular user 110 Posts |
I used to yo-yo for a little while. I never got into expensive hardware but would have loved to. Never really got past anything besides rocking the cradle and walking the dog though. Definitely something I could see myself picking back up.
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
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On Apr 27, 2017, ed rhodes wrote: The trick to getting an old wood Duncan (back in the 1950s and 1960s) to "sleep" was in loosening the loop of string at the axle so it wouldn't automatically spin back up due to the tightly wound loop resulting from the continuous up and down yo-ing. If you checked the tightness and looseness of that loop, you'd have seen how the sleeping abilities improved as the loop was looser. But if it was too loose, you could never get it to spin back up again and it would walk till it stopped! It was a simple matter to unloosen a tightly wound loop of string by untwisting it with a few spins in the opposite direction of the twist. All that said, the best I could ever do was the Rock the Cradle, Walk the Dog and a few Round the Worlds. I haven't handled a yo-yo in decades and wasn't aware of the high tech ones available today. Now I'm gonna have to go out and find one just to play with it some!
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
I think some of the older models (and some modern models that are intended to 'respond' to a tug on the string) have the loop around the axle doubled or even tripled. Spin the yoyo to unwind the loop that is around the axle, and try to remove the string. If you can't, turn the yoyo 180 degrees and unloop that. In the unlikely event it is looped a 3rd time around the axle, repeat.
Most yoyos today are made 'unresponsive'. That means you have to do a 'bind' in order to get the yoyo to return to your hand - it is very simple to do, and there are many ways to do bind, so don't be intimidated (and there are TONS of youtube videos/tutorials). The reason for this is that most yoyos today allow for more complicated tricks involving multiple layers of string in the gap while the yoyo still spins. Because you lose the friction against the sides of the yoyo (which triggers a yoyo to return to your hand in 'responsive' yoyos), you just need to get a couple of layers in the gap in such a way that binds the string around the yoyo and causes it to return. Again, really simple in practice. If you want a really, really good yoyo at a good price, go with a Protostar by Yoyofactory. It is plastic, on sale currently for $19.99, and is generally regarded as one of the best plastic yoyos ever made. Lots of color options, too. https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/yyf......70595588 (no affiliation YYE is kind of the Amazon of yoyoing) If you want to go metal (aluminum) you've got a million and one choices. A company called Magicyoyo makes really good yoyos at a modest cost. You can find them on the big auction site, Amazon... 2 of my favorites are the N12 Shark Honor (odd name, I know), the T5 Overlord, and the smaller N8 Dare to Do. If you want wood, there are good choices, too. Some yoyos have hubstacks - plastic areas on each side of the yoyo that allow you to hold it with your thumb and finger, but the yoyo keeps spinning. You can also hold it while the yoyo is not spinning, and pull the string like a ripcord to start the yoyo spinning. Here is a quick tutorial on a simple bind:
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Apr 28, 2017, Bob1Dog wrote: I knew that. Actually, I phrased it badly. I could get the yo yo to "sleep," what I couldn't do was get it to "wake up" afterwards and come back up to the hand.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
Ah, the wake up, now that IS a different story.
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The Hermit Veteran user 301 Posts |
Sometimes a yoyo can be a metaphor for your life.
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
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On May 3, 2017, Chessmann wrote: Chessman, Somehow I missed this post of yours; not sure how. But thanks a million for providing the information, gonna' go shopping right now!
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
You're welcome! Please report back with what you get!
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
This one...
https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/yyf......70595588 Whaddaya' think? I should have it by midweek. Thanks again!
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
Great choice (I have 2 )!
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
Do you collect them or just have fun using different ones? I could see where this could be another eclectic thing to add to my already eclectic collections!
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
I 'kind of' collect different ones. Don't consider myself a collector, though, just an enjoyer of yoing. There is such a variety of shapes and materials available - even ones made of titanium that will produce sparks when spun on concrete.
Pretty interesting to see how yoyo development was fairly static through the early 90's. Then the late 90's yoyo boom happened and so many changes started occurring which really raised the ceiling for what yoyo were capable of. The boom stopped a few years ago, but the development didn't stop, and interest is still much higher than it was before the boom.
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
One thing I started needing to do once I reached my 30's - 40's was being careful how I would throw a yoyo. I, probably like a lot of others, would try to make my first throw hard and fast for max spin time, but doing so cold caused irritating muscle tweaks and pains in the elbow and shoulder. So I start by moving my arms around, stretching the shoulder and arm muscles. Plus, I was trying too hard - using more movement and force than was necessary (less can be more applies here).
I used to raise my upper arm quite high to make a throw, but found that's not necessary, and my upper arm rarely goes higher than parallel to the ground. It is really the flick of the wrist that does it. On the yoyoexpert site, click on "Learn" at the top and you'll find a lot of video tutorials for tricks grouped by category (beginner, intermediate, advanced...), and there is one on how to properly throw a yoyo. But if you're in your 30's or above, warm up just a bit first!
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
I'm pushing 70 and this "bind" thing is completely new to me. It looks like the new yo-yos are a whole different animal than the ones I grew up with. Got mine today and am having fits just getting the string loaded and tensioned right, when in fact it seems to be all about the binding. This old dog is definitely gonna have to learn the new tricks.
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
Definitely, Bob. The gaps are wider, and the inside of the yoyos have a circle of silicon-like material that helps the yoyo catch the string when you bind to return it. For a long time I just knew 1 bind - the one in the video above. Once you get that down, you can do any trick you would like to do, and then do the bind to get the yoyo to return, and start again. But it will take a bit before you get comfortable with the bind. The nice thing is that you can eventually do 2, 3 or more tricks in a row without having to have the yoyo return to your hand, because these yoyos just spin so long.
Putting the string on is just like it was in the the olden days when we started yoyoing, so that's nice! One thing about binding, which really doesn't mean much for beginner and intermediate tricks, is that binding the basic way works when you throw the yoyo in front of you and your tricks stay oriented that way. You see, binds depend on what direction the yoyo is spinning in relation to the string. Once you get a bit comfortable doing a basic bind, try this: throw a sleeper directly in front of you, and then walk around to the other side of the yoyo (don't let the yoyo turn with you), and try a bind in the same manner you've been doing it. It won't work (or, if it does, it won't work as efficiently) because in walking to the other side of the yoyo, it is spinning in a different direction in relation to the string you try to bind it with. Solution: earlier, you looped the string under the yoyo; now that you are on the other side of the yoyo, you just loop the string over the yoyo. Like I said, for most beginner and intermediate stuff, you're binds will be done the same way. However, there can be times when the yoyo will go to the other side of your body, and your bind will need to be looped in the over instead of under (if that makes sense). This explains it:
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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magicmagicmike 0 Posts |
I haven't touched one in years, but now that you mention it... I remember that when I was in school, there was this little shop nearby that sold yoyos, finger skateboards and a lot of other games. Me and my friends spent a lot of time there.
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wulfiesmith Inner circle Beverley, UK 1339 Posts |
Yes, I mean - Yo ... Yo!
sorry Chessmann |
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