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Hook

Single-handed string tricks. One yoyo, usually one that does NOT come back on a tug. You land it on strings and move it through different shapes. This is the biggest modern style.

How to do it

  1. Throw a breakaway.
  2. While the yoyo is swinging, make a slack loop with your throw hand.
  3. Send the loop around your other finger and into the yoyo's gap.
  4. Catch the yoyo on the new string.
  5. Stabilize.

Tips

Hook is all about loop SHAPE. The slack should travel around your finger and the yoyo in one smooth circle.

The physics

The loop is a wave moving through the string. The yoyo gets caught when the loop swings through at just the right moment.

Elements

  • breakaway
  • slack
  • whip