Trick Dictionary

Swing the yoyo in a complete vertical circle.

Prerequisites: Sleeper

Throw the yoyo to the side in a horizontal arc.

Prerequisites: Sleeper

Make the yoyo climb up the string.

Prerequisites: Sleeper

Throw the yoyo forward and catch it as it returns.

Also known as: Front Throw

The most basic yoyo return. Drop the yoyo and pull it back up.

Create a triangle with the string and rock the yoyo through it.

Prerequisites: Sleeper

Let the yoyo 'creep' back along the ground.

Prerequisites: Walk The Dog

Throw the yoyo down and let it spin at the end of the string.

Prerequisites: Gravity Pull

Throw the yoyo horizontally and let it spin like a UFO.

Also known as: Sleeping Beauty

Let a sleeping yoyo roll along the ground.

Prerequisites: Sleeper

Multiple flips and rotations in a split bottom mount.

Prerequisites: Split The Atom, Barrel Rolls

Roll the yoyo around the string segments.

Prerequisites: Split The Atom

Return an unresponsive yoyo to your hand.

Prerequisites: Sleeper, Trapeze

Rhythmic bouncing trick in double-or-nothing mount.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Mount the yoyo on the string and perform somersaults.

Prerequisites: Sleeper, Breakaway

Side-style combo with double or nothing variations.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Technical front-style trick with multiple string hits.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Wrap the string around fingers and land the yoyo.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Bind return from a front mount.

Prerequisites: Bind Return, Brain Twister

Continuously loop the yoyo in front of you.

Prerequisites: Forward Pass

Continuous hopping trick going through trapeze → 1.5 → brother mount repeatedly.

Prerequisites: Trapeze, Brain Twister

Technical trick with multiple string segments.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing, Brain Twister

Bind return from a side mount.

Prerequisites: Bind Return, Trapeze

Classic string trick chain mounting from trapeze through a series of string pop-overs.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Complex front-style combo with multiple mounts.

Prerequisites: Brain Twister

Also known as: Split Bottom Mount

Land the yoyo on the string in a side mount.

Prerequisites: Breakaway

Three-wrap trapeze mount — extension of double or nothing.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Picture trick forming a seated Buddha shape with the string.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Quick up and down movements resembling a zipper.

Prerequisites: Brain Twister

Release and spin the counterweight 360 degrees.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Complex hop combo with multiple string hits.

Prerequisites: Eli Hops, Spirit Bomb

Bounce the yoyo back and forth between string segments.

Prerequisites: Split The Atom

Whip the string around and through to create a mount.

Prerequisites: Hook

Hop the yoyo up and down while in trapeze.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Combo built around the Green Triangle mount.

Prerequisites: Green Triangle

Picture trick forming a triangle shape mid-combo.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Use gyroscopic precession to rotate the yoyo 90 degrees.

Prerequisites: Trapeze, Plastic Whip

Front-style hook whip created by Hidemasa Semba.

Prerequisites: Hook

Hook the yoyo with a whip motion.

Prerequisites: Iron Whip

Also known as: Hidemasa Hook

Whip the string to catch the yoyo.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Whip catch into a mount position.

Prerequisites: Iron Whip

Fast technical combo with multiple hops and wraps.

Prerequisites: Cold Fusion, Mach 5

Spencer Berry classic — hop + roll combo with distinctive rhythm.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Whip the string across to land a trapeze — fast, visually sharp.

Prerequisites: Whip

Drop and recatch the yoyo on a different string.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing

Make the yoyo disappear and reappear with a whip.

Prerequisites: Iron Whip, Magic Drop

Basic 4A throw and catch.

Prerequisites: Sleeper

Basic whip into a mount.

Prerequisites: Breakaway

Slack trick creating a wave pattern.

Prerequisites: Trapeze, Ninja Vanish

Bind while the yoyo is in the air.

Prerequisites: Bind Return, Eli Hops

Land a trapeze using a slack element (released string loop).

Prerequisites: Trapeze, Suicide

Complex wrist mount trick with multiple elements.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing, Matrix

Release and catch — let go of the string loop and catch it back on the finger.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Fundamental whip trick — swing the string to catch the yoyo mid-air.

Prerequisites: Trapeze

Whip that wraps around the wrist before landing.

Prerequisites: Whip

Release both yoyo and counterweight into the air.

Prerequisites: 360, Eli Hops

Grind the spinning yoyo on your finger.

Prerequisites: Breakaway

Full combo performed on the horizontal plane (sideways).

Prerequisites: Trapeze, Eli Hops

Perform Eli Hops in the horizontal plane.

Prerequisites: Eli Hops, Gyroscopic Flop

Complex tech combo moving through multiple string layers in sequence.

Prerequisites: Double Or Nothing, Kamikaze

Create a möbius strip-like formation with the string.

Prerequisites: Magic Drop, Shockwave

Whip catch in offstring play.

Prerequisites: Offstring Throw, Iron Whip

Complex technical combo with intricate string patterns.

Prerequisites: Spirit Bomb, Black Hops

Rock the yoyo in a nauseating pattern.

Prerequisites: Boingy Boing, Matrix

Horizontal body position trick.

Prerequisites: Gyroscopic Flop, Eli Hops

Grind the yoyo on your thumb.

Prerequisites: Finger Grind