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'front Mounted Tricks'

Finger hop

do an ordinary sleeper that swings slightly inwards.
as it swings inwards, put your finger into the string near the yoyo.
the yoyo should loop around your finger. as it loops around your finger, catch it on the string.

hop around

do a normal finger hop.
once it's rested on the string, pull the string so it rolls off.
As it rolls off make sure it has lots of momentum in the other direction.
quickly move your finger onto the other side of the string but in the same place.
let the yoyo carry on going into a backwards fingerhop.
do the same thing but back to a normal fingerhop.

BRAINTWISTER

do a finger hop.
pull the loop up with your no yo hand until the loops about twice as high as the remainder of the string.
with your yo hand, push back into the string and move your nonyo hand forward and down so it makes a right angle.
fast and smoothly, move your yo hand in a semicircle over your non yo hand. if done smooth and fast, the yoyo should of flew half a circle around your hand, turning itself back into a fingerhop.
move your non yo hand travel down and towards you propelling the yoyo back into a normal sleeper.

barrel rolls

Do a finger hop.
make it so the loop and the rest of the string are both the same height.
with your yo hand finger into the top of the loop.
quickly and smoothly push it outwards into the string and move it around the yoyo and back up onto the other side of the yoyo.
now your yo hand should be nearest you and your nonyo hand should be furthest away. do exactly the same as you did with your yohand but now with your nonyohand.
you should end up with both fingers in the loop nearest you.
repeat this over and over again fast. It should look like a pedalling motion.

double skin the cat

do a fingerhop.
bring your yo finger down towards you and under the yoyo then up so the strings inline with the yoyo.
pull your non yo finger down and towards you to send the yoyo rolling out and away.
let the yoyo carry on going up till it's infront of you up high.
pull it back in and go for a loop.

windmill

do a fingerhop.
pull your yohand over the top of your nonyo hand and down so it's inline with the yoyo.
fast and smoothly, move your nonyo hand in a semicircle over your yo hand. if done smooth and fast, the yoyo should of flew half a circle around your hand, turning itself back into a fingerhop.
move your non yo hand travel down and towards you propelling the yoyo out and upwards.
finish with a loop

DOUBLE WINDMILL

do a fingerhop, then do another fingerhop on top of that.
pull your yohand over the top of your nonyo hand and down so it's inline with the yoyo
fast and smoothly, move your yo hand in a semicircle over your yo hand. if done smooth and fast, the yoyo should of flew half a circle around your hand, turning itself back into the double fingerhop.
move your nonyo finger down and towards you causing the yoyo to whirl around your finger unraveling.
the yoyo should carry on once it's unraveled and fly upwards and forwards.
finish off with a couple of loops.

six shooter

do an ordianary fingerhop and pull the loop up with your free hand so it's the same height as the remainder of the string.
put your yo finger into the loop and pull your nonyo finger out.
move your hand so the strings starts to slide around your in a circle with the yoyo at the end of them going around in a circle.
once it's looped around a few times, let the string slide off your finger while it's spinning.
the momentum should undo the tangle as the yoyo flies out then you tug the yoyo to come back in.

Split the atom

throw a sleeper and with your nonyo hand push the string forward and up until your yohand is a fingerhop's distance from the yoyo.
fingerhop the yoyo on to the back string.
roll up your finger so you make a triangle shape. rotate your fingers so the triangle quickly rolls backward a whole circle in the air.
your nonyo finger should be furthest away from you. bring that finger inwards under and back up around the yoyo carrying with it the string.
hold your non yo finger still while with your yo finger bring it towards you then down and under the yoyo, then back up.
take your finger out of the loops and finish off by pulling the string down and towards you making the yoyo unravel. out.
finish with a loop.

ATOMIC fire

go for a big fingerhop, but as the yoyo is about to hit the string, tilt the string and let it miss. keep the momentum going as you want it to go around again.

as it comes round for the second try for a fingerhop, with your nonyo hand push the string forward and up until your yohand is a fingerhop's distance from the yoyo.
fingerhop the yoyo on to the back string. ""like in split the atom.""
roll up your finger so you make a triangle shape. rotate your fingers so the triangle quickly rolls backward four circles in the air. ""the same as split the atom but four times as much"".
your nonyo finger should be furthest away from you. bring that finger inwards under and back up around the yoyo carrying with it the string.
hold your non yo finger still while with your yo finger bring it towards you then down and under the yoyo, then back up. ""make sure yo only bring the right string under, not both of them like split the atom""
let go of the loop of string on the tip of your non yo finger.
finish with a few braintwisters.
roll it out into a hop around.
let the yoyo rest on the string one time in the hop around, like a trapeze.
pull the strings apart so the yoyo flies up in the air and the yoyo catches the string.