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'other Tricks'

three leaf clover

sidewinder

first through a loop out to the side except for instead of going round the inside of your hand, let it go around the outside
"" this is basicly outside loops to the side.

Walk the dog

creeper

do a walk the dog and lower your hand to the floor to let it travel further.
once the yoyo has reached the end of the string with your hand on the floor, tug the string while keeping your hand on the floor.
it should creep back to your hand.

dragster

sky rocket

Dog bite

do a sleeper.
swing the yoyo hard with your legs wide open.
as the yoyo swings through your legs, tug it so the yoyo comes back.
make sure that when the yoyo comes back it clings onto the seat of your trousers.

in the bucket

throw a sleeper and make your non yo thumb push the string slightly towards you.
now push the strng between your thumb and your yofinger away from you with your non yo forefinger.
the string should be going across the arch of your thumb and finger.
reach uinder it with your yothumb and hook the draping string, pull it back so its with the yofinger.
""there should be a triangle with a line through the middle of it"".
swing your hands so the yoyo goes up and onto the string down the middle of the triangle.

around the world

throw a forward pass.
as the yoyo reaches the end of the string, slowly rotate your hand so the yoyo sleeps and goes upward and around in a circle.
once the yoyo's traveled the whole circle and is back in front of you, tug the string for the yoyo to come back to your hand.

warp drive

do an around the world.
as the yoyo comes back to your hand act as if it's an inside loop.
once you've flicked the yoyo back out carry on the forward pass into another around the world.

time warp

do an around the world.
before the yoyo's came in front of you but when it's facing down, do a hop the fence into a backward around the world.
once the yoyo's gone all the way around tug it back.

Rock the baby

do a sleeper and grab the string with your non yo hand just over a third of the way down the string.
grab the string another third and a bit down with your yo hand.
bring your yo hand above your non yo hand and pull your non yo hand down.
slide in your non yo fingers into the loop you've made and spread them out.
squeeze the strings at the top with your yo fingers.
rock the yoyo in through and out through the triangle you should of made.

Rock the baby variations

swing the yoyo all the way around the top of the triangle.
for extra points, stop it swinging around and swing it back the way it came.
swing the yoyo around each of the sides in a slalom fashion.
let the yoyo land on the bottom string till it dies.
do a trapeze then push and hold together all the strings at halfway with your no yo hand and turn a cradle upside down. Then rock the baby on the trapeze.
do a really long UFO and do rock the alien baby on it's side.

Pinwheel

do a sleeper or a breakaway.
reach down only a few inches away from the yoyo and grab it with your non yo hand.
make the yoyo travel around as if it's a mini around the world.
let go and tug the yoyo back.

UFO

hold the yoyo with a finger or a thumb on each of it's sides.
throw the yoyo nearly horizontal so it spins on it's side in front of you with the string flapping around like you've mucked up a trick.
grab underneath the string with your non yo hand and quickly slide it up till it's over half the way up the string.
then quickly push upwards and let go with your non yo hand so the yoyo comes back to your hand. you need a lot of spin!!

TEXAS Lasso

hold the yoyo sideways with your thumb on the top side and your finger on the bottom side and so the string is reeling out from the left side of the axle.
outstretch your arm forwards and upwards.
with a lot of power, throw the yoyo above your head sideways to the left like a horizontal around the world.
let it go around a few times and then tug it back in.

Mini lasso

throw the yoyo at a slant like ufo but don't let it go completely horizontal.
grab the string down by the yoyo and swing it around like lots of little texas lasso's.

TEXAS COWBOY

to a texas lasso but don't catch it.
let the strength of the pull weaken so you have to duck as it comes around.
make the yoyo go diagonaly down in the direction of your knees the second time, still going round.
as the string and the yoyo's about to hit your knees, jump over it!
let it finish going round, then catch it.

orbit launch

do a sleeper
twist your arm around and stick your elbow into the string pushing it back.
bring your yohand down so it's next to the draping string.
tug the string, the yoyo should come whizzing up and around, over your elbow and into your hand.