And a Guide to Yo Yo

Inside Loops
Throw a Forward Pass, but don’t catch the yo-yo when it returns. As the
yo-yo passes your wrist on the inside of your arm, snap your wrist around
in a circular motion, shooting the yo-yo back out in front of you.
Tip: When doing the inside Loops, the yo-yo
should be tilted towards the one o’clock position
(eleven o’clock for left handers) for better control.
Guide to
Yo-Yo
Outside Loops
Outside Loops are the same as Inside Loops, but
the yo-yo should travel around the outside of your
wrist. For better control, let the string rest between
your index finger and thumb when doing Outside Loops.
Inside Hops
History
Throw the yo-yo and as it returns, push your hand forward and down with a
snap to make the yo-yo hop over your hand and continue down.
If you hold your hand with your index finger pointed out, your finger
should hit the one o’clock position with every hop.
The yo-yo is one of the world’s
most treasured and enduring toys.
It is believed that the yo-yo most
likely originated in China. However
the first historical mention of the
yo-yo was from Greece in the year
500 B.C. The yo-yos were terracotta
disks, decorated with paintings
of mythological figures.
On 18th June 1815, at the famous
Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon and
his army are known to have been
seen relaxing with their yo-yos
before battle.
Outside Hops
Outside Hops are the same as Inside Hops, but
the yo-yo should travel around the outside of your wrist.
Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months, long cords. Strangulation hazard.
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Playing the Game
Yo-yo is essentially a game of skill.
Holding on to the string, the yo-yo is
thrown down with a smooth action.
By flicking the wrist, the yo-yo can
be made to return to the player's
hand.
Getting started (Teacher note)
To throw
Before using, we advise that you adjust the string to the correct
length for the children using the yo-yo.
Have an average sized child hold the yo-yo and let it hang to the
floor. With the string held near their body, measure it to about
an inch above waist height.
Tie a new loop and cut off the excess string.
Make a muscle with your yo-yo arm.
Throw the yo-yo, while leaving your palm
facing up. Turn your palm over to catch.
Throw hard and be sure not to twist your
palm over until after you release the yo-yo.
If you throw the yo-yo at sufficient pace and
stop your arm before the yo-yo reaches the
bottom of the string, you will have a
‘sleeper’ (spin at the bottom) ‒ the basis
of most advanced tricks.
Make a slip knot for your finger
Rather than just using the loop on the end of the
string, a better way is to pull the string through the
loop to make a slip knot.
Place on middle finger, between first and second
knuckle and pull tight.
Winding the yo-yo
Place a finger over the string groove in the
middle of the yo-yo, wind over the finger
the first time around, then under the finger
the rest of the way up.
Hold the yo-yo in your hand, palm up, with the string
wrapped so it comes off your middle finger and goes over
the top of the yo-yo as shown.
Adjusting the yo-yo
If the yo-yo will not ‘sleep’ or the string bunches on the
yo-yo, take the string off your finger and let it hang down
to untwist. Right-handers tend to make the string
too tight; left-handers tend to make the string too loose.
You are likely to have to untwist the string frequently.
TRICKS AND VARIATIONS
Forward Pass
Hold the yo-yo with your arm hanging by your side, with the back of your hand facing
forward. Swing your arm forward, as you drop the yo-yo.
Turn your hand palm up, and tug
to make it return. See how many
times you can do it in a row
without stopping.
Tip: If the yo-yo spins at the end of
the string, just give it a little tug
and it will come back up.