Terminology
Here are some things you should know about some terms used and directions given in Rethinkyoyo tutorials:
1. Your "throwhand" is the hand you hold and throw the yoyo with, and your "freehand" is, of course, your other hand. (These terms are used instead of "right hand" and "left hand" because I don't know whether you are a righty or a lefty.)
2. All directional information given in tutorials (clockwise, counter-clockwise, left, right, etc.) are from a right-handed yoyoer's perspective. Not from the audience's perspective, and not from a left-handed yoyoer's perspective (if you are left-handed, just reverse the directions).
3. If I say "the string..." most likely I am actually referring to a segment of the total string.
4. Dismounting is exiting a trick in some way, normally just swinging/hopping the yoyo off of the string. Or, it could also mean dismounting off of a part of a trick, such as swinging from a Lindy-Loop into a Trapeze.
5. If I say "To dismount..." normally it designates that you have just completed the trick, and are free to dismount however you want, but I will continue to give a common way to dismount for that specific trick.
6. I might refer to something along the lines of "the back string" and "the front string" interchangeably with "the string closest to you" and "the string farthest away from you", respectively.
7. A "structure" is any formation of the string between any of your fingers.
Things to know
1. The levels of difficulty assigned to all of the tricks on Rethinkyoyo (the little colored circles to the right of each trick on the trick listing) are just my opinion of how difficult they are. If you find a level 3 trick to be easier than a level 2 trick, then by all means, learn it before the level 2 trick.
2. You are free to take any mounts, moves, or concepts from any tricks on this site and change or play around with them. In fact, I would suggest doing so. The more tricks you learn and create and the more you experiment, the better a yoyoer you will become.
3. After you learn all of the steps to any certain trick on Rethinkyoyo, keep on practicing the trick. For the sake of explaining them, tricks have to be broken up into very rigid steps in tutorials, so practicing with help you smooth out the steps into nice flowing moves which are much more appealing to audiences and are much more fun to do.
Here are some things you should know about some terms used and directions given in Rethinkyoyo tutorials:
1. Your "throwhand" is the hand you hold and throw the yoyo with, and your "freehand" is, of course, your other hand. (These terms are used instead of "right hand" and "left hand" because I don't know whether you are a righty or a lefty.)
2. All directional information given in tutorials (clockwise, counter-clockwise, left, right, etc.) are from a right-handed yoyoer's perspective. Not from the audience's perspective, and not from a left-handed yoyoer's perspective (if you are left-handed, just reverse the directions).
3. If I say "the string..." most likely I am actually referring to a segment of the total string.
4. Dismounting is exiting a trick in some way, normally just swinging/hopping the yoyo off of the string. Or, it could also mean dismounting off of a part of a trick, such as swinging from a Lindy-Loop into a Trapeze.
5. If I say "To dismount..." normally it designates that you have just completed the trick, and are free to dismount however you want, but I will continue to give a common way to dismount for that specific trick.
6. I might refer to something along the lines of "the back string" and "the front string" interchangeably with "the string closest to you" and "the string farthest away from you", respectively.
7. A "structure" is any formation of the string between any of your fingers.
Things to know
1. The levels of difficulty assigned to all of the tricks on Rethinkyoyo (the little colored circles to the right of each trick on the trick listing) are just my opinion of how difficult they are. If you find a level 3 trick to be easier than a level 2 trick, then by all means, learn it before the level 2 trick.
2. You are free to take any mounts, moves, or concepts from any tricks on this site and change or play around with them. In fact, I would suggest doing so. The more tricks you learn and create and the more you experiment, the better a yoyoer you will become.
3. After you learn all of the steps to any certain trick on Rethinkyoyo, keep on practicing the trick. For the sake of explaining them, tricks have to be broken up into very rigid steps in tutorials, so practicing with help you smooth out the steps into nice flowing moves which are much more appealing to audiences and are much more fun to do.
