How To

How to Kick Start a Yo-Yo

Contributor
By eHow Contributing Writer
(1 Ratings)

With this trick, you don't throw your yo-yo on the ground and kick it across the room. You kick start a yo-yo by making a dead yo-yo move with your foot. The following steps will show you how to perform this cool trick.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Set the dead yo-yo up on its side in front of you so that it is sitting up with the string coming out and upward.

  2. Step 2

    Put the loop of the string around the middle finger of your yo-yo hand and hold the string of the yo-yo in front of you.

  3. Step 3

    Put the toe of your shoe on the yo-yo and pull the string taut with your hand facing downward.

  4. Step 4

    Snap the toe of your shoe down off the yo-yo and toward the floor.

  5. Step 5

    Watch as the yo-yo spins up toward your hand as the string rewinds.

  6. Step 6

    Grab the yo-yo with your hand without reaching down for it, or work the yo-yo up and down with your hand until it gets close enough that you can take hold of it.

  7. Step 7

    Practice until you can do this trick smoothly and easily. This trick looks neat if you can make it look effortless.

Tips & Warnings
  • When you get this trick down, you can use this method to roll up your yo-yo so you don't have to do it by hand.
  • Don't get frustrated if you can't perform this trick perfectly the first time. Lots of practice will help.

Post a Comment

Post a Comment
  • Have you done this? Click here to let us know.
I Did This

Related Ads

Tags
Hobbies, Games & Toys
Nate Chang, eHow Expert,

Meet Nate Chang, eHow Expert eHow's Hobbies, Games & Toys Expert.

Get Free Hobbies, Games & Toys Newsletters

Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.   en-US

eHow Hobbies, Games and Toys
eHow_eHow Hobbies, Games and Toys