How to Kick Start a Yo-Yo

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

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

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

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. 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.