How to Do Counterweight Yoyo Tricks: Video Series

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The history of the Yo-Yo is a long and sordid tale, beginning in the Philippines sometime before 500 B.C. Once possibly used as a weapon, the Yo-Yo developed into its modern form in 1866 when it was patented under the name “whirligig”. With a ridiculous name like whirligig, it's no wonder the dizzying disks didn't take. Finally given the respectable name of Yo-Yo, the children's toy achieved ridiculous heights of popularity in the 1920's and then again in the 1960's. Advances in Yo-Yo technology in the 1990's saw yet another resurgence of Yo-Yo culture, sparking the World Yo-Yo competition held annually in Florida to showcase a variety of Yo-Yo tricks. Yo-Yo's can also be seen in film and television, though most often as weapons for small, animated children.

In this series of free yoyo instructional videos, our professional competitor demonstrates how to do freehand yoyoing tricks with the yoyo attached to a counterweight instead of your finger. This setup allows you to slide the string through your fingers to do an amazing variety of tricks, such as the beesting, the braintwister and the atomsmasher. André Boulay tells you how to attach to attach the counterweight to the string and how to hold it in your hand, then you're off to the races. These tricks will amaze and astonish you, and as soon as you master them, you can do the same to your friends and family.