Tips, tricks and links
What is Yoyo Lab?
Everyone is welcome at this all-ages, all-skill-levels friendly yo-yo night. Learn everything you ever wanted to learn about yoyos and more; exchange tips, tricks and show off your skills at this free event. Yo-yos are available for use on a first-come, first-serve basis, and you're also more than welcome to bring your own equipment.
View our calendar of events for Yoyo Lab dates and times.
Yo-Yo Terms
1A: Yo-Yo play style where one yo-yo is used to perform string tricks.
2A: Play style where one yo-yos is used in each hand to perform simultaneous looping tricks.
3A: Play style where a yo-yo is used in each hand to perform simultaneous string tricks.
4A: Play style also known as Offstring where tricks are performed without the string being attached to the Axle.
5A: Style of play also called Counterweight where the string is attached to a small weight rather than the player's hand.
Axle: The part of the yo-yo that connects the two halves together. The axles is fitted with a variety of bearings.
Bearings: These allow the string to move along the axle and help determine the responsiveness of the yo-yo.
Bind: Technique where string is wrapped around the axle to help return an unresponsive yo-yo.
Grind: A basic move for many tricks where the yo-yo spins on an object or the player's body.
Responsive: When a yo-yo returns to the user's hand with little help.
Unresponsive: When a yo-yo doesn't automatically return to the user's hand. A binding technique is used to help return the yo-yo.
Whips: Type of trick where the yo-yo is caught in a loop.
Beyond Air Traffic
Check out these awesome yoyo events Minnesota!
Minnesota State Yoyo Contest sponsored by Air Traffic
Midwest Regional Yoyo Championship sponsored by Air Traffic
Video Links
Below are links to videos of the following tricks. Simply click on the name of the trick and it will take you to the video! Not all tricks have videos — yet. We're working on it.
| Apprentice Level 3A |
Expert Level 3A |
Master Level 3A |
| Walk the Dogs |
Assisted Mach 5 |
Kink Add |
| Sleeper/Tower |
Assisted Trapeze |
Assisted Suicide |
| Sleeper/Trapeze |
Velvet Rolls |
Mach 10 - Non-Kinked |
| Sleeper/Brain Twister |
Blue Line Rolls |
Kinked Mach 10 |
| Double Gun Slinger |
Kink Fu |
Kink Barrel Rolls |
| Assisted Brain Twister |
Double Trapeze |
Double Eli Hop |
| Double Rock the Baby |
Shima Wrap |
Butterfly-Fu |
| Scissors Walk |
Buckets of Kink |
Fake Tangler |
| Boomerang |
Butterfly-Fu |
Iron Butterfly |
| Double Plastic Whip |
Corocoro |
Greyheart Whip |