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Summary Of: Yo-yo

Cola yo-yo from the 1960s... Cola yo-yo from the 1960s... The yo-yo in popular culture... The yo-yo axle rests in the loop formed by the closed end of the string... The yo-yo axle rests in the loop formed by the closed end of the string... A yo-yo is very fun... The yo-yo has been used for many centuries... the yo-yo can be made to... the axle of the yo-yo spinning within a loop of string... the yo-yo can be made to return to the player... movements which result in the return of the yo-yo to the player... where the yo-yo is stuck to the player... do not have the yo-yo return to your hand... A yo-yo player is referred to as a... The earliest surviving yo-yo dates to 500 B... it is more likely that the yo-yo traveled from China not only to Greece... A popular belief is that the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 years in the Philippines... the yo-yo would remain in relative anonymity until 1928 when a... of this new fad and purchased the Flores Yo-yo Corporation and all its assets... s first yo-yo thereafter was the Duncan O... Yo-yo Capital of the World... the yo-yo was more accessible to the beginner than ever... which enabled yo-yo players to change the axle... a yo-yo with a centrifugal clutch transaxle... The result is an automatic return of the yo-yo when speed drops below a given threshold... Continued development of yo-yo technology is evident in the widespread sale of the... as it was the first ball bearing yo-yo that actually worked... partnered with HPK Marketing and helped fuel the yo-yo boom that spread across the globe... The International Yo-Yo Open is the largest yo... com and aims to showcase the best yo-yo players in the world... This contest takes the winners from national yo-yo contests around the world and pits them against each other... A yo-yo competition normally consists of two parts... world yo-yo championship was held in the United Kingdom in 1974 with heats across the United Kingdom... each city and also Lumar demonstrator and European yo-yo champion Don Robertson... Currently there are seven yo-yo divisions to compete in... 1A The player uses a long sleeping yo-yo to perform string tricks which usually require the manipulation of the string... often releasing the yo-yo into the air and attempting to catch it on the string... 5A The player uses a yo-yo with a counterweight on the other end of the string rather than having it attached... Performance where the yoist uses any type of yo-yo or other prop in order to perform a freestyle... Keeping a yo-yo spinning while remaining at the end of its uncoiled string is known as... Sleeping is the basis for nearly all yo-yo tricks other than looping... before throwing the yo-yo around using its string... allow the yo-yo to sit at the bottom of the string to unwind... is a yo-yo technique which emphasizes keeping the body of the yo... and the yo-yo is usually launched into the air by performing a... so that the yo-yo is caught on the string... Yo-yo competitions have the 4A division for off... Yo-yo bodies come in a number of form factors or... The modified shape yo-yo is also used for string tricks because of the long spin times due to its... gap to make it easier to catch the yo-yo body on the string... bit like the separated halves of a standard yo-yo that have been reconnected back... yos are not exclusive to any one yo-yo manufacturer and as their name suggests... comes somewhat of a curse in which the yo-yo does not return to the player... weight distributed at either the center of the yo-yo or the rim... More weight towards the rim will make the yo-yo more stable for string tricks... more weight towards the center will make the yo-yo easier to turn and therefore better for looping tricks... Another innovation to the yo-yo is the ability to adjust the gap between the two halves of the yo... This second option eliminates the possibility of the yo-yo coming out of adjustment during play... adjustable yo-yo which has discrete positions for specific gap widths... response setting that stays the same after the yo-yo is taken apart and put back together... yos are represented by the original yo-yo design popularized in the first half of the 20th century... the body of the yo-yo may spin freely about the string... counterweights inside the yo-yo body disengage the axle... the yo-yo will return automatically... is a qualitative estimate of how easily the yo-yo will exit a... rubber component recessed into the side of the yo-yo around the axle... bearings are added to the hub of a yo-yo and covered with some form of side cap to allow it to be held while... the side cap bearing you can hold the yo-yo in many different planes and perform different styles of tricks... A number of yo-yo accessories are available as... players buy items separately from the yo-yo to augment performance over the original model shipped from the factory... yo-yo technology improved in the 1960s when the industry switched to plastic... A plastic yo-yo has a uniform weight distribution and is unaffected by the variations in density that plague... the yo-yo will continue to spin at the end of the string instead of returning... unless the yo-yo is jerked slightly allowing the slack string to bind and allowing return... The yo-yo in popular culture... The yo-yo in popular culture... The yo-yo in popular culture... had the super robot Combattler V use a yo-yo type weapon aptly called the Chodenji... which supposedly gave him enhanced yo-yo wielding ability while depriving him entirely of the power of speech... A yo-yo craze features prominently in the 1992... a yo-yo manufacturer puts on an elaborate production of children doing yo... is often seen playing with a yo-yo whilst pondering complex ideas... is seen playing with a yo-yo from time to time... that he is playing with the yo-yo to judge the... uses a yo-yo as one of his main weapons... the main characters use a yo-yo as the main weapon... his spirit energy into the strings of the yo-yo causing them to act as if they are extensions of his own body... the lead character uses a Yo-Yo as her primary weapon... Was the Yo-Yo really a weapon... defying yo-yo tricks on display at California State Yo...

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