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Complete Diabolo Trick List
Must Know Easy Diabolo Tricks for Beginners
If you’ve just picked up a diabolo, start here. These easy to learn diabolo tricks are must know for all your future diabolo tricks:
- Initial Start – first and easiest way how to start the diabolo
- Diabolo Corrections – how to level your diabolo
- Throw & Catch – your first aerial move
- Front Sun – swing the diabolo in a full circle
Diabolo Accelerations – How to Speed Up Your Diabolo
Faster spin gives your diabolo more speed, more control, and longer spin time for the best diabolo tricks. These are the most used diabolo accelerations:
- Circle Acceleration – accelerates the diabolo by sliding it on the string and throwing it back
- Wrap Acceleration – adding a string wrap around diabolo axle will make the diabolo accelerate faster
- Loop Acceleration – same as Circle Acceleration but it added wrap
- Flat Chinese Acceleration – fastest but also the most difficult way to speed up your diabolo
Easy but Cool Diabolo Tricks
Once you’ve mastered the basics, try these easy but cool diabolo tricks:
- Trapeze – land the diabolo on the string over your stick
- Left Magic Knot – first create a knot and then make it disappear with one move
- Leg Satellite – orbit the diabolo around your leg
- Elevator – let the diabolo climb up the string
Diabolo Tricks for Intermediate Players
At this stage, you can combine moves and explore these diabolo juggling tricks:
- Two Handed Whip – risky trick, but looks amazing everytime you hit it
- Left and Right Sun – combination of Suns under your arms
- Back and Front Sun – combination of Suns above head and behind your back
- Arm Satellite – orbit the diabolo around your arm
- Body Satellite – let the diabolo orbit around your whole body
Advanced Diabolo Tricks
For experienced players, the diabolo opens a world of advanced diabolo tricks:
- Left Sun Seeside – make Left Sun while releasing one of your sticks into Seeside
- Left Deeside – both of your sticks move freely in the air
- Vertax Acceleration – learn how to control the diabolo in its vertical spin
- Vertax Suns – Suns with diabolo spinning vertical
Diabolo Sticks Tricks
Your diabolo sticks tricks aren’t just about controlling the prop – they become part of the show:
- Stick Grind – balance the spinning diabolo on your handstick
- Mini Geeside – stick leaves around your hand and wraps around the diabolo
Diabolo Juggling Tricks
Tricks with multiple diabolos remind of juggling tricks, these are called Diabolo Siteswaps:
- Start and Shuffle – learn how to accelerate and control 2 diabolos at the same time
- 22 22 – juggling two diabolos in the air
- 312 312 – sequence of high throw, Sun and lower throw, all with 2 diabolos
Recommended Diabolo Gear for Tricks
Fixed Diabolo – classic diabolo with durable and safe rubber body. Fixed axle and solid metal parts. Great diabolo for all levels.
Diabolo Sticks – balanced diabolo handsticks with string and soft grip handles. Made out of aluminium for right weight and durability.
Diabolo String – durable replacement diabolo string with braided core and neon color for optimal visibility.
Diabolo Starter Set – all you need to start learning diabolo tricks. It includes diabolo, sticks, string and diabolo bag.
Starter Diabolo Set – Learn How to Do Diabolo Tricks
Final Thoughts
This diabolo trick list gives you a quick view. For a full list of diabolo tricks, from easy to advanced diabolo juggling tricks, get the SkillAddicts diabolo app:
- 300+ diabolo trick tutorials
- Structured trick ladder
- Progress tracking & rewards
- Global community of players
It is free and it is designed to make learning tricks with the diabolo easy and fun.
Pair the Starter Diabolo Set with the SkillAddicts diabolo app and you get the ultimate combo to become a pro player in no time!
Diabolo Tricks FAQ
What is the best and easy way to learn tricks with a diabolo?
Get the SkillAddicts diabolo app, follow the pre-structured trick ladder, learn step-by-step from the basics up to advanced diabolo tricks.
What is the best diabolo to start with as a beginner?
We recommend starting with the Starter Diabolo Set by SkillAddicts.
It is designed to be easy to learn diabolo tricks with. It also includes everything that a player needs to start playing and learning tricks.
Starter Diabolo Set – Learn How to Do Diabolo Tricks
What are the easiest diabolo tricks for beginners?
The easiest tricks with diabolo, that every player should start with are:
What is the coolest diabolo trick that’s still easy?
The Left Magic Know is both easy to learn and impressive trick with a diabolo.
How to speed up and spin my diabolo?
Learn Initial Start (easy but slow spin) or Circle Acceleration (still fairly easy, medium speed) or Loop Acceleration (more difficult but really fast)
What are diabolo tricks for intermediate players?
Try Two Handed Whip, Suns, and Satellites.
What are the best diabolo tricks for advanced players?
What are the diabolo juggling tricks?
To juggle diabolos, you need more than one diabolo, these tricks are officially called Diabolo Siteswaps, try 22 22 or 312 312.
Can you do tricks with diabolo sticks?
Yes - try Stick Grind, it is quite easy but cool looking diabolo stick trick.
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