Breakaway Video Tutorial
- Learn Breakaway yo-yo trick from pro yoyo player Ann Bubak
Tips
- Catch with palm facing up
- Swing yoyo up to your shoulder height
- Throw away from you to the side
Most Common Mistakes
- Catching with palm facing down
- Not swinging yoyo high enough
- Aiming and throwing down, right below you
- Using unresponsive yoyo
Breakaway Steps
- Arm to the side
- To start, instead of throwing in front like with Sleeper, you want to move your arm to the side.
- Throw out away
- From here you want to throw the yoyo out away from you and allow the yoyo to swing in front of you. Try to imagine you are guiding the yoyo along a straight line on the ground.
- Shoulder height
- Once it reaches to the height of your shoulder, tug back and catch it underhand.
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