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How to Do Binding Yo-Yo Returns

Binding is the method used to get a yo-yo to return to your hand. Most of the yo-yo's used for tricks and competitions will not return automatically. To return yours, you must create enough momentum for it to ride back up the string and into your palm.

Instructions

- 1
  Throw the yo-yo and stick out your first finger on your non-throwing hand.
- 2
  Allow the yo-yo to wrap once around that finger and land on the taunt string between your index finger and your throwing hand.
- 3
  Pull your finger down toward your knee on the same side as your throwing finger.
- 4
  Continue this movement until the yo-yo is freed and shoots back into your hand. This is a binding yo-yo return.
- 5
  Throw a trapeze by pulling your finger down into the yo-yo, the opposite of the motion you would to dismount the trapeze. This is another way to bind your yo-yo.
- 6
  Perform a brain twister to bind your yo-yo. Pull your finger down into the yo-yo just as you did to bind during the trapeze.

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