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  • livnletlrn Flag

    excellent!
    This series of videos has been great for my budding yo-yo enthusiast son to watch. Thanks for putting them together in such a clear and stepwise fashion!

  • Dick Stohr

     
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    Dick Stohr is That Yo-Yo Guy! He has been a full time yo-yo professional since 1997. He does the Spintastics all day teaching program Yo-Yo Fun & Science of Spin in elementary schools as well as libraries in the summer time in the Mid-Atlantic states. He also performs at parties, festivals, scout meetings, Trade Shows and other fun events. He has set six yo-yo World Records and has been a yo-yo contest judge at World, National, Regional, State and local contests since 1999. He started playing with yo-yos in elementary school in the 1950's. During High School and College it was not cool so he did not play much. Following a career in the US Navy and Navy Reserve plus positions of increasing responsibility in the civilian business world he quit his day job to become That Yo-Yo Guy. Any day that he gets to play with his yo-yos and other peoples kids must be a good day. Teaching the beginners has become his passion. He believes that kids are from 6 to 106 years old and all kids can have fun with a yo-yo if they get a good start and do not have to unlearn bad habits.

  • How to Yo-Yo

    This video series will show how to yo-yo. Dick Stohr, That Yo-Yo Guy, will teach basic yo-yo play for the beginner, someone who has not played with a yo-yo but wants to get started and wants to learn the proper way to play. The series covers tricks from the most basic to some more advanced moves. He will also explain why each of the tips or techniques are so important to understand. Some more advanced players may find answers to problems they are having due to procedures learned incorrectly when they started. It also covers the different types and shapes of yo-yos as well as the different types of axles and why they are used for different styles of yo-yoing.

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    Hi! I am Dick Stohr, I am That Yo-Yo Guy. I have been a yo-yo professional since 1997 when I quit my day job to do this full time because it's a lot more fun. I do the Spintastics, Yo-Yo Fun and Science of Spin Program in elementary schools and libraries in the Mid-Atlantic States. I have been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Yo-Yo Association since 1998, and I judge yo-yo contests at the Worlds, the Nationals, some of the Regionals, a lot of the Locals, and what I want to do today is teach you how to get started; how to do the yo-yo basics, how to start safely and properly, so that you don't have to unlearn bad habits when you are playing with -- getting started, and trying to go into the advanced tricks. So, what I want to do is start-off first of all with what is a yo-yo, how does it work, what is the string and how do we use the string to get the yo-yo to do the things we want it to do? Then we'll go into some of the non-sleeping tricks, then we'll go into some of the sleeping tricks, and maybe I will show you one or two advanced tricks just to whet your appetite to enjoy playing with a yo-yo.

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