How to Yo-Yo

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.