YYN Beginner’s Buying Guide
One of the most common questions from new players is “What kind of yoyo should I buy?” In Beginner’s Buying Guide we discuss what you should know before buying a yoyo and which yoyos work best for certain players. Below the video are links to the products suggested.
Introduction
00:18 – Shapes
01:45 – Axles
03:05 – Response System
03:49 – YoYo Suggestions
04:00 – Buying for a Beginning Child
04:34 – Buying for a Beginning Teen or Adult
Buying for a Beginning Child
Duncan Dragon Fly
YoYo Factory F.A.S.T. 201
Buying for a Beginning Teen or Adult
YoYo Jam Journey
YoYo Factory Velocity Version 2 (uses teeth) or Version 3 (uses pads).
Duncan Freehand Zero. We have many kinds of Freehands so be sure and search the others as well.
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Comments(31)
This was SOOOOO needed. Major props. Great timing as well, lot’s of parents have asked for my advice on what to purchase for thier kids. Now they can watch and decide.
please use a different video player.
this one keeps going to 100% when its nowhere near it cause of the break in the internet connection
Hey Johnny,
Thanks for the suggestion. We’ll look into the problem and see what see can do.
How’d they get Andy Dick for the banner of this guide on the main page?
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The video gets cut off before it can finish.
Great video, this was defiantly needed to help people starting out. I just wanted to point out a typo, you spelled response wrong.
03:05 – Repsonse System
Made my own typo ^ by mistake :p.
great….I’ve helped a lot, thank you!!!!^_^!!
but fits the dark magic for beginners???
because I have this…anything I can do but the…xD!!!
i think this is a dumb guide. by dumb i mean that this video is telling “noobs” at yoyos to buy a very responsive yo-yo. if noobs were to by a responsive yo-yo and try to learn new tricks it will just make it harder for the noob. learning bind returns for un-responsive yoyos is part of the steps of becoming a yo-yo-er. so buying a yo-yo that cant sleep long and has very good response will just make it harder for the new person to yo-yo and learn new tricks.
@jagjag — Thanks for your comment. We recommend responsive yo-yos for beginners because, more likely than not, they need to learn the basic throws. The process of binding an unresponsive yo-yo is more difficult than any of the basic throws and we at YoYoNation consider the bind to be a few steps above beginner tricks. Basic throws and long sleepers are skills many practiced yo-yos players might take for granted. However, in the context of helping a person learn the basic motor skills for yo-yo play, an unresponsive yo-yo is not as efficient as a responsive yo-yo.
do u guys suggest the lyn fury for begginers????
The Lyn Fury is a great beginner yo-yo!
ok cool thanx
I just bought the journey so I can’t wait for it to come! =)
Im a beginner and i bort the grind machine
What is a yoyo that can be responsive and not responsive and good for beginners
can responsible beginers get free yoyos
Wuzzup. I need help. What yoyo is good for a preteen (11) learning tricks like split the atom. I was looking at the SpeedMaker because it has a ball bearing and butterfly shape. Any tips?
Please?
SpeedMaker is a very good choice
Speed maker was my first “GooD” yoyo now I use the super star and g5 I strongly reccomend the speedmaker. Also i wa s11 when i started.I still love it X)
wut yoyo should i get that is kinda cheap but can sleep for a long time and by cheap i mean like 30 to 50 bucks pls tell me
Practically all new, modern yoyos with a butterfly shape and a ball bearing will give you long sleep times.
Ok, I’ll get a Yoyojam Journey. I bought a Yomega Fireball but I can’t any do sleeps tricks with it.
I’m waiting for the Yoyojam “Journey” in the mail.I hope this a good yoyo
I’ve had the “Journey” for a couple of days. The guy on the video wasn’t kidding about it being unresponsive. I’m trying to learn how to bind. I hope that helps.
Very good and useful guide, thank you very much.
I’m thinking of getting either the fast 201 or velocity as My first yoyo wich should i pick I’m a 12 year old beginner.
Hello im a starter and im 11 , im 4ft 11 and i want to get a good yoyo nothing over 12-15 dollars beacuase i have to pay for shipping and for me its 6.50. i can do the basics moves like the sleeper around the world , breakaway ,ufo but not well i was thinking the fast 201 cause i can grow into it and it has good sleeps would that be good? i dont mind it being noisy