How does one become better at 3A?

[Brett 'The Brett' Hitchell]

So here's the deal.  I've recently decided to give 3A a try (Again), but I can't find that many video tutorials.
Now that might not be that big of a problem for most, but, I'm not really that creative, so it's kind of tough, haha.

So, if anyone has any tips/advice, or possibly a link, it would be greatly appreciated.

- Brett

[icthus]

Practice DUH!

Just watch 3a visa frame by frame. It might help.

[DrBurd]

Practice getting into and out of the basic mounts over and over and over and over...

I think one of the tough things about being proficient at 1A and then moving to 3A is forgetting how long you actually PRACTICED things like 1.5 & Double or Nothing. It takes repetition to get to that comfort zone. You also need to screw up and figure out what's really going on with the dismounts so that practicing becomes easier (and less frustrating).

I just started practicing 3A in the last couple months. There's a first hurdle with any new mount that you just have to leap over; 3A is no different.

There's plenty of tutorial material to keep you busy for the rest of the year. Search the forum thread titles for 3A. One of those has some great progressive videos which focus on different mount variations. There's also some good stuff on Drew Tetz's yoyoing.org (or whatever the URL is) site, though several of the video links are broken.

[Faust]

I can only agree with DrBurd.

It is easy to forget how hard some 'simple' 1A is, took me forever to learn 1.5 mount. 3A is more frustrating though, in that every time you mess up there are twice as many yoyos to wind up, but stick at it, and sooner or later you'll get smoother (lol, who am I trying to kid, 3A is hard...).

The only advice I can really give, if you haven't already, cut your strings shorter, 3A is so much easier to control with shorter strings. A good 2 inches below your belly button should do it. And practise. Especially getting into and out of mounts.

[TEAmPownage]

One does not simply just learn 3A,

by practice.


(Everything is actually very easy if you can use your non dominant hand somewhat well. If you can do this, than you can probably hit strings more often.)

[Kikaru]

For me I cant stand spending hours on learning basics.
So when i started, i learned how to throw straight, then i jumped into world champions' tricks.
My skill has suffered though, i can do some tech tricks, but i cant do those basic rolls to save my life.

In the end, just have fun doing it, theres no use getting frustrated on learning a trick.
Have fun and in time everything will come together.