A Picture Trick is any yoyo trick where you make a picture out of the string. Many classic tricks like Rock the Baby and the Eiffel Tower are picture tricks. Picture tricks require a long sleeper to perform, so they are the ideal tricks for beginners to use to develop their skills.

Learn Picture Tricks

Our highest recommended yoyo for someone who has never yoyoed before is the Fizz. It is designed to make the basics as easy as possible. We suggest you consider the Fizz Yoyo Beginner Pack which includes extra strings and other accessories to speed your progress as you learn tricks.

When a yoyo is unresponsive it will not come back to your hand when you pull it up. Many 1A yoyos come playing unresponsive to allow for more difficult tricks. To play with an unresponsive yoyo you will need to learn a trick called a bind to bring the yoyo back. Otherwise, the yoyo will not come back.

Learn the Basics of Unresponsive Yoyoing

A good starter yoyo should be easy to use and have the potential to get you into more advanced tricks. With that in mind we developed The Sage Yoyo with YoYoFactory. The Sage Yoyo Starter Pack includes everything you need to get a jump-start learning yoyo tricks. Once you’re ready for advanced unresponsive play, you can swap out the Sage’s bearing for a CenterTrac bearing and press on to yoyo greatness!

While no yoyo may rightly be called “the best”, at YoYoTricks.com we put everything we had into making the Civility yoyo the ultimate tool for learning yoyo tricks. From its bead blasted finish, to its shape and weight profile, every detail of the Civility has been fined tuned for advanced learning. We built the Civility from the ground up so our customers could learn without limits, and we couldn’t be happier with the results.

Once you have mastered a trick with one hand, learning it on your opposite hand is like starting from scratch. Some feel their opposite hand is not as capable of learning tricks, which is not true, but it can take more time. Finally, when doing tricks with both hands you will feel like you’re starting over again, but with enough time and patience anyone can learn two-handed tricks.

Learn Two-Handed Tricks

The Oracle Yoyo is designed for those just beginning their journey into 2A yoyo tricks. It loops consistently and sleeps surprisingly well for a 2A yoyo. It also costs less than half of some other 2A yoyos, so getting two won’t break the bank. In the Oracle Two-Handed Kit we have also included lube, strings, and finger wrap for optimal play.

As in 1A, metal yoyos will typically outperform plastic for 3A. For players new to the style, however, we recommend using two (identical) plastic yoyos because plastic can handle more collisions than metal (and there will be lots of collisions). The Replay Pro is a high performing plastic yoyo making it the ideal candidate for learning 3A.

The Flight Yoyo is the best performing offstring yoyo we carry for the full range of offstring tricks. It is just the right size to make tricks easy to learn for beginners, but not so large that it makes intricate tech tricks overly challenging. It is also the longest spinning offstring yoyo we have ever used, making tricks easier to learn and execute. At just $24.99, anyone interested in 4A style should take this opportunity to get in the game!

Any 1A yoyo can be used for 5A by adding a counterweight. The best yoyos for 5A, however, are well balanced against the counterweight to make Freehand tricks easier to learn. The Freehand Yoyo by Duncan, from its shape to its weight, was designed from the ground up for 5A style play.