What is a yoyo?

Many people (probably you) think that a yoyo is like a boring toy that just goes up and down. But yoyoing is much more than that. For example, we think of yoyoing as this ↓

But yoyoing is more like this ↓

Yoyoing is really harda and diverse. In fact, there are 5 styles of yoyoing! There are even international competitions. If you wanna get you flabbers gasted, watch the 2025 yoyoing world champion and get impressed.

HOW DO I DO THIS

Get a decent yoyo. The yoyos you get at a normal shop are mostly fixed-string and will not work. They will come up when you throw them. If you really want to get good, buy a decent beginner professional yoyo. Unfortunately, they are not avaliable in India, so you will have to buy them form another country. Many stores are there, but I have only bought fro two- Slusny in Prague (Online) and my favourite, Yoyo Store Rewind in Japan (Real life.)

Now, I bought a Yomega Groov as a beginner yoyo, but I highly recommend NOT TO GET THAT. A beginner yoyo according to me seems like this Arrow DNA set or OffsetYoyo Ascent I recommend to do your own research. Lastly, many companies advertise to buy beginner yoyos like Spinstar or Onestar. I’d go against that because after a while they are not useful and a new yoyo will have to be bought to do harder tricks. Instead, I recommend you buy a yoyo that you can use later.

Learn tricks

There are good roadmaps giving details on tricks from easy to hard. EG- YoyoRewind Beginner or How To Yoyo by OffsetYoyo

Also later you can check out this and also you can search for tutorials online. Have fun yoyoing!