Yoyo tricks, demystified.
A catalog of yoyo tricks across every recognized competition style — 0A, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, and picture tricks — with step-by-step execution, tips, and the underlying physics. Tricks are graded on a 1–9 scale, from a first sleeper to landings like Black Hops and Kamikaze.
All tricks by style
0A Basic / Responsive
The starter style. You use a yoyo that comes back when you tug the string.
1A Single-handed string tricks
One yoyo, usually one that does NOT come back on a tug. You land it on strings and move it through different shapes. This is the biggest modern style.
- Trapeze (Man on the Flying Trapeze) L@trick.Level
- Double or Nothing L@trick.Level
- Triple or Nothing L@trick.Level
- 1.5 Mount L@trick.Level
- Under Mount L@trick.Level
- Split Bottom Mount L@trick.Level
- Barrel Rolls L@trick.Level
- Mach 5 L@trick.Level
- The Matrix L@trick.Level
- The Zipper L@trick.Level
- Boingy-Boing L@trick.Level
- Over-Under Boingy L@trick.Level
- Pop N Fresh L@trick.Level
- Eli Hops L@trick.Level
- Kwijibo L@trick.Level
- Cold Fusion L@trick.Level
- Skin the Gerbil L@trick.Level
- Spirit Bomb L@trick.Level
- Wrist Mount L@trick.Level
- Buddha's Revenge L@trick.Level
- McBride Roller Coaster L@trick.Level
- Revolutions L@trick.Level
- Suicide L@trick.Level
- Slack Trapeze L@trick.Level
- Plastic Whip L@trick.Level
- Iron Whip L@trick.Level
- Jade Whip L@trick.Level
- Hook L@trick.Level
- Laceration L@trick.Level
- Green Triangle L@trick.Level
- Drop in the Bucket L@trick.Level
- Gyroscopic Flop L@trick.Level
- Grind L@trick.Level
- Thumb Grind L@trick.Level
- Grind Transfer L@trick.Level
- And Whut L@trick.Level
- Superman L@trick.Level
- Yuuki Slack L@trick.Level
- Kamikaze L@trick.Level
- Black Hops L@trick.Level
2A Two-handed looping
Two yoyos that come back on a tug, one in each hand. Mostly looping tricks where the yoyos keep flipping back out without stopping.
3A Two-handed string tricks
Two unresponsive yoyos doing string tricks at the same time, one in each hand.
4A Offstring
The yoyo is NOT tied to the string. You throw it in the air and catch it on the string, kind of like a diabolo.
5A Counterweight / Freehand
One unresponsive yoyo, but instead of tying the string to your finger, you tie it to a small weight (like a rubber dice). You can swing the weight around to do tricks.
picture Picture / String Figures
Tricks where you make a shape with the string while the yoyo spins below, like the Eiffel Tower. They are more about how you wrap the string than how the yoyo spins.