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| Trick also known as | "2 or 0" |
| Type of Trick | Sidestyle String |
| Invented by | Classic |
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The Double or Nothing is a sidestyle yo-yo mount that is the basis for many sidestyle yo-yo tricks. If the mount is thrown so the first loop goes round the thumb of the non-yo hand instead of the index finger it is referred to as a Houdini mount.
Double or Nothing is basically a Man on the Flying Trapeze with one extra wrap around both hands.
Getting into a Double or Nothing[]
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Step 1: Start with a Breakaway and let the yo-yo swing over to your free hand. |
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Step 2: Put your free hand index finger in the path of the string and let the yo-yo swing around it. Compared to Man on the Flying Trapeze, the yo-yo is a lot farther away from your index finger. |
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Step 3: Let it continue upwards... |
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Step 4: ...and when it comes around, give it a little string by moving your hands closer together. The image shows how the segment between the two hands is not really taut here. This lets the yo-yo continue almost freely in a parabolic trajectory. |
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Step 5: When it reaches the other side, don't give it any more slack, and let it continue... |
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Step 6: ...around your throw hand index finger... |
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Step 7: ...back up again... |
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Step 8: ...and once more around your free hand index finger... |
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Step 9: ...landing on the string... |
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Step 10: ...in a small trapeze.
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Triple or Nothing[]
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Step 1: Triple or Nothing (3or0) is a variation, where the yo-yo is swung once more around the two index fingers. It starts at Step 7 of Double or nothing. |
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Step 2: Let the yo-yo once more round your free hand index finger |
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Step 3: When it rounds the finger, move your hands even closer together, resulting in a little slack in the three segements between the hands. |
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Step 4: Again over your throw hand index finger... |
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Step 5: ...around... |
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Step 6: ...and up... |
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Step 7: ...and landing... |
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Step 8: ...on the string. Wow. :-) Once you can do this, you can even try a Quadruple or Nothing or - with a small yo-yo - even a Quintuple or Nothing (by repeating steps 2 through 6).
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Flyaway dismount[]
Now, how do you get out of this wrap? With a responsive yo-yo, a double/triple or nothing can be tossed up, releasing the string off both index fingers and the yo-yo will return. This is very similar to the flyaway dismount with a trapeze.
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Step 1: Pull your hands apart. |
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Step 2: As this catapults the yo-yo up, drop the string loops from your two hands. The yo-yo starts to draw them out of your hands. Here goes the first loop from the free hand... |
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Step 3: ...and the second and third loop. |
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Step 4: See how the yo-yo... |
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Step 5: ... eats up the string... |
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Step 6: ...and returns. Catch from below
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Windmill Dismount[]
Another dismount that can be done with the double/triple or nothing is the windmill. The windmill dismount will leave you in a trapeze.
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Step 1: Shown here for a 3or0, the same method applies for 2or0. Drop the loop(s) from... |
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Step 2: ... your throw hand index finger. |
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Step 3: From a 3or0 you should now have the string coming from your throw hand going 1 3/4 times (only 3/4 for 2or0) aroud your free hand index finger, then down around the axle, up around the index finger again, and back to the yo-yo axle. |
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Step 4: Now pick up some swing... |
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Step 5: ...and swing the yo-yo around... |
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Step 6: ...your free hand index finger... |
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Step 7: ... |
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Step 8: ... |
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Step 9: ...one more round... |
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Step 10: ... |
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Step 11: coming down. |
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Step 12: By now the windinds around your index finger are gone and the yo-yo swings... |
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Step 13: ...down... |
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Step 14: ...into a Trapeze.
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Absolute Zero Dismount[]
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Step 1: This dismount is the beginning for the yo-yo trick Absolute Zero. It should be done with an unresponsive yo-yo. This one works nicely for Double or Nothing, but is not recommended for Triple or Nothing. Toss up the yo-yo while dropping the first loop around your free hand index finger. |
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Step 2: Note, that the loop around the throw hand index finger stays put. This is a bit confusing in this picture. The yo-yo flies up... |
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Step 3: ...and while you pull the string taut by bringing your hands further apart... |
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Step 4: ...you land it on the front string... |
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Step 5: ...in a Man on the Flying Trapeze and his Brother. Toss up again. |
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Step 6: Drop the loop from your throw hand finger. |
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Step 7: Bring your hand further apart... |
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Step 8: ...and land in Trapeze.
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