Editing Yo-yo (section)

== Techniques ==
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=== Sleeping ===
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The sleeper is one of the most common yo-yo throws and is the basis for nearly all yo-yo throws other than [[#Looping (2A)|looping]]. Keeping a yo-yo spinning while remaining at the end of its uncoiled string is known as sleeping. While the yo-yo is in the "sleeping" state at the end of the string, one can then execute tricks like "walk the dog", "the elevator", "around the world", or the slightly more complex "rock the baby".

The essence of the throw is that one throws the yo-yo with a very pronounced wrist action so that when the yo-yo reaches the end of the string it spins in place rather than rolling back up the string to the thrower's hand. Most modern yo-yos have a transaxle or [[ball bearing]] to assist this, but if it is a fixed axle yo-yo, the tension must be loose enough to allow this. The two main ways to do this are (1), allow the yo-yo to sit at the bottom of the string to unwind, or (2) perform lariat or UFO to loosen the tension. When one decides to end the "sleeping" state, one merely jerks the wrist and the yo-yo "catches" the string and rolls back up to the hand. Ball-bearing yo-yos with a "butterfly" shape, primarily used for string tricks, frequently have a low response or are completely unresponsive, requiring a "bind" for the yo-yo to return.

In competition, mastery of sleeping is the basis for the 1A division. Inexpensive fixed-axle yo-yos usually spin between 10 and 20 seconds, while the expensive ball bearing yo-yos can spin about 1–4 minutes depending on the throw.<ref>[http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/yo-yo-basics2.htm Yo-Yo Basics], [http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com howstuffworks.com].</ref> {{as of|2010}}, the world record sleep times were 3:51.54 minutes for fixed-axle and 21:15.17 minutes for transaxle yo-yos.<ref>[http://ayya.org/ American Yo-Yo Association] website.</ref> In 2012, the transaxle yo-yo sleep time record was broken by the C3YoyoDesign BTH, with a time of 30:28.30 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of Yo-Yo History |url=http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2151 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=www.yoyomuseum.com}}</ref> A traditional sleeper throw is employed to start frontstyle combinations, whereas a sideways sleeper, or "breakaway" is used to start sidestyle combinations.

=== Mounts, transitions, and dismounts ===
Yo-yo tricks in which the yo-yo comes to be sitting a string are called mounts. Transitions are employed to move from one mount to another. Frontstyle mounts include the under and over mounts, as well as the split bottom mount. Sidestyle mounts include the man on the flying trapeze. Combinations can be produced by transitioning from one mount to another in various ways.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1A Tricks by Mount |url=https://www.mryoyothrower.com/mount |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Mr. Yoyothrower |language=en-US}}</ref>

Combinations which can repeat indefinitely are called "repeaters".<ref>{{Cite web |last=B |first=Adam |date=2014-04-18 |title=How to do the Zipper yoyo trick |url=https://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/zipper/14568/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=YoYoTricks.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Loops and regens ===
Loops are yoyo tricks that consist of the yoyo looping around the throw hand.

A certain class of looping tricks, regens, are tricks that add spin to a yoyo without having to return it to the throwing hand. Because regens switch between frontstyle and sidestyle, they are frequently used to transition between frontstyle and sidestyle combinations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=B |first=Adam |date=2018-03-23 |title=Learn Regenerations to add spin to yoyo |url=https://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/regenerations/1011/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=YoYoTricks.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Tricks which adjust string tension ===
Certain tricks, such as the UFO and Sidewinder, can alter the string tension, making it looser or tighter, thereby altering the response of the yo-yo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=String-Adjust |url=https://yoyotricks.com/tag/string-adjust/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=YoYoTricks.com |language=en}}</ref> This also allows for a certain type of trick called slack tricks to be completed with greater ease.

=== Yo-yo notation ===
Several methods of notating yo-yo tricks have been formulated, including a system described Mark Mcbride in his work about yo-yo theory, the Yonomicon.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McBride |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VO7ZPAAACAAJ |title=The Yonomicon: An Enlightened Tome of Yoyo Tricks |date=October 1998 |publisher=Magnolia Publishing, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-941463-01-0 |language=en}}</ref> This system is similar to Ross Levine's "Modern Yoyo Notation".{{cn|date=February 2025}}  Modern yo-yo notation is designed to be ambidextrous, further eschewing terms like "clockwise" and "counterclockwise".