YOYO, a familiar word, is often understood as a childish toy for children. After years of continuous innovation and development, yo-yo is becoming a popular hand sport all over the world.
Modern competitive yo-yo has a precise load-bearing system and an efficient recycling system, which can rely on users' skills to complete all kinds of incredibly difficult fancy. Practicing the yo-yo technique itself is to challenge your own technical limit; The process of practice itself is a process of constant defeat and fighting in order to break through the limit.
Because each player's style is different from his own fancy, there are many kinds of yo-yo technical fancy, which can be said to be an ocean of technology. At present, there are five mainstream fancy groups, each with thousands of styles, and many new styles are being studied every year.
The professional competition mode of yo-yo is quite different from that in some TV dramas. In professional competitions, players need to cooperate with music and make a set of technical performances with countless fancy combinations within a specified time. The referee scores according to the difficulty, appreciation and fluency of each movement of the player, and takes the accumulated score as the final score of the player. The technical performance of high-level yo-yo players can even connect countless shocking technical tricks and show them to the audience in one breath, so it is also very ornamental, dizzying and memorable.
Therefore, it can be said that the yo-yo is not only an up-and-down toy, but also the most fancy, difficult and ornamental hand sports!
Edit the history of this yo-yo
Youyou origin
The yo-yo is called the second oldest toy (the first one is a doll). The earliest record in the history books appeared in Greece 500 years ago, and now such ceramic pots are still kept in the National Museum of Athens. The characters in the jar hold their leisurely ancestors. The material of this toy is wood, metal or colored clay, and the patterns are mostly gods.
Yo-yo comes from Tagalog in the Philippines, which means "come back" or "go back". In A.D. 1500, the hunting people in the Philippines hung heavy objects such as dried fish shells at the front end of a 20-foot (about 6-meter) long rope as tools for hunting animals and fighting.
It is said that children of hunting nations make smaller models of this tool and start to play with it. This is the origin of leisure.
In A.D. 1700, Youyou spread from China to Nagasaki, to India and from India to Europe. In Japan, Youyou is vividly called "unicycle" or "money wheel", which is deeply loved by young people.
/kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, Youyou was widely popular in Britain under the name of "Treasure of the Prince" and in France under the name of "Norman Youyou", especially in the upper classes of France and Britain, and was regarded as a fashionable and noble toy by the nobles.
In the International Art Museum, you can also see an oil painting called "King George IV is Playing Yo-Yo", which shows the popularity of yo-yo in Europe at that time.
The name yo-yo first appeared in 1920. A Filipino named Pedro Flores introduced the yo-yo to America. At that time, he worked in a hotel and picked it up to play in his spare time. Later, he set up his own toy company, Flores YoYo Company.
1929 after seeing the potential of yo-yo, DUNCAN, Tang Nuo, set up a company of the same name, began to train demonstrators, performed everywhere and guided people to play yo-yo, and held a final game.
1950, Duncan made the first plastic yo-yo and butterfly yo-yo. 1962 there was a yo-yo craze, and Duncan extended the yo-yo performance to TV. 1965 1 1 Duncan Company could not continue to maintain and declared bankruptcy. Flambeau took over, 1 1 kind of Duncan yo-yo is still popular today.
Due to the high profit of making yo-yos, many companies have introduced yo-yos. 1978, Tom Kuhn made a yo-yo named No Live 3-in- 1, which was the first yo-yo with changeable orientation. 1980, Michael caffrey invented the yo-yo that can be automatically restored. 1990, the yo-yo with nylon bearing and ball bearing reappeared.
1April, 985 12, as part of the space toy program, the yo-yo was first brought into space by NASA's Discovery spacecraft. They found that Yo-Yo had no downward gravity and could not spin and bounce back to the line. They also confirmed that the yo-yo must be thrown instead of falling freely because there is no gravity to stop it. 1July 3, 9921day, the yo-yo was taken into space again, this time to shoot a teaching video including a yo-yo.
This makes Youyou very popular in the United States, Japanese, China, Hongkong and Philippine. Youyou associations have been established in various places, such as AYYA (American Youyou Association), JYYA (Japanese Youyou Association), Billtow Iraqi Drama Troupe, etc.
The gift of yo-yo
In 1990s, yo-yo originated in Hawaii and won the world championship.
1997- 1998 YOMEGA, a Japanese toy giant, represented yomega, one of the three major brands in the yo-yo world today, and brought yo-yo to Asia. Using the powerful production ability of Bandai, the yo-yo was adapted into an animation "Speedy Yo-Yo", and ——THP, the most famous yo-yo team, was invited to promote it in Japan. Later, THP Japan Company was established, the most famous of which were Alex in America and Nakamura in Japan. I believe that players who have seen the yo-yo animation are familiar with these two people. In the era when the professionalization of players is just budding, these two seniors are just like the legend, and they are full of performance everywhere.
In 1980s and 1990s, Guo Dawang, a professional yo-yo player from Taiwan Province Province, China, went to the mainland to promote the game, which set off quite a yo-yo craze.
Similarly, during 1998, Jennifer and Sky, two other THP members, were invited by Audi Toys Co., Ltd. to perform in China, Jingguang and other places, which set off the second yo-yo craze in China.
200 1, China introduced the cartoon "Flying Yo-Yo". After the cartoon was broadcast, the national yo-yo craze broke out again, and the timing of this outbreak coincided with the arrival of the Internet era. A group of domestic yo-yo players met and settled on the Internet. Soon after, the craze receded, but the yo-yo really took root in China. Four years later, with the popularity of "King of Firepower" filmed by Audi Toys Company, the yo-yo was finally recognized by most people, and ordinary people got to know the yo-yo. Then, with the intervention of the media and the progress of the game, the circle of yo-yo players is gradually expanding.
Now there are official yo-yo competitions in China. Last year's national yo-yo competition was broadcast on CCTV Children's Channel. I believe many friends have learned the real yo-yo game.
With the popularity of the Internet, thousands of information about yo-yo can be searched online. There are also many professional yo-yo websites in China, which are used for teaching and player communication.
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Yo-yos can be divided into three types according to their shapes: standard type, butterfly type and extra-wide weighted butterfly type.
Standard type: suitable for quick play and simple binding action, suitable for beginners.
Butterfly stroke: it is suitable for complicated tying movements and is the best choice for beginners to advance to intermediate level. But it's not suitable for quick play.
Extra-wide weighted butterfly: for experts only, belonging to the game ball. The structure is mostly ball bearings, which have the longest idling time and easy wiring.
The skill of editing this long rope
Different ways of tying ropes will make Youyou play different roles. You can try different methods of tying rope according to your own skills and skills, and feel super leisurely happiness.
Edit the appropriate length of this long rope.
The long rope is too long and too short to handle. The rope tied on the newly bought yo-yo is often a little longer, so be sure to adjust the length of the yo-yo rope before using it. Hang the yo-yo on the floor and cut the long rope at 10cm above the navel. The length of long rope can affect the development of technology. With your own preferences, it is most important to choose the length that suits you. Otherwise, the yo-yo will be violently hit and the inside will be easily damaged.
Edit the installation method of this long rope.
Although the newly bought yo-yo is equipped with a long rope, its characteristics are different due to the installation method, twist and other reasons, and it needs to be adjusted when used. In addition, the long rope needs to be replaced if it is broken or damaged. The steps are as follows:
Loosen the front end of the long rope;
Spread your hand into a bigger loop;
Put the yo-yo in the rope loop. There are two methods:
Put the yo-yo directly into a separate rope loop, which is easy to idle and suitable for advanced players;
Wind the rope twice, and then put the yo-yo. This method is hard to be idle and suitable for beginners.
Wind the long rope and shrink the loop until it is intertwined. When tightening the twist, turn the yo-yo to make it turn in the direction to be tightened.
Edit the tying method of the long rope in this section.
After the length of the rope is determined, the size of the rope loop can be simply adjusted by the following knotting method, which has nothing to do with the size of the finger and can be fastened tightly:
Fold the rope into two strands and tie a knot. Grab both ends of the rope and pull hard to prevent it from coming loose. Pass the rope through this ring. Put the finger into the rope loop and tie it between the first joint and the second joint of the middle finger.
Edit the winding method of this long rope.
The yo-yo hand rope with bearing often cannot be wound smoothly because of slipping.
You can put the root of the rope on the edge of the yo-yo and press it with your left thumb. After four to five turns, let go of your thumb and roll the rope as usual.
Or hook the rope with your thumb and roll it up. After each volume, try to throw it out and bring it back as a rewind, and then you can play all kinds of tricks to your heart's content.
Edit this professional group
1A: Single A, fancy on one-handed rope, because it has been circulating for a long time, so there are many people playing and it is also an easy group to learn.
2a: Double A, cycle, the most ornamental group, and the most difficult group to practice. If you want to be a master, you must practice hard!
3a: Tripie A, two-handed online fancy, is the group with the least number of people playing in the world, that is, two-handed 1A fancy. Both hands should have good basic skills and combine the foundation of 1A and 2A. This group is a very difficult model.
4a: Offstring, abbreviated as OS, is off-rope fancy, similar to diabolo in China. After the ball leaves the rope, it is made on the rope and then recycled.
5a: Counterweight, freestyle. SteveBrown, the founder, invented the ball with his bare hands, and tied a proportional weight to the other end of the rope, so that the ball rope could be separated from his hand and made various fancy shapes.
Kick two balls for 4A.
Performing Arts
You can choose your own group according to your hobbies. One can choose many kinds. If you choose a group, you must practice more.
Editing this paragraph is excellent in China.
The yo-yo officially entered China on 1990. It was brought to Shanghai by Guo Hengjun, an entrepreneur from Taiwan Province Province. Shanghai soon set off a yo-yo craze, and yo-yos were everywhere. Because Taiwan Province province pronounced yo-yo as yo-yo, Guo Hengjun from Taiwan Province province was called yo-yo Guo Ziyu.
Unfortunately, "Guo Ziyu" did not successfully promote the yo-yo play and skills. After a frenzy, people found that although they played yo-yo for a long time, they didn't know how to play it at all, so it was difficult to stick to it, so they gradually turned their attention to other places.
Why is the yo-yo that has been neglected in China for several years so popular abroad? The reason is actually very simple. On the one hand, the yo-yo is called "finger dance" because of its various patterns, diverse play and great appreciation. Professional yo-yo performances are mostly accompanied by music background. Players can play all kinds of exquisite and difficult fancy with the rhythm of music from the beginning, so that the audience can never tire of watching them. Many foreign professional yo-yo players practice hard every day in order to pursue more fluent, more ornamental and more difficult fancy performances.
Practicing yo-yo skills can not only exercise players' perseverance and hand-eye coordination, but also cultivate the spirit of exploration and innovation. After mastering the technical rules of yo-yo, we can combine and change various motor skills according to our own ideas and create new motor skills. It sounds simple, but it is very difficult to really do it. Sometimes it's just a small change in action, which takes many days of exploration and practice. After many hardships, I encountered setbacks and failures again and again, and finally created a set of moves that belonged to me, in which the sense of accomplishment was unimaginable and experienced by others.
In addition, the yo-yo is compact and easy to carry, and there is almost no requirement for the venue. No matter where you go, you can always take it out and play with it. Most foreign players like to travel in groups with friends. Or in a noisy pedestrian street, or in a quiet park or lake, a group of people are talking and laughing and taking a walk with "leisure", which is endless fun. The English word yo-yo means "Come on". Major yo-yo manufacturers are also keen to organize various competitions, so that players from different countries and regions can get together and compete on the same stage, which also enhances the fun of playing yo-yo.
However, in China, yo-yo has not been popularized, and some situations are not as optimistic as those abroad.
First of all, many people in China have misunderstandings about yo-yo, thinking that it is a childish toy for children to play, and playing yo-yo is just a simple action of letting go. So yo-yo players often just take out yo-yo and get other people's inexplicable eyes.
Secondly, because there are too few people who really know and play yo-yo, it is not enough to form a trend, so the market scale of yo-yo can also be formed. When yo-yo can't become a lucrative industry, businesses don't produce or rarely produce corresponding yo-yo products, so fewer people play yo-yo. This cycle is also one of the reasons why the present situation of yo-yo in China is not optimistic.
Seeing this, some people may ask, "Since the current situation is not optimistic, why choose a yo-yo?" The answer is simple, because:
Playing yo-yo can be a leisure sport.
You can choose not to pursue the career of yo-yo, but you can choose to integrate yo-yo into your daily life. After studying and working, temporarily put down the heavy burden on my mind and take out a beautiful yo-yo to play a few times, which not only makes my eyes tired from reading for a long time and computer screen rest temporarily, but also makes my fingers stiff when I hold a pen and knock on the keyboard for a long time. Why not?
Playing yo-yo can be an exploration.
After you start learning yo-yo skills, you will gradually come into contact with the vast world of yo-yo skills. The yo-yo has almost unlimited possibilities. There are many wonderful tricks waiting for you to master, and perhaps there are many unknown ways to create. Learning a new fantasy is as enjoyable as climbing a higher mountain.
Playing yo-yo can be an exercise.
Practicing yo-yo skills is actually a very bitter thing. If you want to learn more difficult fancy, you need to pay more sweat and effort and experience more setbacks and failures. In the process of practicing yo-yo, we can learn two things: first, people who give up halfway will never succeed; Second, you can't move forward without seeing clearly your own shortcomings. These are also two truths to remember when doing anything.
How long does it usually take to practice yo-yo and basic tricks of yo-yo? Different people spend different time. According to the playing group you choose, you can also practice fancy in primary and secondary positions to improve the efficiency of practice.
Distance of rope fancy practice: sleep serve (practice to the action standard, idling 1 min or more)-escape serve (with sleep)-face-side winding-practice rope fancy.
Practice distance of circuitous fancy: sleep serve-forward serve-fast play-fast play with the other hand-gradually increase the number of fast plays-fast play with both hands-more complicated circuitous fancy.
The correct practice method, combined with diligent practice, usually takes only a few months to become a master in the eyes of others.
Yo-yo, a word that everyone is familiar with. /kloc-In the 6th century, the hunting people in the Philippines used a weapon in hunting and fighting, that is, hanging a heavy object at the front end of a rope to hurt each other, which gradually evolved into today's yo-yo.
Yo-yo can be divided into three types according to the different basic structure, and different types have different performances, which are suitable for all kinds of play. Integral type: this type is suitable for beginners, because its structure is the simplest, the whole can not be disassembled, the rebound time is fast, and it is mostly used for ring playing. Bearing type: This type includes four kinds of bearings: wood, nylon and ball ceramic, which are detachable as a whole. The rope is sleeved on the bearing and can idle for a long time. It is mostly used for playing rope and sleeping, suitable for middle and advanced players. Clutch type: its biggest feature is that it can automatically reset for a long time, which is carried out by opening and closing the clutch. This type is suitable for beginners and intermediate players.
Yo-yo is not an ordinary toy. It has many skills, such as the length of the rope. The rope of the yo-yo is too long and too short to be manipulated. Newly bought ones are generally longer, so they must be adjusted before use. Hang the yo-yo on the ground first, and cut the rope at 10cm above the navel. This length suits you best. Of course, the installation method, tying method and winding method of the rope are all scientific, and you can't be casual, otherwise it will affect the players' play.
No matter how the stunt play of yo-yo changes, it comes down to three categories. One is to sleep, that is, to leave the rope idle; The second ring method, the long body draws a circular trajectory; Third, rope play, leisurely "sleeping", making various graphics with ropes. If you learn the first two basic moves well, you can create more third moves, such as walking the dog, magic ball, traveling around the world, the Paris Tower and so on.
The daily maintenance of yo-yo is also extremely important, mainly cleaning and refueling. Interested friends can buy special books for reference.
As a sport, yo-yo has long been popular in Europe, America and Japan. Like ordinary sports, it needs to practice hard and improve its skills through competitions.