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| Rock the Baby on the Eiffel Tower |
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I first learned this trick from a description I found on the net. There were no pictures but I managed to accidently get it. This is a very hard trick to describe yet it's very simple to do. I added some extra steps in the process but when you get better, you can skip them. I also changed the way you form the tower and cradle just so it's easier to understand. The outcome of the trick is still the same though. I hope it's descriptive enough. This is the best I could do and the next best thing. The best way to learn this trick is seeing it in action from someone in person.
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Throw a trapeze.
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Stick your thumb in the loop and make a triangle. |
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Grap the middle string coming up from the yo-yo with the remaining fingers of your left hand (non-yo-yo hand). |
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Turn your left fingers like shown in the picture.
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Now grab the middle string with your right hand (yo-yo hand) to form another triangle. If you notice you now have a triangle within a triangle. From this point on, we will call the middle the triangle the "small triangle" and the outer triangle the "big triangle." |
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Pull the small triangle up a bit. |
We will now switch to top view. We'll also colour the strings of the diagram to help you better understand. Lift up the right hand (yo-yo hand) so it is level horizontally with the left hand (non-yo-yo hand). This is where you are now. |
Let go of the string that forms the "big triangle." It should fall and land on the "small triangle." As you can see it's starting to resemble the Eiffel Tower.
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Replace the left middle, ring, and pinky fingers with your left thumb and index finger. Now expand the triangle like so.
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To get to this phase you have to lift your right hand up, tilting up the string formation. You're erecting the tower. Now you're basically done. Give it a few rocks. And there you have it, "Rock the Baby on the Eiffel Tower." To release this mess, let go of your left hand. And remember, practice, practice, practice. |
| If you made it this far, I hope you got the trick. It's recommended that you try this with a dead yo-yo. You will encounter a few problems when doing this trick. Sometimes the yo-yo will catch on the string and start climbing back up. The string might be too tight so loosen it. Use a butterfly yo-yo if you can. And you have to throw a super fast trapeze. The spin of the yo-yo dies a lot faster since there is now more than one string in the slot. By the end of the trick you'll have 3 strings in the slot of the yo-yo rubbing against the sides so it slows it down a lot quicker. You have either work fast or throw the yo-yo a little harder.
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