VERY BASIC STUFF, for beginners!

Precession, string position, trapeze, double or nothing, sidestyle, tilt correction.

EXTRA INFO:

gimmeadollr: "can someone explain why the single string should be facing your index?"

When looping, keeping the single string towards your index will prevent it from loosening and falling off mid-loop (or twisting around) -- this is also true for throwing sidestyle or frontstyle, so even if you don't loop you should still do it. You can easily test this by simply pulling on the yo-yo in one direction or the other. In the "correct" direction it will tighten the string, and the other it will...not necessarily loosen it, but it won't stay tight and thus may swivel around your finger. It's a slip-knot, remember. (less info)