How Do You Start Up A Diabolo (Chinese Yo Yo)?
• If you are right handed, follow the instructions precisely. If you are left handed, reverse the handedness of the instructions. • Place the diabolo down on the ground directly in front of you. Put the string under the axle (the metal bit). • Roll the diabolo over to your right foot, and let it stop. Then roll it over to the left or just back and forth, and lift the sticks into the air when it reaches the foot. This gives the diabolo initial rotational momentum that stabilizes it when you lift it into the air. • Before it stops spinning, move the right stick up and down in a “hitting” motion. Try to imagine cutting a carrot with a kitchen knife. Try to keep this up as long as possible without the diablolo falling off. • The diabolo will naturally tilt away from or toward you. Do not fret; this is easily controlled. If the diabolo is tilting toward you, move your right hand forward. If it is tilting away from you, move your right hand back. Do this while continuing to move the right st
