Diabolo Tricks
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Chad's Ping Pong Ball Placement

source: Chad Lunders, Lincoln, NE USA

1) Get the diabolo spinning very fast in the normal position.

2) Hand one of your sticks to the other hand. Hold the two sticks in a very wide 'V' so there is an opne spot between the strings on above the axle.

3) Take a pin pong ball with your free hand and place it between the V'd strings onto the top of the diabolo's axle. If placed correctly it will sit there and spin.

4) Now take your stick back and with a stick in each hand you can add some powerpulls as you watch the ball spin on the diabolo.

A trick to try: With the ball spinning toss the diabolo up. Both the ball and the diabolo should go up with the toss. Hand your left stick over to the right so you have two sticks in your right hand. Try to whip catch the diabolo and free hand catch the ping pong ball before they hit the ground.

Another trick to try: With the ball spinning, hand your left stick over to the right so you have two sticks in your right hand. Make the sticks in a wide 'V' like you did when placing the ball. Now carefully try to Sun the diabolo either direction so the ball stays on the diabolo after making a full circle.

And another trick to try: With the ball spinning, have someone add a second ball next to the first. If correctly placed both will spin between the strings.

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Ping Pong Ball In The Cup

1) Get the diabolo spinning very fast in the normal position.

2) Hand your right stick to the left hand. Hold the two sticks with the in a very wide 'V' so there is an opne spot between the strings on above the axle.

3) Take a pin pong ball with your free hand and place it in the inside or outside cup.
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Grimley's Shotgun Grind

source: Graham Haslehurst from Manchester in the UK and my
favourite food is Satay.

(Sticks need to be the type with the string through the center length with the knot at the bottom of the handle. If your sticks have caps to cover the knots, remove these caps and make the knots bigger or add a bead to the knot.)

1) Do a Righthand Grind on the right hand stick.

2) Move the left hand stick
counterclockwise around the diabolo and place into the right hand. Both sticks now are in the right hand pointing left, the knot ends together with the string coming around the hand side of the diabolo.

3) Tilt your right hand and sticks slightly so you 'aim' upward. Pull the
string at the knot ends downward with your left hand. The diabolo should shoot upward.

4) Catch Diabolo!
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