There’s a lot of different tricks on the classic variation of Rock the Baby, this one is called the Itzy-bitzy Baby. It’s also pretty easy. Again, it’s a picture trick, so to learn this trick it’s usually easier to let your yo-yo hang down at the bottom of the string without spinning. And for this one you take your opposite hand and you just roll it right into the string, then take your yo-yo finger and roll it into the string. Take your opposite hand and roll it into the string again. Take your yo-yo finger and roll it into the string a second time. And finally take your opposite hand and you want to just cup it right underneath the yo-yo. As you can see it makes a half-size cradle. That’s the Itzy-Bitzy Baby.
At full speed the trick looks like this. You want to make sure that when you dump the yo-yo out you don’t do it through the cradle you want to do it out the back side. That will make sure the trick comes off smooth every time.
The Originator, with its clutch return system, is the perfect Peter Fish yo-yo for beginners. The Originator comes back automatically before the spin dies out to help beginning yo-yo players learn the basics of the yo-yo craft.
