Diabolo Tricks
TWO DIABOLO EXTRAS
written for righties
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are of the performer's view.
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Movie Controls.
Overarm
Stall 
with
an Open Sun Return -
or with a Short Sun Return
see Flash Movie Controls
source (Overarm Stall
with Open Sun Return): Jon Gates
source (Short Sun Return):
Within
1) While Shuffling Two Diabolos, get them to even speed and straight with each other.
2) Toss one diabolo up and to the right.
3) As the diabolo rises, lift your right handstick and point it at your head and then behind you. Rotate your right wrist to move the stick.
4) Continue rotating the stick so it now points right as well as behind you. The string should lay on your arm around your elbow.
5) Catch the diabolo on the string between your right elbow and your right handstick.
6) Now you have a diabolo lower and to the left (Left Diabolo), and also you have the diabolo you just caught to your right (Right Diabolo).
Returning with the Open Sun
source: Jon Gates
1) Pull up with the left stick to toss the Left Diabolo straight up and slightly right.
2) As the Left Diabolo rises and with the Right Diabolo spinning on the string over your arm, swing your right handstick in front of the Right Diabolo and to the left. This movement should make the Right diabolo begin a Counterclockwise Sun.
3) Your left stick stays still as the Right Diabolo circles toward the left and the diabolo should swing left of your left stick. As the Right Diabolo finishes its CC Sun open the sticks to receive the falling Left Diabolo.
4) Make sure that the diabolo on the string is off to the left enough to catch the falling diabolo. Catching the diabolo correctly will cause the Two Diabolo Shuffle again.
Returning with the Short Sun
source: Within
1) Pull up with the left stick to toss the Left Diabolo straight up.
2) As the Left Diabolo rises and with the Right Diabolo spinning on the string over your arm, swing your right handstick in front of the Right Diabolo and to the left. This movement should make the Right diabolo begin a Counterclockwise Sun.
3) Your left stick stays still as the Right Diabolo circles toward the left, but don't allow the Right Diabolo to go left of your left stick. Instead the Right Diabolo should fall between your sticks as it completes its Sun. This creates a temporary wrap around the axle. Care should be taken so the string is not tightened any more than necessary. See the one diabolo trick Short Sun for a similar action.
4) Make sure that the wrapped diabolo on the string is off to the left enough to catch the falling diabolo. Catching the diabolo is just the beginning of a bounce where the diabolo is tossed back up.
5) Bounce the diabolo straight back up. While the diabolo is in the air again, unwind the wrap from the diabolo with your left stick. This is a counterclockwise movement of the left handstick around the diabolo. It is the same move as the Jumping The Fence to return from the Short Sun one diabolo trick.
6) After unwrapping the diabolo with your left stick get ready to catch the falling diabolo right of the unwrapped diabolo. A good catch will start the Two Diabolo Shuffle again. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Alternating Trapeze
Stalls
see Flash Movie Controls
1) Get two going (shuffling) and in line with each other.
2) Do a Right Trapeze Stall.
3) Unwrap the diabolo in the right trapeze and swing it under the hanging diabolo. Note that this action should make the handging diabolo hop upward a bit so the other diabolo can go underneath it.
4) As soon as the swinging diabolo reaches near the left stick, quickly wrap the diabolo in a left trapeze. Note that the diabolo only temporaryily stalls since the force of the other diabolo makes the diabolo to 'want' to unwarp.
5) Just as quick as you made the left trapeze, unwrap it so the diabolo swings back under the hanging diabolo and toward the right stick again.
6) As the diabolo reaches the right stick again do another right trapeze over the right stick. This trapeze you should be able to hold as long as you dare.
7) To return to the shuffle, swing the diabolo up and to the right. Note: If your diabolos are still straight you may want to try two more trapezes, another Left and then another Right.
8) As the diabolo unwraps itself it should move back down and under the other diabolo, beginning the shuffle again.
IMPORTANT: To get out of this trick you need to end on a Right Trapeze.
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See Also 2 Diabolo , 2 Diabolo Correction , and 2 Diabolo Starts
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