Diabolo Tricks
Body Actions
written for righties

Nail Cutter

(or Finger grind) Spanish Translation

source: Pablo, from Huaja Malabares, Guadalajara, Spain

1. Give the diabolo a lot of speed.

2. Launch it up, but not too high.

3. Hand your right stick over to your left so you are holding both sticks with the left hand.

4. Reach out to catch the diabolo, but hold your hand flat wtih fingers straight side by side. You are positioning your hand so you can allow the diabolo's axle or throut to land on the end of your first and second fingers. The diabollo should grind between your nails.

5. Grind on your finger nails as long as you can then toss it up with a wave of your hand.

6. While the diabolo is in the air, hand your stick back to your right hand and get ready for a catch.

7. Catch diabolo and smile.

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Renegade Finger Curl

See MOV movie of Dave P with 2 diabolos

source: Mark Thomas (diabolonet)

1) Start with a only a Renegade type diabolo, spinning very fast. Pass your right stick to your left, so you are holding both sticks in your left in a 'V.'

2) Reach out with the right hand so your arm goes between the sticks. Stick your pointer finger in the outside hole of the diabolo. (you may want to wet your finger first)

3) Keeping your finger parellal to the floor lift the diabolo up nearly in front of your face with your hand still on the outside of the diabolo. The physics of the spinning diabolo will cause it to rotate around as you lift it. Allow your hand to stay on the hole side and keep your finger still parellal to the floor. (the diabolo can have the string still on the axle)

4) After the diabolo has rotated 360 degress drop it straight down to where it started. If the string stayed with it it should have a half twist of string around the axle. The diabolo should be caught by the string in the left hand 'v' which doesn't move through out the rotation.

5) Hand the right stick back to the right hand and get the twist out. A Sun will do it.
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   Finger Trapeze

source: Jack Grainger, Northallerton, England

1. Build up a lot of spin and make sure that the diabolo isn't tilting.

2. Hand your left stick over to your right so both sticks are in your right hand. Hold the sticks with your right hand so the sticks point forward and the diabolo hangs below.

3 Place your left index finger (or any finger you wish) just left of the hanging strings and about a quarter of the way up the string above the diabolo. Make sure you don't touch the string yet.

4. Now swing the diabolo leftward into your finger so the diabolo goes around the finger and lands back on the strings. You are doing a Left Trapeze around your finger.

5. Allow the diabolo to hang in the trapeze as long as you dare and then undo the trapeze as you would undo a Left Trapeze by swinging the diabolo counterclockwise around your finger.

6. After the diabolo returns to hanging below your sticks, hand your left stick back to right hand and you should be back to the normal starting position.

Variation: Wrist Trapeze
(Same as above but the wrist is 'trapezed' around.) source: Jimi-Cameron

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