This trick is very quick and easy to learn. When you’ve mastered it, the leg orbit will accelerate your diabolo.
The leg orbit is a body move, so it helps if your string is not too short.
As always the tutorial is described for righties so if you are left handed switch right and left in the step by step explanation.
Prerequisites
Step By Step Explanation
1. Start in the open string position, keep your arms shoulder width apart and step over the string. It doesn’t matter which leg goes over the string, just choose what feels most comfortable. You can also choose to balance on one leg or rest your foot on the floor.
2. With your right hand, push the diabolo towards your left stick.
3. When the diabolo reaches the left side of the string, use your left wrist to throw the diabolo over the leg and towards your right stick.
4. Catch the diabolo as close to the stick as possible. That way the diabolo has more time to roll to the non dominant hand which slows down the trick and gives more speed to the diabolo. At first, you can keep your sticks close together to help with the catch and then you can separate them gradually.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for as long as you want.
What’s Next?
The leg orbit unlocks a lot of other tricks like the one-handed leg orbit, the body orbit, the alternating leg orbit, the legocide or the ping pong.
For more 1 diabolo tricks, check out the list of available tutorials.
