Special thanks to Bob Malowney, Thad Winzenz and the US National YoYo Contest for developing the sports ladder divisions and the videos.

Sports String Trick Rules:

• The 1S Sports division is open to any player not competing in any of the six World Championship divisions.
• A special Worlds Sports String Trick Division, which does not carry a world title, is open to contestants who have entered 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A-OS, 5A-CW or AP.
• You may compete in both the 1S and 2S Sports divisions to qualify for the 'Best All Around' Sports Division Award.
• For the Sport String Trick ladder, one attempt per trick is allowed. One missed trick will be allowed on the ladder, the second miss retires the player from the ladder. The score will be based on the highest number trick completed, and the highest number first missed trick will be used as the tie breaker.
• The score for 'Best All Around' will be based on the combined highest number of tricks completed on both ladders, and the highest combined number of first missed tricks will be used as the tie breaker.
• A trick is complete when the string is fully wound around the axle and back in the hand.
• After trick six (6), the yo-yo may be returned to the Throwhand utilizing a bind if you so desire. An unsuccessful bind attempt will be considered a miss. The yo-yo must be caught with one hand, the hand that originally threw the yo-yo, and not trapped against the body. More than five inches of string remaining outside the yo-yo when caught is considered a miss. String misses or significant loss of control of a yo-yo will not be allowed on any tricks.
• A trick starts and finishes within the trick box. A player must keep feet planted on all tricks. If a player’s feet leave the trick box during a trick it may be considered a miss.
• A throw made within the trick box counts as an attempt. Outside the trick box a player may only toss a throw-down, spinner, forward pass, a single loop, a single hop the fence, or string adjustments. Practicing a contest trick outside the trick box during the judging session is considered a miss.
• Any yo-yo may be used. A player may adjust the yo-yo and string. An unintentional broken or knotted string may be replaced. A yo-yo may not be dismantled during the judging session without the approval of the judge. You may change out a yo-yo only one time on this ladder. However, a judge has the discretion to allow replacement of a yo-yo if the yo-yo is unintentional damaged.

Sports String Trick Awards:
Sports String Trick Awards will be given to the winners of the following age groups: 10 & under, 11-12, 13-16, 17-29, 30-44, 45 & over. The 1S Sports division is open to any player not competing in any of the six World Championship divisions. The contestant with the highest combined score for the 1S and 2S ladders will be given the 'Best All Around' Sports Division Award.

In addition, one award will be given to the winner of the Worlds Sports String Trick Division (no age groups). The Worlds Level Sports Division does not carry a world title and is open only to contestants who have entered 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A-OS, 5A-CW or AP.

With your palm up, throw the yo-yo down. After the yo-yo leaves your hand turn your hand over and let the yo-yo spin for at least three seconds. Tug the string and catch the yo-yo (no binds allowed).

Throw a Sleeper and let the yo-yo roll on the floor for at least one foot. Tug the string and catch the yo-yo (no binds allowed).

Throw the yo-yo out to the Throwhand side so that it reaches the end of the string near shoulder high while sleeping. Let it continue to swing downward and go halfway around the world. When the yo-yo reaches shoulder high on the opposite side tug the string and catch the yo-yo (no binds allowed).

Throw a Sleeper and fold the string around your Freehand and form a triangle, or cradle, by pinching the string between your thumb and index finger of your Throwhand. Perform three full rocks of the yo-yo through the cradle. During each full rock the yo-yo passes through the cradle twice, once on the way out and once again on the way back. (Most variations of how the cradle is formed are acceptable.) Lower the yo-yo to the Sleeper position, tug on the string and catch the yo-yo (no binds allowed).

Throw yo-yo to either side causing the yo-yo to start corkscrewing and either tightening or loosening the string. Pick up string with Freehand and raise the yo-yo so it is at or near the level of your Throwhand. Now drop the string off your Freehand and let the yo-yo return to your hand (no binds allowed).

Perform three full rocks of Rock the Baby and then perform three Pinwheels through the cradle. Lower the yo-yo to the Sleeper position, tug on the string and catch the yo-yo (no binds allowed).

Throw a Sleeper and then perform a front mount. Now let your Throwhand index finger come up around the yo-yo and push the string segments half way between the yo-yo and the Freehand index finger causing the yo-yo to rotate around your Freehand completing a somersault. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a Breakaway and catch the yo-yo on the string over your index finger of your Freehand and let the yo-yo spin on the string. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a Breakaway and let the yo-yo string wrap your Freehand index finger, and then wrap over your Throwhand index finger and continue over your Freehand index finger a second time. As the yo-yo comes over your index finger catch the yo-yo on the string segment furthest from your body. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a split-bottom mount and perform a pass under the yo-yo with your Freehand index finger, then push forward into the double string segments with your Freehand index finger followed by a pass under the yo-yo with your Throwhand index finger. Now push back on the string segments and perform 3 somersaults. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a trapeze mount and let the yo-yo continue over the index finger and catch the yo-yo on the string again. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a Sleeper and perform three front Pinwheels. Lower the yo-yo back to the Sleeper position and perform a split-bottom mount. Now perform three Barrel Rolls. Next perform the two pass unders of Split the Atom followed by three somersaults. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Start with a split-bottom mount and perform a pass under the yo-yo with the index finger of your Freehand, continue the motion of your Freehand and pass over your Throwhand index finger, now perform a second pass under. You are now in the Mach 5 hold. With the yo-yo held between your index fingers, rotate your hands forwards around the yo-yo three times. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Start with a split-bottom mount and while holding your Freehand still, cause the yo-yo to bounce out and back between string segments by performing short and quick up and down movements of your Throwhand. Each rep consists of a full bounce contacting the front and back segments. Complete five reps. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a side Around the World, continue into a second side world into a one-and-a-half mount, unwind into a reverse one and-a-half mount, unwind into a Double or Nothing, then roll back into a trapeze, and then roll into a Triple or Nothing. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a trapeze mount and perform three hops (or pops). Hands don't need to touch during the three hops but each hop must use at least half the length of the string. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Start with a Double or Nothing. Bring your Throwhand under the yo-yo, landing it on the outermost upper string, and then push your Throwhand index finger into the double strings. Bring your Freehand under the yo-yo, landing it on the outermost upper string, and pull your Freehand index finger out leaving you in a 1.5-mount. Sling the yo-yo over towards your Freehand, and then back over your Throwhand, letting the yo-yo wrap around your index finger one more time. Unravel the wraps and land the yoyo back into a trapeze hold. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Full momentum trapeze mount into an inside somersault continuing into a Lindy loop, and then unwind the Lindy loop with an outside reverse somersault into a reverse Lindy loop. Unwind the reverse Lindy loop and intentionally miss landing a Lindy loop and land it on the flip over. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Perform a split-bottom mount directly into a Mach 5 hold (no string shortening somersaults allowed). The yo-yo will be on top of the strings between the Throwhand (front) and Freehand (back). Perform a pop and quickly switch the position of the Throwhand and Freehand. The yo-yo will now be on the bottom string in a split-bottom mount. Perform a second upward pop, and again quickly switch the position of the Throwhand and Freehand. The yo-yo should be back on top of the strings completing one rep. Complete a second rep by performing two more pops. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a trapeze mount, then perform an upward pop into a wrist-crossed one-and-a-half mount hold (with Throwhand over Freehand), then roll Throwhand over and under Freehand into a wrist-crossed one-and-a-half mount hold (with Freehand over Throwhand), then pop to a double or nothing hold, then pop to a trapeze hold. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed). Note that yo-yo must be popped upward on all three hops, and on the first pop the Throwhand must be clearly crossed over the Freehand so that the yo-yo is caught in the middle of a 'close to' horizontal wrist-crossed one-and-a-half mount hold.

Throw a trapeze mount. Next press your Throwhand thumb and index finger together, over the string, and wrap the string under your thumb and over the outside of your index finger by rolling your wrist towards your body. Now perform a "Magic Drop" by letting the yo-yo roll down the string and under and over your Throwhand index finger onto the string segment nearest your body. You will now be holding the yo-yo in a modified trapeze mount with the string going over your thumb and Throwhand and with your index fingers spreading the string segments of the trapeze. Now, while making sure not to drop the string off your Throwhand index finger, let the yo-yo roll back down the string under and over your Freehand index finger landing on the string nearest your body. Now let the string drop off your Throwhand index finger and also let the outer segment drop off your Freehand index finger. You should now be back in a trapeze hold. Complete two more reps. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a Breakaway over Freehand index finger (not over thumb) into a wrist-bucket mount; perform a double pass under with Freehand index finger. Pop yo-yo up, bring Throwhand under and catch yo-yo on outermost string segment. Pop yoyo up, uncross arms, and catch yo-yo over Freehand index finger back into wrist-bucket mount (Note that the yo-yo has to pass through the triangle formed over your Throwhand and land on bottom string segment). Perform a double pass under with Freehand index finger onto back string segment and pull into trapeze hold. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a trapeze mount, let the yo-yo swing under the Throwhand and pull your Freehand index finger out of the wrap and let the string segments loop over your Throwhand. As the loop comes over the Throwhand poke your Freehand index finger back into the loop. At this point you should be back in a trapeze hold completing one rep. Perform a second rep back to a trapeze hold. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a trapeze mount, grab an open loop with Throwhand, pop yo-yo out of trapeze, lasso yo-yo with a whip catch with the open loop, and roll back to a trapeze hold. Perform a second rep. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).

Throw a trapeze mount. Pop the yo-yo off the Trapeze, and pinch the string between the pointer and middle fingers on the Freehand. With the Throwhand, throw the string over the Freehand arm, forming a "U", and allow the part of the "U" furthest from you to mount itself onto the yo-yo in one continuous motion. Swing the yo-yo clockwise over the Freehand and Throwhand and you will be back in a trapeze hold. Perform any dismount and catch the yo-yo (binds allowed).