The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays. Most skill toys are played alone, although some can be played with multiple people (such as footbag, juggling , and jump rope).
Examples A performer using devil sticks Common examples of skill toys include:
Bamboo-copter Balance board (rola bola, rocker, rocker-roller, wobble, sphere-and-ring, spring board, above-water and under-water balance boards)Ball-in-a-maze puzzle Balloon modelling (balloon twisting)Baton Bicycle and related formsBolas Begleri Blip (console) Bottle flipping Bouncing ball Bullroarer Buugeng Cage ball Cardistry Cat's cradle Catch (game) and related variants:Chakari (or chakri or vaḍā cakara) Chatter ring (jitter ring)Claw crane Coin manipulation , coin spinning, coin flipping, coin shooting/flicking/snapping and poker chip tricksContact juggling Cozy Coupe Cupong (ping pong tricks) DapoStar Devil sticks Diabolo Dice stacking Drum sticks manipulationEtch A Sketch Fanning Fingerboard (skateboard) Flags Flip book Gee-haw whammy diddle Glowsticking Gravity racer Gunspinning , fast draw , trick shooting , and fancy gun handlingHat manipulation Hocker , as in stool tricking or sporthockerHoops Jacob's ladder (toy) Jump ropes Jwibulnori (perhaps also called rat fire), fire can spinningKeepie Uppie , and various related forms:Kite Knives and swords Knuckle roller Knucklebones Labyrinth Lasso for trick roping Lock picking Marble Milk caps (pogs)Paddleballs Paper folding and papercutting Pen spinning Perfection Pellet drum (rattle drum or damaru )Pindaloo Pogo stick Projectiles Punching bag and dummy Puppet Quoits and related gamesRC helicopters, planes, cars, boats Ribbons Rocking horse Rope dart and dragon beard hook Scoop ball, jai alai (toy version) which uses a wiffle ball Shoot the moon (tabletop game) Simon (game) Skateboarding and related formsSlinky Speed typing contest Speedcubing Stacking and unstacking, or adding and removing games Staff (various staffs of various lengths from various martial arts) Sticky hand toy Stilts Stone skipping Strategy games requiring some physical skill, coordination, and dexterity String climbersFriction and slipMountain climber (single string) Climbing bear (double string) Double pulley or spool Tethered ball games (tethered to a pole or anchor) Tibetan prayer wheel Trampoline Trick shot (billiards) Tops and other spinners Torches True balance Whee-lo Magnetic Gyro Wheel Radiaculum Spiraculum Whirligig (Buzzer)Whipcracking Yo-yos Punch balloon Yo-yo water ball Yo Stick Zippo Zorb
Juggling props Juggling prop , most often a juggling ball or beanbag, may also refer to:
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