Please excuse this post, I figured it out c:!
Work on your throw so it can at least spin for thirty secs. Then progress.
It’s also a matter of understanding how binding works. Every beginner I’ve ever seen including myself, assumes that it’s “dropping the loop into the gap” that makes the bind. I’ve even seen pro tutorials saying this.
But it’s not.
It’s feeding the loop into the gap that causes this style of bind.
Wrong: setting up the loop, dropping the loop and pulling up on the throw hand (also, not having a long enough loop).
Right: setting up the loop (don’t be afraid to make it long at first!), pulling back on the throwhand gradually (or letting the non-throw-hand feed the loop deliberately) until you feel it grab, and then getting the non-throw-hand out of the way before it gets smacked.
Once you get a feel for that moment that enough string is “fed” into the gap, you can make it happen more quickly and smoothly. Also, don’t obsess over getting your hand out of the way… until you have amazing power in your sleepers, just getting smacked one or two times isn’t going to hurt much if at all… getting a feel for the bind is more important than avoiding the smack.
You can also get the job done by throwing the loop in towards yourself (in other words, crossing over the string that goes to your throw hand) but this will sometimes cause snags. A deliberate “feeding” of the string into the gap guarantees a smooth follow-up throw every time.
And… as cam says… work on the sleeper. An experienced player can bind with very little spin, but a beginner will certainly need a bit of help from the momentum that a decent spin will provide.
The bearing in it is horrible, spinning it even with my finger as hard as I can it only last for like 10 seconds. I get a good sleeper but it just starts spinning and then when I go back to wind it up it tangles itself and I fix it, I throw it again and it gets tangled again.
not bad at getting it back onto the string! Basically, all you did was get it on to the string, and kind of just dropped it and hoped for the bind. Instead of just using your first finger, use your first and your thumb to PINCH the string, then use your throw hand to guide the loop into the yoyo. The movement shouldn’t take you to much, you don’t have to yank it up, just a little tug combined with guiding the pinched loop into the gap with your nonthrow hand. Really, it just takes a lot of practice. eventually you will find whats comfortable for you, but pinching the loop is what got binding to click for me at first.
Another thing is to keep both hands straight so that the yoyo doesn’t tilt and fall. Sometimes if it doesn’t catch you might try moving your non throw hand slightly to the side (very slightly) so that the string is pressing against the side of the yoyo and it catches more easily.