# boing e boing help
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/boing-e-boing-help/17713
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [August 9, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/boing-e-boing-help/17713 "2010-08-09T01:24:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@yoyonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyonut)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/boing-e-boing-help/17713/1 "2010-08-09T01:24:23Z")
i am doing boing e boing and i am having trouble with the motion of up and down. i did side to side, and that worked, but the string didnt stay aligned. how come the up and down doesnt work???
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### Author:  [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/boing-e-boing-help/17713/2 "2010-08-09T12:30:49Z")
There have been a lot of topics on this.
[http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,4144.msg49738/topicseen.html#msg49738](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,4144.msg49738/topicseen.html#msg49738)
> **[boingy boing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,17147.0.html)**
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> i can t do it how do i keep it in the center
> **[Boingy boing?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,991.0.html)**
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> I’ve been trying to do this trick the moment I could do a split bottom, about a month ago. Now I can do eli-hops, and boomerang, but I still can’t do the boingy boing. Any tips?
> **[boing e boingy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,6582.0.html)**
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> ok so boing e boingy sounds easy enuff but why cant i get my yoyo to get bouncing between my strings and help on this would be greatly appriciated, I have been trying to get this trick going now for a week solid. ive been doing the motion corectly...
I personally find when I began, that pinching the top part of the formation with your thumb helped. You may also want to try it from a wrist mount which I find is pretty easy.