# Breakaway/Side Throw - tension adjustment bind **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [November 21, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193 "2022-11-21T19:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/1 "2022-11-21T19:44:44Z")
Hey folks! I’ve been looking for ways to adjust string tension with an unresponsive yoyo. At the moment I have to throw a front throw and do it from that position (undermount, pulling string to side) - id like something I can do mid-combo from a side throw position. I saw a video showing a tension adjusting bind from a side throw. You do a breakaway, undermount the throw using your non throw hand, then swing the throw towards you whilst keeping your throw hand in place. This causes the string to release tension, but also bind. When I do this, I find the string is even more tense, and if I swing the throw away from me, it does the same thing, gets more tense - this makes no sense how both directions can be causing more tension. What is going wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/2 "2022-11-21T20:08:49Z")
Throw a normal trapeze. Drape the string from your TH over your NTH thumb. Pull the middle string that’s connected to the yo-yo away from you. This will release tension from normal side style play. ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/3 "2022-11-21T20:11:59Z")
1:05 into the tutorial is shows this [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/b/7/ab7a848e751a46fdb77cdd837de123e37f9295cf.jpeg "How to fix Yoyo String Tension in Unresponsive Yoyoing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1nnA_5A10I) ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/4 "2022-11-21T20:14:55Z")
Thanks, this is sort of what I am doing anyway, just from a front throw. I’m trying to learn the other bind/adjustment I’ve badly explained above. ---
**Author:** ![Isaac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/isaac/32/597931_2.png) [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/5 "2022-11-21T20:17:51Z")
It sounds like you’re describing an unresponsive sidewinder but from an undermount instead of trapeze. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/9/9/099bba832d35eba4f0d17dd38b34dea8b55c228f.jpeg "Fix Yoyo String Tension - Unresponsive Sidewinder #shorts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7j_ZpJ-NeA) Brandon Vu does it in his video here (timestamped link but 5:48 if it doesn’t work): [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/1/9/e19972afaab798f14d49d3442a72344d569d73da.jpeg "How to adjust your string tension (mid freestyle) like a pro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5QXHZWMVk0&t=348) ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/6 "2022-11-21T20:22:16Z")
It’s the trick at around 6:30min mark in this video [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/1/9/e19972afaab798f14d49d3442a72344d569d73da.jpeg "How to adjust your string tension (mid freestyle) like a pro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5QXHZWMVk0) ---
**Author:** ![Isaac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/isaac/32/597931_2.png) [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/7 "2022-11-21T20:26:41Z")
Learn regular front-style unresponsive sidewinder first, it’s conceptually simpler and will help with doing it from an undermount w/ backspin. Without seeing a video of you doing it it’s hard to say where you’re going wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Chrizsmh13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Chrizsmh13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chrizsmh13)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/8 "2022-11-22T06:33:32Z")
Trapeze mount, grab string and pull to the side - outside loosens, inside tightens (if RH thrower). This is literally my only move to change tension without taking off the string or dealing with a dead yo-yo, lol. ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/9 "2023-04-06T12:56:24Z")
Did you figure this out? I’ve been able to get it working right if I have very low rpms. When it’s spinning faster it just pops back to my hand and I can’t get the side winding effect to work right. Is that just the nature of this bind or do I need to practice more? ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/breakaway-side-throw-tension-adjustment-bind/366193/10 "2023-04-06T13:05:04Z")
Not from a side throw as such. I can adjust tension normally, just not how I want to in a nice way during a combo.