# Help with binds! **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [December 6, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196 "2014-12-06T21:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christianxwha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Christianxwha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Christianxwha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/1 "2014-12-06T21:59:32Z")
Hey guys, I’m really having some bind issues. I’m at the point where I can get binds, but I’m a bit nervous to throw it hard because I’m not sure if it’s going to whip back into my hand. How do I know if it’s going to knot up or sleep? ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/2 "2014-12-06T23:53:57Z")
Practice. With that being said, look at it. Does it look like the string is wound up nicely or is it all crazy. Also don’t neglect a safety throw. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/3 "2014-12-07T02:39:03Z")
It won’t take long for you to know you’ve got a good one. You may not yet be able to identify bad ones, but you will know good ones. So when you have a known-good one, you throw with confidence. When you are not entirely sure, you do a “safety throw” to give yourself a good bind. If you are doing your binds by throwing the tail/loop into the gap, you are going to get LOTS of crappy binds. If you are doing the rolling bind from Andre’s videos, also lots of snaggy binds. Do a good frontstyle bind using a pinch on the loop, and it will be very reliable. Practice! ---
**Author:** ![Christianxwha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Christianxwha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Christianxwha)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/4 "2014-12-07T03:30:27Z")
Thanks guys, i’ve got a really good pinch bind developing. So yeah greg, i’m starting to learn what a good bind feels like and can throw in confidence. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/5 "2014-12-07T03:50:22Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Yo-YoPro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yopro/32/7952_2.png) [@Yo-YoPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-YoPro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/6 "2014-12-09T14:37:56Z")
I found the best way to learn binds when I was beginning was to always go in the direction the Yo-Yo was spinning, consequently…That turned out to be the right direction to begin with. It will shoot back to your hand almost every time. Or use 2 fingers in the beginning, it helped me until I got good 1 finger binds down. Going forward, the Yo-Yo hops over the front and going out of a Break Away the Yo-Yo goes under the string. Stick with it though, if you are going to get deep into Unresponsive and 1A it is a must to have down. ---
**Author:** ![\_RTD\_alecto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_rtd_alecto/32/1336_2.png) [@\_RTD\_alecto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_RTD_alecto)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/7 "2014-12-09T15:56:33Z")
one thing that i found that help is to just sit there throwing a sleeper then binding throwing a sleeper and binding. After a while you get really good at binding and then you can just mess around trying different binds and air binds. ---
**Author:** ![Degil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/degil/32/262741_2.png) [@Degil](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Degil)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/8 "2014-12-15T02:51:46Z")
What I found out was that if I just pinch the loop on my non-throw hand and sort of feed it into the gap, the chances of getting knot are next to zero. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/9 "2014-12-15T04:55:47Z")
> [@Degil](#): > > What I found out was that if I just pinch the loop on my non-throw hand and sort of feed it into the gap, the chances of getting knot are next to zero. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Zareli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zareli](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zareli)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/10 "2014-12-17T07:34:38Z")
Binding is not just holding a mount and “hope” for the loop slack to bind when you release it. You have to move your non-throw hand downward while pinching and actually feel the bind BEFORE you release the slack. ---
**Author:** ![Padawan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Padawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Padawan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-binds/71196/11 "2015-01-02T18:02:16Z")
Practice, practice, practice!