# How to control 4A whips?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [March 1, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897 "2010-03-01T02:37:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Smoke770077](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Smoke770077)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/1 "2010-03-01T02:37:24Z")
When I whip the yoyo its inconsistant… Some times the string is like I want it but some times its twisted…
O= yoyo
Normal- l l
l l
l l
\ /
O
Twisted- l l
l l
l l
X
O
And help on how to make it constantly the normal one?
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### Author:  [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/2 "2010-03-01T02:41:57Z")
You have to control your string tension. And whip with your knuckles up(if you’re just doing a normal whip catch).
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/3 "2010-03-01T03:14:18Z")
String tension indeed. Also, if you whip the strings a bit faster, they’ll open up easier. However, each time you throw, the string tension should be almost fixed so I’m not sure if it’s something you’re doing or not.
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### Author:  [@JUMP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JUMP)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/4 "2010-03-03T00:12:56Z")
Actually, it has very little to do with string tension. If the string tension was really to tight, it’d be nearly imposiple to do a whip.
The problem is actually very simple.
If you hook the string loop around the half of the yoyo facing you, you’ll have a twist in your string.
If you hook the string loop around the half of the yoyo facing away from you, this won’t happen.
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/5 "2010-03-03T02:44:16Z")
Oh. I read his “drawing” as he was missing them each time. Good catch. (For future reference, things like that don’t work well. Pictures and videos are great.)
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### Author:  [@Smoke770077](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Smoke770077)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/6 "2010-03-03T02:53:32Z")
Sorry about that guys… Well… I lost my DM… And all my other yoyos are VERY unresponsive and binding makes me angry… So I’ll be able to try this once I get my offstring/pocketchange
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Munkie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Munkie)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/7 "2010-03-08T05:01:14Z")
You probably know this but if you make a fist and have the string coming from both sides it makes a big loop And aim your pointer finger knuckle towards the middle of the yo yo.
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### Author:  [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-control-4a-whips/11897/8 "2010-03-09T00:52:50Z")
Do one of the swinging things to equal string tension. Pop it up, and then with only your throwhand, whip the string in a circle, and then regrab and land. It helps the tension.