# how to wind up an unresponsive yoyo? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181 "2015-09-30T16:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nudgedoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@Nudgedoink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nudgedoink)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/1 "2015-09-30T16:31:56Z")
I would like to learn how to wind an unresponsive yoyo the way she does it in this video. Anyone can guide me on how she does it? [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/4/7/e47e61909991e8272b487147d94f4c451c065987.jpeg "1A Finals-21st-Ann Connolly-2014 California State Yoyo Contest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59PB0ep4iqQ) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![EricBell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@EricBell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EricBell)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/2 "2015-09-30T16:43:19Z")
That’s basically a snap start, the fastest way to wind the yoyo. At its most simple, you just hold the yoyo with your index finger and thumb and snap your fingers to get the yoyo spinning, and then bind. It takes some practice but it’s definitely worth learning. ---
**Author:** ![JustYoYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JustYoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JustYoYo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/3 "2015-09-30T17:12:50Z")
I would say bring your arm back and press down on the the yoyo with your index! Also the term for winding up a unresponsive yoyo (unless by hand) is called a bind. ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/4 "2015-09-30T21:54:56Z")
I usually just grab the yoyo with one hand and then put my thumb on the bottom and my middle finger on the top and snap it. This gives it enough momentum for you to perform a normal bind and bring it back to your hand. ---
**Author:** ![Nudgedoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@Nudgedoink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nudgedoink)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/5 "2015-10-01T11:01:33Z")
oh but it seems like she did some trapeze thingy as well? ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/6 "2015-10-01T12:02:08Z")
> [@Nudgedoink](#): > > oh but it seems like she did some trapeze thingy as well? It appears that she restarts her yoyo the same way I do. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfpZ-UNGmlg) ^ should be the first method in the video above.  🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nudgedoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@Nudgedoink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nudgedoink)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/7 "2015-10-01T15:54:48Z")
The problem I have is that although I am pinching the strings, the yoyo still skids on the string rather than wind. Its not my response because I have 3 yoyos. What I did was when stringing the yoyo I wrap it around the bearing twice. Does anyone else do this with unresponsive yoyos? It didn’t seem to affect my sleep time and it made the trapeze winding trick easy to perform everytime. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/8 "2015-10-01T17:12:14Z")
> [@Nudgedoink](#): > > The problem I have is that although I am pinching the strings, the yoyo still skids on the string rather than wind. Its not my response because I have 3 yoyos. > > What I did was when stringing the yoyo I wrap it around the bearing twice. Does anyone else do this with unresponsive yoyos? It didn’t seem to affect my sleep time and it made the trapeze winding trick easy to perform everytime. I use the trapeze start all the time. With an unresponsive yoyo, I just wrap the string all the way around the bearding and that gives it enough string in the gap to get things spinning more easily. Then once you throw the yoyo again, the extra loops will be gone. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/9 "2015-10-01T18:17:46Z")
for unresponsive yo-yo’s, i just snap-start into a bind like this. (1st one is to full wind-up, 2nd loop-regen, and 3rd to lunar landing catch.) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp_71BYvg2I) i’ve never seen a faster or easier way to wind up unresponsive (although learning to snap-start well does take some time). ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-wind-up-an-unresponsive-yoyo/77181/10 "2015-10-02T11:28:54Z")
> [@ed](#): > > for unresponsive yo-yo’s, i just snap-start into a bind like this. > (1st one is to full wind-up, 2nd loop-regen, and 3rd to lunar landing catch.) > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp\_71BYvg2I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp_71BYvg2I) > > i’ve never seen a faster or easier way to wind up unresponsive (although learning to snap-start well does take some time). Dangit Ed!  Do you always have to make it look so easy?  😃