# I am having trouble learning the basic bind!
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-am-having-trouble-learning-the-basic-bind/83525
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [March 19, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-am-having-trouble-learning-the-basic-bind/83525 "2017-03-19T17:05:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Raysion05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raysion05)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-am-having-trouble-learning-the-basic-bind/83525/21 "2017-03-25T06:11:57Z")
Well also what kind of lube are you using? Even a small amount of say yomega or yyj thick lube will make a yo super responsive. But a drop of say one drop lube, and I mean one drop will stay keep a bearing fairly unresponsive plus it’s a good idea. A bearing with the right thin lube will last longer than a completely clean bearing, just makes sense.
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### Author:  [@GigaVamp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GigaVamp)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-am-having-trouble-learning-the-basic-bind/83525/22 "2017-05-05T16:51:07Z")
> [@Chum](#):
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> I am not using “thick” lube…just a drop or 2 of thin lube to make it a little more responsive.
Try using this method to lube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmgXW93jeDk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmgXW93jeDk) . Not sure if that is the problem, but when I was starting out I over lubed it.
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### Author:  [@GregB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregB)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-am-having-trouble-learning-the-basic-bind/83525/23 "2017-05-10T14:58:50Z")
> [@Chum](#):
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> AHH! So it should be totally unresponsive before I even consider trying to bind. I will clean the lube out of one of them and use it for practice.
Yes, exactly. What yoyo are you using? Is it normally and unresponsive yoyo or are you practicing a bind with a responsive yoyo?
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-am-having-trouble-learning-the-basic-bind/83525/24 "2017-05-10T16:06:09Z")
The main culprit is almost definitely the responsiveness, as mentioned by jhb. Combined with the fast-spinning mentioned as well.
Mainly here to say that “yes”, there are varying degrees of responsiveness. Give this a try: throw a fairly hard sleeper. Do the “tug” motion that you would do with a responsive yoyo, just to hop the yoyo into the air a bit.
If the yoyo is responsive, it will of course return.
If it is some degree of “semi-responsive”, you will see the string start to “chase” the axle of the yoyo, like it wants to wind up but just isn’t quite doing it. The speed and amount of string-chasing will tell you how far along the semi-responsive spectrum you are. If it only goes all the way around once or twice per hop, you are pretty close to unresponsive. If it’s really chasing around but just never quite engaging, or engages if you REALLY hop it up into the air, that’s bad news…
If it is totally unresponsive, the string won’t try to go around the axle at all.
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