# Just can't get the advanced tricks- hand starting yoyo

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767 "2010-02-26T04:39:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![whatisfear96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@whatisfear96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/whatisfear96)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/1 "2010-02-26T04:39:02Z")

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my hand starting yoyo method never catches the string, it just spins and gets jerked into the air and down again.

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/2 "2010-02-26T04:52:02Z")

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What yoyo are you using? If it’s somewhat unresponsive, you’ll have to start it and then bind it. Also, are you snap starting or thumb starting?

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**Author:** ![whatisfear96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@whatisfear96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/whatisfear96)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/3 "2010-02-26T05:00:48Z")

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X-Convict O-ring response the gap is only a bit loosened from the tightest area possible, thumb starting

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/4 "2010-02-26T05:03:17Z")

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Ok I would suggest either tightening it as far as it’ll go (don’t overtighten!) or lossening it a bit so that it doesn’t grip and then (learn to if you don’t already know how to) bind.

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**Author:** ![whatisfear96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@whatisfear96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/whatisfear96)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/5 "2010-02-26T05:11:38Z")

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lol now the strings falling away from me:O

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/6 "2010-02-26T15:30:51Z")

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> [@whatisfear96](#):
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> lol now the strings falling away from me:O

What? If you mean what I think you mean, learn to bind.

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**Author:** ![whatisfear96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@whatisfear96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/whatisfear96)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/7 "2010-02-27T08:20:04Z")

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i know how to bind, its just that sometimes my X-Convict is so unresponsive it’ll slip down even after three wraps in a bind, and im talking about starting the yoyo and pulling with my other arm so that itll somehow bind itself like in the demo video:D

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-cant-get-the-advanced-tricks-hand-starting-yoyo/11767/8 "2010-02-27T15:11:26Z")

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He has his yoyo tightened all the way and probably even some thick lube in the bearing.

The X-ConVict definitely doesn’t need multiple wraps for a bind. Try working on your binding skills and you can get it then. If you want some good help with that, make a short video of you doing some binding and we can help you out then.