# Laceration Bind Knots **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [November 10, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049 "2012-11-10T21:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ARow7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ARow7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ARow7)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/1 "2012-11-10T21:28:03Z")
About 75% of my laceration binds cause a knot in the gap. Is there any way to fix this? Am I doing something incorrectly? ---
**Author:** ![YoBroIYoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a3d4f5/32.png) [@YoBroIYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoBroIYoyo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/2 "2012-11-11T04:19:56Z")
I know your going to hate this reply but… PRACTICE!! When in doubt practice! Make sure the entire loop is going into the gap and it’s not flaring out to the sides. ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Deanhardt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/austin_deanhardt/32/1028_2.png) [@Austin\_Deanhardt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Austin_Deanhardt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/3 "2012-11-11T04:22:49Z")
Happens to me a lot, also, but the more I practice, the less it happens. ---
**Author:** ![Rakleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Rakleon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rakleon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/4 "2012-11-11T04:53:31Z")
this kind of things happen , even for a normal bind. the more you pratice the less it happens , that’s the bestest and so far the only tips that works 100% ---
**Author:** ![TheRyanFace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theryanface/32/910_2.png) [@TheRyanFace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheRyanFace)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/5 "2012-11-13T12:31:36Z")
I’m pretty sure what it’s happening here is that you’re actually hitting a brent stole, but not catching the loop (hence the knot). Try keeping the string in one plane, parallel to your body when you whip it so that a GT doesn’t form. Hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![tschneider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@tschneider](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tschneider)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/6 "2012-11-13T17:10:28Z")
An easy solution to this is to not do laceration binds. :🙂 Seriously though, laceration binds are unreliable, and don’t look that good in my opinion. Use a more reliable bind like the sky bind. ---
**Author:** ![TheRyanFace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theryanface/32/910_2.png) [@TheRyanFace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheRyanFace)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/7 "2012-11-17T02:04:07Z")
> [@tschneider](#): > > An easy solution to this is to not do laceration binds. :🙂 > > Seriously though, laceration binds are unreliable, and don’t look that good in my opinion. Use a more reliable bind like the sky bind. Yeah, I’d also say that they’re not that reliable. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/8 "2012-11-17T03:31:03Z")
Not reliable. Even when I don’t get a knot, I often get a snag and have to throw and extra time or two to clear it. I still do them for giggles, but I don’t count on them. ---
**Author:** ![TheRyanFace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theryanface/32/910_2.png) [@TheRyanFace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheRyanFace)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/9 "2012-11-17T03:55:30Z")
Oh, right. And also I find that when my response is kinda thin, these also don’t work that well because it won’t catch. ---
**Author:** ![Yonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/10 "2012-11-17T23:21:20Z")
Bad tension can cause the string to bunch up mid bind, causing a knot. ---
**Author:** ![CNYOYO8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@CNYOYO8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CNYOYO8)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/11 "2012-11-18T03:57:26Z")
Binds should be used by an unresponsive yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/laceration-bind-knots/45049/12 "2012-11-18T04:34:26Z")
> [@CNYOYO8](#): > > Binds should be used by an unresponsive yoyo. But they don’t have to! I bind on ny good ole Yomega Brain all the time!