# need help on follow!

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [April 6, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880 "2013-04-06T18:56:18Z")
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### Author: ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880/1 "2013-04-06T18:56:18Z")

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i have bin trying to do the trick follow and after the first rotation i loose the slack and sugestions?

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### Author: ![JamesMay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jamesmay/32/1201_2.png) [@JamesMay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JamesMay)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880/2 "2013-04-06T20:42:42Z")

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It is all about the timing of the release and pinch.  
Pinch, whip, release, repeat.

Think of a clock face. (moving counter clockwise). I pinch at 2:00, whip to 11:00, and release.

Make sure you have perfect tension. Thicker string helps when learning it. (its much easier to grab)

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### Author: ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880/3 "2013-04-06T23:13:45Z")

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okay thanks now also when i get the yoyo at 6:00 it stops do you know whats happening there?

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### Author: ![JamesMay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jamesmay/32/1201_2.png) [@JamesMay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JamesMay)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880/4 "2013-04-07T02:41:25Z")

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> [@abby1371](#):
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> okay thanks now also when i get the yoyo at 6:00 it stops do you know whats happening there?

I was reffering to the slack position, not yoyo position. The yoyo will be a the bottom of the clock when this happens. The next whip is what makes the yoyo go around.

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### 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: [April 7, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-on-follow/51880/5 "2013-04-07T02:43:36Z")

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Abby, I am sucking at Follow, too. Just wanted you to know you’re not alone. :wink: I like Alexis JV’s tutorial if you haven’t seen it (because he breaks down the “practice” steps, too), but I’m still not getting there.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/d/c/1dc7567ef09b87eab45999d3eb442d0bb0482e38.jpeg "Alexis JV: Tutorial 9 - Follow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v59zTie7y64)