# Plastic whip help

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/45530>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [November 22, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/45530 "2012-11-22T04:59:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![asystol3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@asystol3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/asystol3)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/45530/1 "2012-11-22T04:59:11Z")

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Hi all, I’m having trouble with the plastic whip. I am getting more and more consistent with it however I seem to catch it backwards more times than not causing me to remove the slip knot from my finger. So I don’t get a knot. Any ways to fix this issue? Not sure if it matters (still new) but my current throw is a YYF Whip with a twisted trifecta bearing on markmont dragon string

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**Author:** ![Yomaster16](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomaster16/32/351_2.png) [@Yomaster16](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yomaster16)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/45530/2 "2012-11-23T02:55:02Z")

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The yoyo wont matter as long as it’s unresponsive. Are you catching the string around your thumb or wrist?

As you see here, the guy catches it with his thumb when he whips it so it’s kind of in a trapeze with 1 hand:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/e/7/9e79a6c447f98bc600473f67dd9018722533fe40.jpeg "Learn the Plastic Whip Yoyo Trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGVsL8zFYsw)

If you catch it around your wrist, it’ll put you in a position to make a green triangle (causing the knot).

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**Author:** ![Zafuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/51bf81/32.png) [@Zafuri](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zafuri)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/45530/3 "2012-11-23T17:11:08Z")

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Follow what Yomaster16 had posted. That’s the correct way of doing the plastic whip. practice more, you’ll get the right thing soon 😃

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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:** [November 23, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/45530/4 "2012-11-23T17:51:31Z")

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Learned recently that once you’ve got it down, you can aim the loop to either side which will result in either the normal “crossed/reverse trapeze” or a simple one-handed trapeze. Nifty!