# plastic whip help
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [January 31, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483 "2009-01-31T21:42:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@juice8311](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/juice8311)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/1 "2009-01-31T21:42:49Z")
Is it possible to do the plastic whip with a stock dark magic? I don’t have a problem landing it but it seems to always bind when it hits.
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### Author:  [@knobbemoki1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/knobbemoki1)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/2 "2009-01-31T22:18:39Z")
loosen up the gap so it is more unresponsive
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### Author:  [@yoyofreak11](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofreak11)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/3 "2009-02-01T01:38:39Z")
I have a different problem with plastic whip. I keep catching it on backwards and I dont know how to dismount from it backwards. Since I can’t dismount from it backwards, any advice on how not to catch it backwards? ???
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### Author:  [@AKan3A](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKan3A)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/4 "2009-02-01T01:45:10Z")
the backwards thing is just a begginer thing when you are first learning the trick, it will get on straight over time, a lot of these tricks are just a matter of sitting down and repeatedly just doing the trick over and over again,
and i have a stock DM and it does plastic whip just fine, my gap is on the smallest setting too so it should not be a problem
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### Author:  [@juice8311](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/juice8311)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/5 "2009-02-01T16:06:19Z")
thanks, i think i just need to keep practicing.
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### Author:  [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/6 "2009-02-01T16:20:53Z")
How do you do it with DM? It’s responsive…?
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### Author:  [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/7 "2009-02-01T17:23:34Z")
Yeah, just loosen the gap, and break in the bearing.
Also, if you catch it backwards, try to make a larger swinging motion, so the loop travels over and hits the yoyo better.
Have Fun Throwing,
~Samad
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### Author:  [@AKan3A](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKan3A)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/8 "2009-02-01T20:00:46Z")
well after your bearing is broken in you can tighten the gap up all the way and it is 100% unresponsive
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### Author:  [@juice8311](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/juice8311)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/9 "2009-02-01T20:38:28Z")
i got a konkave bearing with the DM. How long does it normally take to break it in? Also, your saying a stock DM will go completely unresponsive after a while? Even with the standard o-ring?
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### Author:  [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-help/483/10 "2009-02-01T20:42:21Z")
> [@juice8311](#):
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> i got a konkave bearing with the DM. How long does it normally take to break it in? Also, your saying a stock DM will go completely unresponsive after a while? Even with the standard o-ring?
A konkave may take a day or two to break in, depending on whether you put lube in it, or how long you play with it.
And yes, my stock DM was completely unresponsive, but that was before the bearing messed up 🙂