# Plastic Whip trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512 "2009-09-13T01:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reflex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/reflex/32/235_2.png) [@Reflex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Reflex)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/1 "2009-09-13T01:43:26Z")
Hey guys, I’m having trouble with Plastic Whip. Sometimes when I do it, the yoyo catches the string like a bind and it returns to my hand. Not only that, but a knot forms inside the yoyo. Furthermore, the yoyo I’m using is a PGM so every time there is a knot I have to untangle it with a paper clip, that’s very stressful. Any tips? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/2 "2009-09-13T01:57:56Z")
Please use the search button. Here’s a few helpful topics. [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,6046.0.html](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,6046.0.html) [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,1247.0.html](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,1247.0.html) [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,5686.0.html](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,5686.0.html) [http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,5238.0.html](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,5238.0.html) ---
**Author:** ![Reflex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/reflex/32/235_2.png) [@Reflex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Reflex)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/3 "2009-09-13T01:59:55Z")
> [@Brian](#): > > Please use the search button. Here’s a few helpful topics. > [plastic whip - Yo-Yo Tricks - YoYoExpert](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,6046.0.html) > [Plastic whip - Yo-Yo Tricks - YoYoExpert](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,1247.0.html) > [Plastic Whip - Yo-Yo Tricks - YoYoExpert](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,5686.0.html) > [Plastic Whip Help - Yo-Yo Tricks - YoYoExpert](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,5238.0.html) I did use it, but I found that none of them answered my problem. When the yoyo catches and comes back to you, is that landing it backwards? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/4 "2009-09-13T02:01:48Z")
It means that both strings are hitting the gap as opposed to one. Try turning your hand so that instead of seeing a backwards L, you see a backwards L kind of standing on the angle part of the L. ---
**Author:** ![DaShiznit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dashiznit/32/62_2.png) [@DaShiznit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaShiznit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/5 "2009-09-13T02:07:00Z")
Try over doing the throw part. It should create a bigger loop and have a higher chance of hitting correctly. Hope that helps! :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Domin123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@Domin123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Domin123)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/6 "2009-09-13T03:17:50Z")
> [@Reflex](#): > > Furthermore, the yoyo I’m using is a PGM so every time there is a knot I have to untangle it with a paper clip, that’s very stressful. I was just wondering why you had to do that. Can’t you unscrew the PGM? ---
**Author:** ![yoyoandrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/45deac/32.png) [@yoyoandrew](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoandrew)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/7 "2009-09-13T03:47:57Z")
put loop on non trough hand aftre whip and pop yoyo of string ---
**Author:** ![pdrowrow95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pdrowrow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pdrowrow95)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/8 "2009-09-13T12:50:34Z")
i had a problem a couple days ago with the plastic whip, the problem that i was having was that i was shooting over my hand instead of my thumb so that could be a problem ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/9 "2009-09-13T13:04:24Z")
> [@Domin123](#): > > > [@Reflex](#): > > > > Furthermore, the yoyo I’m using is a PGM so every time there is a knot I have to untangle it with a paper clip, that’s very stressful. > > I was just wondering why you had to do that. Can’t you unscrew the PGM? Frequent Unscrewing will damage the threads and can make the yoyo come loose and possibly fall apart. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/10 "2009-09-13T17:42:43Z")
> [@Mage1342](#): > > > [@Domin123](#): > > > > > [@Reflex](#): > > > > > > Furthermore, the yoyo I’m using is a PGM so every time there is a knot I have to untangle it with a paper clip, that’s very stressful. > > > > I was just wondering why you had to do that. Can’t you unscrew the PGM? > > Frequent Unscrewing will damage the threads and can make the yoyo come loose and possibly fall apart. 😃 That’s mostly in YoYoJam’s. I’ve never had this happen to me in any YYF. ---
**Author:** ![ElendilAndurilz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elendilandurilz/32/140_2.png) [@ElendilAndurilz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ElendilAndurilz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/plastic-whip-trouble/6512/11 "2009-09-13T18:45:51Z")
Never had any axel problems with a PGM before…and I’ve taken it apart hundreds of times.