# Question on string placement??
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [October 26, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355 "2010-10-26T04:07:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@cheesenewt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cheesenewt)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/1 "2010-10-26T04:07:13Z")
Sometimes I see people with the slip-knot near the bottom of their middle finger between their knuckle and the middle join, and other times i see it near the top between the middle joint and the tip of the finger. Which do you guys do? I usually do it at the bottom but sometimes is impossible for me to do tricks unless its at the top.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/2 "2010-10-26T04:17:43Z")
I do it at the very back of my finger. I can still get through every trick pretty easy.
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### Author:  [@cheesenewt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cheesenewt)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/3 "2010-10-26T04:26:55Z")
> [@arussell19981201](#):
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> I do it at the very back of my finger. I can still get through every trick pretty easy.
true, but im 12 years old and one of the smallest kids in my grade. Though I have bigger hands then most of the people in the grade or just as big.
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### Author:  [@Badd2bone85](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Badd2bone85)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/4 "2010-10-26T04:31:14Z")
I use the back mostly but when it starts to hurt I move it around.
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/5 "2010-10-26T04:31:39Z")
> [@arussell19981201](#):
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> I do it at the very back of my finger. I can still get through every trick pretty easy.
This is what I do, assuming by back you mean near the knuckle. It’s just how I’ve always done it.
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### Author:  [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/6 "2010-10-26T04:59:17Z")
I used to do it at the bottom, but I switched to the top. I still sometimes put it on the back, so you can say I do both. It doesn’t really bother me either way, I can still do all my tricks.
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### Author:  [@mls5stokes](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mls5stokes)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/7 "2010-10-27T01:51:39Z")
I use the middle segment of the three segments of your finger. And in that segment i move it all around there because it gets sore if it stays in one spot too long.
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### Author:  [@theOldestCraze](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theOldestCraze)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/question-on-string-placement/20355/8 "2010-10-27T05:41:46Z")
It really doesn’t matter.
“Convention” says the middle of your middle finger.
But if you want to be a maverick, or if that part starts hurting, move the string.
Enjoy playing
-Jacob