Responsive line play

I can’t land my responsive yoyo on my string without it trying to return resulting in tangles. What can I do to stop this?

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Hello there! The best advice I can offer is watch some videos of folks using fixed axle yoyos. Then practice. Lots of practice. :slight_smile:

@edhaponik has a great tutorial section on this site

https://yoyoexpert.com/learn/602-fixed-basics-undermount-stall.php

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The main thing is to keep the string from going slack at all in the yoyo. I find that when I’m doing a lot of unresponsive play I’ll get a bit lax with keeping tension on the string (note: not the same thing as string tension/twist) when I’m landing a mount, and unresponsive throws don’t care. The responsive yoyo will grab the little bit of slack and grab it.

Keeping the string taught when in an undermount is obviously extra important - even an unresponsive yoyo will grab the string in that case.

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What yoyo would you recommend for getting into string tricks? I’m using a magic v3. I’m looking at the spintastic space monkey.

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