# Side winder 4unresponsive play **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [October 30, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-winder-4unresponsive-play/20471 "2010-10-30T05:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kingroxas206](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kingroxas206/32/678_2.png) [@kingroxas206](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kingroxas206)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-winder-4unresponsive-play/20471/1 "2010-10-30T05:03:26Z")
How do I do a side winder on a unresponsive yoyo pls help thnx ---
**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:** [October 30, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-winder-4unresponsive-play/20471/2 "2010-10-30T13:26:11Z")
Here are just a few out of dozens of topics that have a lot of good information in them. Please read through them, but if they are older topics, don’t post in them. Thanks. > **[String Tension Help](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,21776.0.html)** > > There are alot of string tension tricks out there; like UFO, lariat, or sidewinder etc. But they have something in common: they all require a RESPONSIVE yoyo. Since I throw unresponsive non of those tricks work :(, so I always have to take the yoyo... > **[sidewinder for unresponsive yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,2811.0.html)** > > ok after the twisting problem… I got another one 🙁 since keep practising the tricks will make tension on the string… as sidewinder can release the tension quickly… but how to do it using a unresponsive yoyo ??? > **[Binding, string tension and other questions](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,17745.0.html)** > > So after I got my YYJ Legacy yesterday, I instantly started to try binding. I already did it with my F.A.S.T. 201 but then I realized it was only that easy because it was more responsive. Now with my Legacy the string just seems to slip through the... > **[Sidewinder in a unresponsive yo-yo?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,4345.0.html)** > > is there? or there is. ;D > **[String Tension](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,492.0.html)** > > I have not been able to find a fast easy way to adjust my tension with an unresponsive yoyo. I can’t get a sidewinder to come back to my hand. I have seen videos where people know some tricks of the trade, but i have had no luck. I seen one video... > **[Save me from Tension](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,10450.0.html)** > > Hi! the number one problem I have with yoyoing which causes me to stop more than anything is string tension. the string gets to tight almost every couple throws. I’m sure there are ways to deal with it that I don’t know of as I never see people in... > **[String tension trick for unresponsive yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,10310.0.html)** > > So, I learned how to do the ufo and sidewinder on a relatively responsive yoyo. However, now that I’m using a CLYW campfire, which is quite unresponsive, I was wondering if there was some trick, such as the ufo/sidewinder, that I could do with an... > **[Adjusting string tension on unresponsiv yoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,9883.0.html)** > > How do you guys adjust your string tension on those dead-unresponsive yoyos? I have the habit of doing these sidewinder kinda thingies with my loopers, but they wont work on my unresponsive yoyo. Or am I missing something? Andre shows the UFO in... > **[String tension on an unresponsive Yo-Yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,824.0.html)** > > My Lyn Fury is unresponsive and I have my Velocity set for unresponsive as well. How do I adjust string tension on them without taking the string off my finger? I can sidewinder my responsive yo-yo, but I kind of suck at UFO, usually only landing it... ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-winder-4unresponsive-play/20471/3 "2010-10-30T14:34:02Z")
Perform the maneuver for sidewinder after you bind. As the yoyo is traveling up the string, do the arching motion. ---
**Author:** ![kingroxas206](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kingroxas206/32/678_2.png) [@kingroxas206](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kingroxas206)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-winder-4unresponsive-play/20471/4 "2010-10-30T15:39:13Z")
Thnx for the info ppl ---
**Author:** ![smole388](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@smole388](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smole388)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-winder-4unresponsive-play/20471/5 "2010-10-30T15:59:30Z")
yeah just make sure the loop that u use to bind is kinda small so there is still room for the sidewinder to happen