# Sidewinder Help **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sidewinder-help/23969 **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks **Created:** [February 20, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sidewinder-help/23969 "2011-02-20T20:45:33Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth) #### Post date: [February 20, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sidewinder-help/23969/1 "2011-02-20T20:45:33Z")
Ok, I know this is like simple stuff for your guys, but I can’t do a UFO. Just does not work for me for some reason. The yoyo always dies. So, I set out to learn the Sidewinder, so that I could adjust string tension. Anyway, it did not go well, until, I realized that I was throwing to hard. If you have a good strong sleeper, it makes the trick a lot harder. If you have a weak, about to spin out sleeper, it makes it simple. I don’t think that was in the vid, but there you go. ---
### Author: ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24) #### Post date: [February 21, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sidewinder-help/23969/2 "2011-02-21T03:06:43Z")
Here are a few easy ways to adjust string tension. I reccomand using Fedya’s. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/7/e/c7ed0d903c4b90503c9b51fff78e2d6305e6c3c2.jpeg "Adjusting Your String Tension: A Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccAm3rlIUe0) ---
### Author: ![zerrubabbel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zerrubabbel/32/592_2.png) [@zerrubabbel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zerrubabbel) #### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sidewinder-help/23969/3 "2011-02-22T20:14:00Z")
now worries… the ufo has never worked for me