# So... Finger Spins... **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [May 25, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530 "2014-05-25T22:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burdger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/burdger/32/1401_2.png) [@burdger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/burdger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/1 "2014-05-25T22:42:10Z")
I’m trying to figure them out, but every time I land the yoyo on my finger, which I do quite well now, the string starts to wrap around the finger that I’m spinning on. I know I need to keep the string away from my finger, but every time I loosen the string to attempt the bind, it wraps around my finger and stops the yoyo. Any suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![DoubleBass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/doublebass/32/1464_2.png) [@DoubleBass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DoubleBass)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/2 "2014-05-25T22:44:51Z")
First off, what yoyo are you using? Second, when your doing the whip, throw the string straight out in front of you and let it slack around the yoyo Third, once it wraps around tug your throw hand a tiny bit and itll bind (this will change depending on how responsive your yoyo is) ---
**Author:** ![burdger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/burdger/32/1401_2.png) [@burdger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/burdger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/3 "2014-05-25T22:50:50Z")
Today I’ve been using my Bvm2. That’s the throw I seem to get to land the best on my finger without spinning out of control. ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/4 "2014-05-26T00:33:47Z")
Sounds like you’re doing everything right. Just gotta be a bit quicker when you’re whipping the slack in for the bind. Yuki ---
**Author:** ![DoubleBass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/doublebass/32/1464_2.png) [@DoubleBass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DoubleBass)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/5 "2014-05-26T00:52:04Z")
If you use your fingernail youll get a bit more time before it dies out ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/6 "2014-05-26T02:17:06Z")
I just learned how to do this trick the other day HERES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! Don’t let too much slack when the yoyo is just spinning or else it will catch on your finger. Too tight and it will stop the yoyos mino movements. Then when you go to whip, do it with confidence. Don’t move too slow or the slack will wrap around your finger. Just do it. Don’t hesitate and aim accurately. And remember. No trick is too BIG. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/7 "2014-05-26T13:11:16Z")
> [@Nikolai](#): > > I just learned how to do this trick the other day HERES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! Don’t let too much slack when the yoyo is just spinning or else it will catch on your finger. Too tight and it will stop the yoyos mino movements. Then when you go to whip, do it with confidence. Don’t move too slow or the slack will wrap around your finger. Just do it. Don’t hesitate and aim accurately. > > And remember. No trick is too BIG. I agree with you on this point; however, I think a better method is just to hold the string up higher so that the slack doesn’t fall beneath the yoyo and ufo the string around your finger. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/8 "2014-05-26T13:54:47Z")
Agreed. Just watch the droop of the slack, and position your hand so that it can’t do the “wrap around the forefinger” thing. I do let the slack droop just a little bit as I “wind up” for the whipping bind, but the motion is fluid enough and the droop is controlled enough that it doesn’t seem to get “sucked in”. ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/9 "2014-05-26T21:14:20Z")
Also start moving the string before you form your slack ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/paul_s/32/1142_2.png) [@Paul\_S](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paul_S)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/10 "2014-05-29T23:41:30Z")
dont worry horizontal is just a fad, it’ll go away soon 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/11 "2014-05-30T00:24:57Z")
> [@Paul\_S](#): > > dont worry horizontal is just a fad, it’ll go away soon [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3dHR-OyZk) ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3dHR-OyZk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3dHR-OyZk)) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/12 "2014-05-30T00:44:37Z")
Thank you for accommodating us ios users Greg. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/13 "2014-05-30T02:01:21Z")
> [@Yoyo](#): > > Thank you for accommodating us ios users Greg. You know it! ---
**Author:** ![LeftyLink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/leftylink/32/1321_2.png) [@LeftyLink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyLink)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/14 "2014-05-30T02:07:43Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > You know it! That’s such a great and creative way to use a green screen; its all timed properly and everything ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/so-finger-spins/66530/15 "2014-05-30T02:21:17Z")
> [@LeftyLink](#): > > That’s such a great and creative way to use a green screen; its all timed properly and everything It’s timed out for most of the CLYW contest video section, too; especially the Bucketception part. Not so much for the Wrist Mount Slack-- in that case, it looks even less timed because Alexis JV is a lefty. But I was still pretty proud of that section of the video! 1:00 onward: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/d/f/fdf3fd6272d42132dc05bf66aa05d4662c7d67f1.jpeg "2013 CLYW Video Contest GregP Round2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdRND0iwvU0) ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdRND0iwvU0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdRND0iwvU0)) Oh, there’s a fingerspin in there… to keep it on-topic… :wink: 0:50 or so I think?