# String comes untwisted during play

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128 "2019-02-20T14:30:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Darkness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkness)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/1 "2019-02-20T14:30:09Z")

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![IMG_20190220_162210](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/d/8/5d87ad11ddac3dda6872a84c5267183c45dfbc48.jpeg)

This keeps happening to my yoyo(the string doesn’t fully twist to the bearing and opens up) and it gets all unresponsive. Does anyone know how to fix this? (if I try to twist it fully it just goes back to this point.

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**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/2 "2019-02-20T14:39:47Z")

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Try a new string for starters

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**Author:** ![EthanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4491bb/32.png) [@EthanV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EthanV)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/3 "2019-02-20T14:56:55Z")

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from what i can see, that is string tension. You can go ahead and search a “yoyo string tension” video to help you understand it.

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**Author:** ![Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Darkness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkness)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/4 "2019-02-20T15:07:40Z")

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I have and it is doing the same thing

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**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/5 "2019-02-20T15:26:40Z")

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Are you Left handed?

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**Author:** ![Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Darkness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkness)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/6 "2019-02-20T16:09:18Z")

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yes.

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**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-comes-untwisted-during-play/299128/7 "2019-02-20T16:39:50Z")

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Being left handed every time you throw a normal gravity pull the string get looser. So you need to learn a few throws that tighten the string. Learn loops and Sidewinders to the left, these tighten your string. There is left handed string out there, but its not everywhere. You should also look up “string tension” as mentioned by @EthanV