# String loosening instead of getting tighter?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [July 9, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622 "2014-07-09T01:04:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![DrOctagon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/droctagon/32/1540_2.png) [@DrOctagon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrOctagon)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/1 "2014-07-09T01:04:53Z")

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I just got a friend of mine into yoyos and he is taking to it pretty well, hitting the trapeze and binding well. But for some reason, the string loosens after so many throws instead of it getting tighter! I can’t seem to understand it! His throw is correct and he is using his right hand… Is he some sort of enigma of yoyoing?!

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**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:** [July 9, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/2 "2014-07-09T01:08:58Z")

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Hmmm… only explanation I can think of is that certain tricks do cause the string to loosen rather than tighten.

Yuki

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**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/3 "2014-07-09T01:37:51Z")

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This kept happening when my cousin wanted to learn too, couldn’t figure out what was going on 😃

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**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/4 "2014-07-09T01:51:41Z")

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Is he left handed? Because that would explain it cause that happens to me all the time!!! But it could also be the string being twisted the opposite way. (like if it’s string labs inverse strings)

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**Author:** ![qpwoei12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/qpwoei12/32/396_2.png) [@qpwoei12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/qpwoei12)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/5 "2014-07-09T05:50:24Z")

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Probably because he’s spinning out on some tricks and it’s UFO’ing that direction.

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**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/6 "2014-07-09T07:44:25Z")

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Winding the string manually backward will loosen the string, winding forward will tighten the string.

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**Author:** ![xiaoxiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/85e7bf/32.png) [@xiaoxiao](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xiaoxiao)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/7 "2014-07-09T14:17:37Z")

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I can only think of it being twisted differently.

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**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/8 "2014-07-09T14:56:30Z")

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From the players perspective, clockwise motion tightens the string and counterclockwise motion loosens the string. If he’s making more counterclockwise movements than he is clockwise movements, his string will get looser.

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**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/9 "2014-07-09T15:25:21Z")

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Beginner inexperience

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**Author:** ![DrOctagon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/droctagon/32/1540_2.png) [@DrOctagon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrOctagon)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-loosening-instead-of-getting-tighter/67622/10 "2014-07-10T13:02:36Z")

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Okay, thanks guys! He may be winding it in reverse and as a beginner he definitely spins out alot so that may be it. It blew my mind! Im glad it never came flying off since we were at the river last time. 🙂 Thanks again for the advice.