# Tangler 5a help

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [September 7, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tangler-5a-help/18867 "2010-09-07T05:15:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nathaniel0912](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathaniel0912/32/453_2.png) [@Nathaniel0912](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathaniel0912)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tangler-5a-help/18867/1 "2010-09-07T05:15:12Z")

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I cant quite get it to work when i pull it in the middle.  
I always seem to get a giant triangle in the middle of my hands.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![DiscipleforChrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@DiscipleforChrist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DiscipleforChrist)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tangler-5a-help/18867/2 "2010-09-12T17:52:46Z")

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There should be a mess of strings in there when your are doing tangler. Certain things are to cross over (like the die and yo-yo so that they are held together in the loop), but I don’t know why you are getting a triangle.

This will help:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/4/5/e4538c87612d65767fe45fa6c0873871c1903de3.jpeg "Tangler Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zH5hk72nE)