# Tension on the string.

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [August 12, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327 "2015-08-12T19:59:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![MegaDud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@MegaDud](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MegaDud)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/1 "2015-08-12T19:59:01Z")

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Hello.So i’ve been practicing plastic whip but i can’t do it because the tension in the string is too high.So i loosen the tension and when i wind it up the tension comes back \>:(.And when i throw it it is way too high to do anything.Is there any way to fix that?

sry for english it’s my 2nd language

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**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/2 "2015-08-12T20:19:57Z")

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Frequently caused by over lubed bearings 😃

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**Author:** ![MegaDud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@MegaDud](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MegaDud)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/3 "2015-08-12T20:46:51Z")

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Well i cleard my bearing and it’s sleep time is good and it isn’t responsive so i don’t think it’s overlubed.

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**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/4 "2015-08-12T20:53:23Z")

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^^^ Good job! ^^^

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**Author:** ![Junior626](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Junior626](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Junior626)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/5 "2015-08-12T20:57:26Z")

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Watch string tension videos.

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**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/6 "2015-08-12T20:57:44Z")

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Hopefully I can be a little more help here. Usually when you wind a yoyo up, you are actually twisting the string back up. If you haven’t learned it yet, I highly recommend learning to snap-start. You’ll retain that neutral tension that you would lose when winding up…plus snap starts are pretty impressive-looking to the general public.

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**Author:** ![josephadams183](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@josephadams183](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/josephadams183)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/7 "2015-08-12T21:16:08Z")

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[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/d/d/fddef97fc8f89cfcdfca879fb63ed1393872ffc9.jpeg "1a yo-yo Cool String Tension Adjustment Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-tm1YsPX0)

Learn it. One of the best ways to adjust tension.

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**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tension-on-the-string/76327/8 "2015-08-13T03:40:29Z")

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> [@AngryGumball](#):
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> Hopefully I can be a little more help here. Usually when you wind a yoyo up, you are actually twisting the string back up. If you haven’t learned it yet, I highly recommend learning to snap-start. You’ll retain that neutral tension that you would lose when winding up…plus snap starts are pretty impressive-looking to the general public.

This right here. Unless you want to take the string off your finger and then wind; that leaves it pretty neutral when you tie back in.

Learning to snap start isn’t necessary to keeping neutral tension, you can also just use a tension-adjusting move after you throw from a normal wind.