# thumb starting HELP!
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thumb-starting-help/12128
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks
**Created:** [March 7, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thumb-starting-help/12128 "2010-03-07T05:52:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jyo97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jyo97)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thumb-starting-help/12128/1 "2010-03-07T05:52:28Z")
im having troubles thumb starting my Dark Magic Yoyo. When i try and spin it with my non-throw hand and bind it after that, it doesn’t seem to catch the string at all. please help!
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thumb-starting-help/12128/2 "2010-03-07T05:58:12Z")
Well, with a thumb start, the yoyo is spinning backwards from how it usually is, so bind the opposite way; instead of binding from a forward trapeze, bind from a brain twister mount. Make sure the loop is big enough as well.
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### Author:  [@jyo97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jyo97)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thumb-starting-help/12128/3 "2010-03-07T06:12:08Z")
i tryed that, but it doesn’t spin long enough for me to go into a braintwister mount
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/thumb-starting-help/12128/4 "2010-03-07T06:17:40Z")
Well, do like you would for a normal bind, but backwards.