# Trick-a-Week 2023 - #52 - Control Workshop **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [January 6, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937 "2023-01-06T16:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/21 "2023-01-11T20:16:38Z")
So been bashing my head against the wall on this for an hour, and still can’t follow the beginning bit of the trick. Everything I do (after the under cut?) seems to leave me with two wraps on my throw hand index finger. When I drop one of the wraps and pull through to make the tower, it is nothing like the picture in the video. If I continue on, and the get to the bit where I swing the string around, the throw just binds straight away. This leads me to think the beginning bit is wrong… But I can’t trouble shoot as it’s hard to tell strings apart in the video. This is just another one of those tutorial types I struggle with 😔 ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/22 "2023-01-11T21:59:34Z")
Having a longer string than usual greatly helped me. And a wider gap. ---
**Author:** ![Jae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jae/32/168815_2.png) [@Jae](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jae)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/23 "2023-01-11T22:01:54Z")
Thanks for hosting this, @mable! This was all very new to me so I’ll go for the regen bit in the future, but here’s what I got! Edit: Annnd now with 300% more regen: ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/24 "2023-01-11T22:10:58Z")
Nice, that was great! Slap binds are always super cool. ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/25 "2023-01-11T22:16:51Z")
I can try and help you if I could see a video of what you’re doing. After the underpass you want to curl your TH index around the string that’s connecting to the back of your NTH, the one I circled in red. Feel free to reach out to me in DMs if you don’t want to post your attempt this thread. (This goes for anybody else who needs some help with this trick (or any future trick)) ![tg5sAas](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/7/f/57fa8c7111b11afdf229b2156f76cd288cf45c27.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/26 "2023-01-11T22:35:13Z")
The thing is, I’m getting to this position with two ‘wraps’ around my index finger, not one like in this video. This is why I think the bit I’m doing beforehand is wrong… I’ll see if I can get an attempt on video tomorrow. Edit - video link below, might be hard to see what I’m doing, but hopefully you can see what I mean by the double wrap on my index figure. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTa6tLCn_N0) ---
**Author:** ![Kray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kray/32/92176_2.png) [@Kray](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kray)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/27 "2023-01-11T22:52:52Z")
Looks like you land in the very front string but you need the second from the front. ---
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/28 "2023-01-11T22:53:33Z")
@AKYOYOMIKE @MEJBelloz Thank you 💛 ---
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/29 "2023-01-11T22:56:42Z")
There’s a pinch that happens on your TH that I think you’re missing. ![pinch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/d/4/1d49f7798a3be5a04e4dee44aede0e8c8063cee1.png) ---
**Author:** ![ANGVS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angvs/32/77646_2.png) [@ANGVS](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ANGVS)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/30 "2023-01-11T23:00:53Z")
Thanks boss! I had no idea haha ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/31 "2023-01-11T23:35:39Z")
I haven’t got my throw to hand now, but I’m sure I’m landing on the string which comes over my thumb… Landing in the gap between the two strings, I think. ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/32 "2023-01-11T23:37:40Z")
Kray nailed your issue I think. It looks like you’re landing on the front string when you do the underpass. You’re aiming to not have the yoyo land on any string, you just want it to roll over your TH index into the empty space in the center. ![g2T11bc](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/3/6/136e0a89c1fc815339b4d1312e342595da3be678.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ANGVS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angvs/32/77646_2.png) [@ANGVS](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ANGVS)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/33 "2023-01-11T23:48:37Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/d/8/8d8b99d3f0a41cbea57e94fa303ab9b10a166b31.jpeg "Trick a Week 2023 #1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzaTVYqn47Y) ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/34 "2023-01-11T23:51:45Z")
Ok, so I’ve just got out of bed to check. I’m 100% not landing on the front string and am landing in the gap. After doing this, I have two string wraps on my index finger. I’m not sure what I’m missing that everyone else is getting - I’m really at a loss 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/35 "2023-01-12T00:03:46Z")
Read my response. ---
**Author:** ![Jae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jae/32/168815_2.png) [@Jae](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jae)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/36 "2023-01-12T01:27:42Z")
Yep, there will be two wraps around TH index as shown, then you pinch the front/outermost one with TH thumb and index, and pull it towards you through the back/innermost one to get to the next step. So pinch and pull one wrap through the other versus fully dropping either wrap. Hope that helps, @MEJBelloz ! (If this still doesn’t address it, try to get some first-person footage with bright string for us to take a look at) ---
**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/37 "2023-01-12T08:13:14Z")
Possibly you are hooking the wrong string with your TH index? ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/38 "2023-01-12T18:05:17Z")
Longer string surely helped! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/7/3/9731aee29ad60531c8f206e006525e2c4426a4ff.jpeg "YYE TAW1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt5-aXICJdk) ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/39 "2023-01-12T19:59:51Z")
Thanks everyone. Managed to crack it. Wasn’t pinching, but also my thumb wasn’t going under the string, it was going over. Can get some practice in and get a decent one on film. ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937/40 "2023-01-12T23:24:17Z")
I can’t get the weird double tower thing to form at all, once i pinch the string and drop the weird 2nd loop on my TH its just a tangled mess lol edit: LOL literally right after i posted this i realized i wasn’t doing that pass over my TH correctly. got the double tower, the string flipydoo, and the ladder lookin thing. progress! edit 2: ive hit the whole thing once, that whip is tricky. i get what im aiming for now, but i cant hit it reliably yet. hope to hit this clean on video before next week edit 3: can someone offer some help on the whip? I cannot get a bind to happen at all. I’ve got what looks like the exact string configuration in the video, but I cant get a bind lol ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/9/b/d9bd8cd59eec8e4f5043aada2ec02bb8a77a44c7.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-a-week-2023-52-control-workshop/367937.md?page=3)