# Unresponsive hand start help

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-hand-start-help/66298>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [May 17, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-hand-start-help/66298 "2014-05-17T12:54:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eponatrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eponatrix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eponatrix)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-hand-start-help/66298/1 "2014-05-17T12:54:03Z")

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Whenever I hand start my velocity it barely sleeps, usually quickly dieing. When it spins enough for a bind the string doesn’t catch and I’m stuck with having to wind it up.