# What are the \*other\* string tension adjustment tricks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [September 19, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370 "2013-09-19T12:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phuizon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Phuizon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Phuizon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/1 "2013-09-19T12:49:12Z")
What are other tricks besides the two in the video below that adjust string tension? I am starting to get semi-annoyed at having to stop combos and practicing new tricks to dink around with adjusting the string tension. I have heard there are tricks that actually fix the string tension, so what are they? Exclude the two in the below video, and I already know about UFO/Sidewinder but I don’t see those as counting as tricks - [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/b/7/ab7a848e751a46fdb77cdd837de123e37f9295cf.jpeg "How to fix Yoyo String Tension in Unresponsive Yoyoing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1nnA_5A10I) ---
**Author:** ![n01mportant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@n01mportant](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/n01mportant)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/2 "2013-09-19T13:50:56Z")
You can throw the string around the yoyo while pinching the string just above it. ---
**Author:** ![Phuizon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Phuizon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Phuizon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/3 "2013-09-19T14:10:32Z")
> [@n01mportant](#): > > You can throw the string around the yoyo while pinching the string just above it. As displayed in the above video? ---
**Author:** ![JoeBadass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/joebadass/32/338_2.png) [@JoeBadass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JoeBadass)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/4 "2013-09-19T14:31:45Z")
As you bind, move your hand to the left or right of the yoyo so that it fixes tension as it comes back to your hand. ---
**Author:** ![Phuizon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Phuizon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Phuizon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/5 "2013-09-19T15:57:44Z")
> [@SlimJoe](#): > > As you bind, move your hand to the left or right of the yoyo so that it fixes tension as it comes back to your hand. Throw hand or Non Throw hand? When you say left or right are you talking over/under the yo yo , a push / pull or something like an off axis where I push my right or left hand out in front of the bind formation just a little bit? Does this work with just the simple binds or can it be done with more complex ones? ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/6 "2013-09-19T21:22:26Z")
He’s talking about sidewinder from a bind. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/7 "2013-09-19T22:14:25Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > He’s talking about sidewinder from a bind. Yup. That’s what I do to fix string tension, it’s fun ;D ---
**Author:** ![redneckyoyoer3826](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@redneckyoyoer3826](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/redneckyoyoer3826)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/8 "2013-09-19T22:19:24Z")
I usually do “unresponsive” Sidewinder, without a bind. Essentially, you throw a frontstyle sleeper, pinch the string about three or four inches above the yoyo, then kind of bring the string to the side. If done successfully, the string will go around the yoyo, adjusting the tension. Sorry if that was too hard to understand…hope it helped! ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/9 "2013-09-19T22:23:30Z")
Any kind of spiny trick. Brain scrambler and barrel rolls tighten, doing them in the opposite direction loosen. ---
**Author:** ![Phuizon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Phuizon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Phuizon)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/10 "2013-09-20T04:03:42Z")
Thanks for the replies, Ill have to give them a shot. ---
**Author:** ![JoeBadass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/joebadass/32/338_2.png) [@JoeBadass](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JoeBadass)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-are-the-other-string-tension-adjustment-tricks/59370/11 "2013-09-20T15:57:27Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > He’s talking about sidewinder from a bind. Yep. The name didn’t hit me when I typed.