# Whats going on? Plastic whip. **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [November 22, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901 "2014-11-22T19:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![conanthewarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@conanthewarrior](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/conanthewarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/1 "2014-11-22T19:27:20Z")
Hey everyone, I got a problem. Yesterday I started throwing, and got the plastic whip down. Was landing it pretty consistent, say 8 out of 10 times. Today, whenever I try, the yoyo is binding and flying up to my hand, hitting it quite hard. What could I be doing wrong? If the yoyo is spinning slowly, this does not happen, and I can still do the whip. ---
**Author:** ![DCM92Lude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@DCM92Lude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DCM92Lude)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/2 "2014-11-23T20:30:33Z")
> [@conanthewarrior](#): > > Hey everyone, I got a problem. > > Yesterday I started throwing, and got the plastic whip down. Was landing it pretty consistent, say 8 out of 10 times. > > Today, whenever I try, the yoyo is binding and flying up to my hand, hitting it quite hard. > > What could I be doing wrong? If the yoyo is spinning slowly, this does not happen, and I can still do the whip. Did you lube the bearing between then? When I got my used CZM8 it would do the same thing, come flying up right after I threw the whip forward. I swapped the bearing to a clean center trac and the problem was gone. ---
**Author:** ![conanthewarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@conanthewarrior](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/conanthewarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/3 "2014-11-23T22:01:52Z")
I did lube the bearing actually , to make it more responsive. After half hour, I realised I didn’t need the extra response though, so I’ve ordered a fresh bearing along with another throw. Would the extra response be making it bind? If so, I guess the problem will go with the new bearing. ---
**Author:** ![NathanC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathanc/32/891_2.png) [@NathanC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NathanC)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/4 "2014-11-23T22:09:58Z")
> [@conanthewarrior](#): > > Would the extra response be making it bind? Uh… yeah… ---
**Author:** ![conanthewarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@conanthewarrior](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/conanthewarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/5 "2014-11-24T22:10:56Z")
Fair enough. Few new bits arriving tomorrow so will change the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![Bigfoot004](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bigfoot004/32/1470_2.png) [@Bigfoot004](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bigfoot004)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/6 "2014-11-26T07:50:46Z")
Is your string tension perfect? If not then you might be hitting both parts of the string to create a simple whip bind. Make sure that you keep that loop open wide and take it slow. You should get it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@DavidNR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DavidNR)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/7 "2014-11-26T17:48:09Z")
And remember you can always break down the lube on your responsive bearing with more play to bring it back to unresponsive. ---
**Author:** ![conanthewarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@conanthewarrior](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/conanthewarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-going-on-plastic-whip/70901/8 "2014-11-30T18:18:45Z")
I’ve got it down now :). It was the bearing being responsive, I changed it to a concave copy and it is now fine, and works fine on my Legacy too. I really don’t know what I prefer now, my metal or my plastic!