# YoYo responding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [April 11, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098 "2013-04-11T00:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Infinitehexick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/infinitehexick/32/1091_2.png) [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/1 "2013-04-11T00:41:13Z")
Does anyone know what is causing this and how i can fix this? i will watch a trick video and then go and try it. the string wraps around the bearing real fast, responds, and hurts every knuckle i have… Anyway, i thought it was my yoyo. So, i used the yoyo that they used in the video. Still did it. It’s all of my yoyos, so i have to be doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/2 "2013-04-11T00:59:16Z")
Maybe it’s time to give those bearings a good cleaning. Could be that there’s a bit of grit in there. Yuki ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/3 "2013-04-11T01:05:34Z")
What yoyo(s)? It sleeping has a lot to do with your throw as well as the responsiveness of the yoyo. If you do a slight jerk as the yoyo reaches the end (and the yoyo’s pretty responsive) it will come up. If the yoyo is brand new normally it’ll start out responsive/more responsive then when used. If you’re using the same bearing it could be dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Infinitehexick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/infinitehexick/32/1091_2.png) [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/4 "2013-04-11T02:20:10Z")
It’s all of my yoyos. Clean bearings or not, it does it all the time. After I posted this, I tried a trick that it happens on and it came up and almost hit me in the face… ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/5 "2013-04-11T17:24:20Z")
Like I said it could be throw or if you put the response on yourself they could be on wrong. Are your throws designed un-responsive? ---
**Author:** ![Infinitehexick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/infinitehexick/32/1091_2.png) [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/6 "2013-04-11T17:34:49Z")
All I get is unresponsive. The main ones that it happens most is my Chief, Positron, and Code 2 ---
**Author:** ![WretchedRapture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wretchedrapture/32/1124_2.png) [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/7 "2013-04-11T21:32:46Z")
Are you lubing your bearings after you clean them? ---
**Author:** ![JamesMay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jamesmay/32/1201_2.png) [@JamesMay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JamesMay)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/8 "2013-04-11T22:00:06Z")
Your string is probably really fat. Technical “competition style” tricks that involve backspin maneuvers are much easier to do with a thin string. I usually use Fat Kitty strings when I throw, but recently I have ben using Slims or Nylon. All of the tricks I am currently working on involve awkward string wraps and movements that go against the spin of the yoyo. I was destroying my knuckles with fat string. ---
**Author:** ![Infinitehexick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/infinitehexick/32/1091_2.png) [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-responding/52098/9 "2013-04-12T02:13:39Z")
> [@JamesMay](#): > > Your string is probably really fat. Technical “competition style” tricks that involve backspin maneuvers are much easier to do with a thin string. > > I usually use Fat Kitty strings when I throw, but recently I have ben using Slims or Nylon. All of the tricks I am currently working on involve awkward string wraps and movements that go against the spin of the yoyo. I was destroying my knuckles with fat string. what kind would you recommend? right now I’ve just been using 100% polyester right here from yoyoexpert