A method for controlling a thread-laying device having two impellers which can be driven in opposite directions, in order to move a thread to be wound onto a rotating spool back and forth between two reversal points (U 1 , U 2 ) along the longitudinal axis of the spool by means of a traversing movement having a nominal stroke width (H S ) which deviates from a basic stroke width (H N ) of the thread-laying device , comprising the following steps: a) defining a respective axial position of the reversal points (U 1 , U 2 ) of the nominal stroke width (H S ) of the traversing movement of the thread relative to the longitudinal spool axis ; b) calculating a theoretical constant compensation angular velocity (V C ) at which the respective idle stroke executing impeller , i.e. the idle stroke impeller would have to be moved during an idle stroke interval (T L ) in order to take over the thread from the respective thread-guiding other impeller at the following reversal point (U 1 , U 2 ) of the traversing movement; characterized in that the method further comprises the following steps: c) calculating an overcompensation angular velocity (V OC ) of the idle stroke impeller during a first sub-interval (T L1 ) of the idle stroke interval (T L ) based on the theoretical compensation angular velocity (V C ); d) driving the electric motor of the idle stroke impeller such that it is driven at the overcompensation angular velocity (V OC ) during the first temporal subinterval (T L1 ); subsequently e) adjusting the idle stroke impeller from the over-compensation angular velocity (V OC ) to a predetermined working angular velocity (V W ) at the following reversal point (U 1 , U 2 ) of the traversing movement during a second sub-interval (T L2 ) of the idle stroke interval (T L ) following the first sub-interval (T L1 ), in order to take over the thread with the idle stroke impeller from the thread-guiding other impeller at the next reversal point (U 1 , U 2 ) of the traversing movement at the predetermined working angular velocity (V W ); and f) repeating steps b) - e) for moving the thread back and forth with the predetermined nominal stroke width (H S ) relative to the spool . a) defining a respective axial position of the reversal points (U 1 , U 2 ) of the nominal stroke width (H S ) of the traversing movement of the thread relative to the longitudinal spool axis ; b) calculating a theoretical constant compensation angular velocity (V C ) at which the respective idle stroke executing impeller , i.e. the idle stroke impeller would have to be moved during an idle stroke interval (T L ) in order to take over the thread from the respective thread-guiding other impeller at the following reversal point (U 1 , U 2 ) of the traversing movement; c) calculating an overcompensation angular velocity (V OC ) of the idle stroke impeller during a first sub-interval (T L1 ) of the idle stroke interval (T L ) based on the theoretical compensation angular velocity (V C ); d) driving the electric motor of the idle stroke impeller such that it is driven at the overcompensation angular velocity (V OC ) during the first temporal subinterval (T L1 ); subsequently e) adjusting the idle stroke impeller from the over-compensation angular velocity (V OC ) to a predetermined working angular velocity (V W ) at the following reversal point (U 1 , U 2 ) of the traversing movement during a second sub-interval (T L2 ) of the idle stroke interval (T L ) following the first sub-interval (T L1 ), in order to take over the thread with the idle stroke impeller from the thread-guiding other impeller at the next reversal point (U 1 , U 2 ) of the traversing movement at the predetermined working angular velocity (V W ); and f) repeating steps b) - e) for moving the thread back and forth with the predetermined nominal stroke width (H S ) relative to the spool . <EOS>