# Help Me Figure Out What to do Differently! **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-differently/298746 **Category:** Spin Tops **Created:** [February 11, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-differently/298746 "2019-02-11T05:44:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![yoyoretro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoretro/32/47161_2.png) [@yoyoretro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoretro) #### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-differently/298746/5 "2019-02-11T17:26:35Z")
Just try incrementally shorter. [Edit: Chris just reminded me that YFF strings are already short. So scratch that]. As World Spin Top Champion Chris Neff says, “string length is based on the size and weight distribution of the top and the thickness of string being used”. You honestly have to mess with it a bit until it feels right. Here’s an awesome post he wrote a few years back: > [@Getting Started with Spin Tops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-started-with-spin-tops/23363): > > Almost everything about learning how to spin tops defies logic, is counter-intuitive, or is otherwise generally frustrating.  It’s all backwards, I tell ya!  The following bits of advice should help move things forward again. Which top? As you may have already discovered, there are two basic types of tops, fixed tip and bearing tip tops.  Bearing tops seem to be easier for beginners because they give the player more time to set up for tricks.  The bearings themselves can be difficult to remove… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-differently/298746)._