# help please **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167 **Category:** Spin Tops **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167 "2010-12-25T17:02:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 8 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![YORYAN](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoryan/32/484_2.png) [@YORYAN](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YORYAN) #### Post date: [December 25, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/1 "2010-12-25T17:02:05Z")
ok i have a few questions i got my first spin top today 1: is the string sopposed to be taller than me? 2: do you have to catch the top with a flat hand? 3: my top keeps going sideways can anyone help? im left handed btw and for all of u who can do this i give you props ---
### Author: ![Neff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/neff/32/359_2.png) [@Neff](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Neff) #### Post date: [December 25, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/2 "2010-12-25T19:25:27Z")
Congrats! To better assist you, we need to know what kind of top it is? ---
### Author: ![YORYAN](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoryan/32/484_2.png) [@YORYAN](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YORYAN) #### Post date: [December 26, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/3 "2010-12-26T00:09:47Z")
trompo grande bearing ---
### Author: ![Larry\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Larry\_D](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Larry_D) #### Post date: [December 26, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/4 "2010-12-26T01:12:21Z")
I had similar problems with the Trompo Grande Bearing. The String lengths vary, I have one 69 inches and another 71 inches which came with the tops. At first I could only throw and land a boomerang by having the tip point back towards my hand more than vertical. Chris Neff (yophosis) then gave me the most wonderful hints which cured my difficulty. ;D The two things he recommended: 1. Turn your palm toward the ground a little as you release. 2. Don’t put the point in the web of your hand, it only confuses matters. Always hold the top like this: Note that the button is LOWER than the wound string. That is Chris’s photo by the way. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/b/c/0bceca352bd621ae55e09587e3992b879b40c40d.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![YORYAN](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoryan/32/484_2.png) [@YORYAN](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YORYAN) #### Post date: [December 26, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/5 "2010-12-26T06:52:42Z")
Thanks!!! that helped a ton just doing those i caught it 6 time in a row 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Neff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/neff/32/359_2.png) [@Neff](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Neff) #### Post date: [December 26, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/6 "2010-12-26T20:43:57Z")
;D ---
### Author: ![dcs937](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dcs937/32/258549_2.png) [@dcs937](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcs937) #### Post date: [February 20, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/7 "2011-02-20T04:46:04Z")
i hold my grande more towards inside my palm. is this bad? fixed tip. i can catch it every time, switch hands… what should the next top i get (with bearing?) and should i change my hold for any reason? the tip isnt in my hand but its sort of close (half an inch). thanks guys! ---
### Author: ![dcs937](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dcs937/32/258549_2.png) [@dcs937](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcs937) #### Post date: [February 21, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please/22167/8 "2011-02-21T01:36:43Z")
yea that pic hold sucks for me. whatever works for you.