# I can’t throw this one **URL:** \ **Category:** Spin Tops\ **Created:** [February 29, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459 "2024-02-29T15:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Razerface](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/razerface/32/265697_2.png) [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/1 "2024-02-29T15:06:47Z")
I can’t throw this top no matter what i try. Anyone know a trick on how to hold/throw this squatty thing? The pic isn’t weird,it is very short. ![IMG_4875](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/4/9/a493774522299aff2aa36b2df21a7a02d710d5c6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kevinm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kevinm/32/697_2.png) [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/2 "2024-02-29T20:20:51Z")
You might want to join the forum at [itopspin.com](http://itopspin.com) There are folks there that can probably give you some help, also you can see who is making string these days. You can also get up with Neff at [Spintopworkshop.com](http://Spintopworkshop.com) to order string. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/3 "2024-02-29T20:25:51Z")
I’m thinking I remember seeing DK on YouTube do a video on one of these and had to use an alternate throwing style. Bowling ball style if I remember correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/4 "2024-02-29T20:36:30Z")
A little different. Some good info on this top in this video. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/6/0/3608ee783cf315d16e8135507b760ba5e0109f78.jpeg "STRUMMOL8 Elisabetta Spin Top Unboxing And Review.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohx_a9IcXQQ) ---
**Author:** ![Grendel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grendel/32/92975_2.png) [@Grendel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grendel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/5 "2024-03-01T05:53:25Z")
@Neff ---
**Author:** ![Razerface](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/razerface/32/265697_2.png) [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/6 "2024-03-01T11:46:00Z")
Thanks steve. At least I know it’s not impossible to throw. I will get on a bigger iPad and try to zoom in on his hands to see how he holds it. I came close to breaking windows with it this morning. Bouncing it off of everything in the house! ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/7 "2024-03-01T13:49:05Z")
They can get down-right unruly when they are out of control. 🤣 ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/8 "2024-03-01T19:23:37Z")
I have never thrown this one, the low profile would make me want to try to wind and throw it like a Koma. ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/9 "2024-03-02T00:00:17Z")
Maybe @ta0 can help ---
**Author:** ![ta0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ta0/32/702_2.png) [@ta0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ta0)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/10 "2024-03-02T04:47:14Z")
Neff is right, I throw it like a koma: tip down, palm up. I put the button between my ring and little fingers. With the standard string the wrap is a little unstable. A thicker string (like they use for komas) will make it more easy to wrap. My review of the top: [Dreamcatchers: Dreams came true](https://www.ta0.com/forum/index.php/topic,6647.msg77320.html#msg77320) ---
**Author:** ![Razerface](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/razerface/32/265697_2.png) [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/11 "2024-03-02T15:35:25Z")
Anywhere there are pics of this hold and throw? All the videos I am seeing just show the top whipping out there in the air,coming back and being caught. I never get to see the hand holding the top. I am just learning this so “throwing it like a koma” does not trigger anything in my brain! Kevinm, i am trying to join that itopspin forum. ---
**Author:** ![kevinm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kevinm/32/697_2.png) [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459/12 "2024-03-02T16:37:23Z")
There are lots of YouTube vids on koma tops, you may have to poke around because a bunch of them are from Japan. I couldn’t find my favorite one from the Japanese spin top org, but this shows what a koma throw looks like. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/8/6/a86dee893e9d785347ef45eaeccb3a60a584565d.jpeg "How to spin Ohyama-koma") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58UVjh75eI)