Something like this?
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Got my short circut today!! I have no clue what I’m doing and I need help throwing it 
I feel like it’s not tightly wound and it doesn’t unwind when I throw it, and it just kinda goes everywhere when I do.
Am I supposed to cut the string? Should I used the o shaped ring or not?
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I personally don’t use the ring. I’ve seen people that are amazing use it and people that are amazing not use it. Just preference. Even crazier is… I know people that don’t wind or throw it. Snap start to a regen! lol.
I can post a super handy always effective throw video lol.
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I’m starting to get a lil consistent, but it always lands on its right side, so sure! If you think that’d help
Edit: found out I was adjusting it to land on its tip the wrong way! Fixed it and I’m pretty good at a basic throw now!
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Ultimately you may deviate from this, but if you learn like this you can always default back to this to troubleshoot new top or string problems.
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Yo tysm!
I wasn’t wrapping the end of the string all the way at around the top, just holding it in place, so that really helps!
Thanks bro 
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I suck at spintop but our local yoyo club we have some yoyo legends that are big into spintops and I’ve learned to wind a top without the ring from them.
At some point I’ll get good enough to land it on my hand just need to find a good place to practice more than a few minutes once a month at club
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Awesome!! Glad you got it figured out. As far as the ring, I feel like you’d be better off learning without it. It’s not that difficult and then you’ll be good with or without a ring. 
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that’s the big thing stopping me. in my house i only have thicker carpet or hardwood
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I believe this info is from an old Dale Oliver VHS. my brother and I learned how to throw tops watching tapes at the library in Bakersfield. We got good enough to shoot them into frisbee’s and threw them at each other with a good hover lol.
I forgot to mention at this point, make sure the tip is straight up after getting your throwing arm where it stops.
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Every time I throw the Short Circuit recently it lands on its side, tip facing left. Am I doing something consistently and obviously wrong?
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Is this something new or was it always that way?
It is a recent problem for me. Stock string.
That grip seemed to work better. Thanks!
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@kevinm hooked me up with a few tops in trade, but this one seems to be growing on me. It’s a Trompos Space Jupiter roller.
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When the string is too long, it’s easy to put a little knot in it to move the button down a few inches, then you can practice with the same throw and release (tip up).
Hey, if I learned 1 thing in 30 some years at bike shops, it’s don’t throw tops around the pretty motorcycles!
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This one took some practice.
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I got a Sara yesterday from Strummel8. It’s huge. Here’s my new favorites from Spintastics. The green Trompo Grande I bought new and have been learning regen stuff. I thought it was huge. But the Sara makes it look tiny.
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How do you like it? I saw one at worlds but didn’t throw it, it seemed very heavy.
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