# My Dark Magic ll yoyo doesn't spin as long as most people I see.

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**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\
**Created:** [February 11, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662 "2011-02-11T04:22:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Legend513](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@Legend513](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legend513)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662/1 "2011-02-11T04:22:09Z")

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I haven’t found a way to make my throw better, because I’ve recorded my time that I could actually pull the yoyo up. I got about 40-50 seconds (can’t remember exact time) on the stock bearing.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662/2 "2011-02-11T05:16:16Z")

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How long have you been at it? It takes some practice to get good, straight throws. That is the key.

If the yoyo tilts when you throw, most likely, that will slow it down. On the next throw twist your wrist slightly in the direction opposite of the tilt. Adjust accordingly on subsequent throws.

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**Author:** ![hadoq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hadoq/32/688_2.png) [@hadoq](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hadoq)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662/3 "2011-02-11T05:55:44Z")

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the throw, most likely

keep practicing

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**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662/4 "2011-02-12T04:55:20Z")

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Thats still a good spin time. Keep working on your throw. Youll have STRONG throws sooner or later :wink:

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**Author:** ![mls5stokes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mls5stokes/32/681_2.png) [@mls5stokes](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mls5stokes)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662/5 "2011-02-12T19:05:32Z")

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Yea, its the throw. On my DM version 1 I could only get it to go for 1 min 30 secs for a while. Then one day i timed it again and it was at 2 mins 40 secs. You get better with time.

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**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dark-magic-ll-yoyo-doesnt-spin-as-long-as-most-people-i-see/23662/6 "2011-02-12T19:16:30Z")

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ya’ the problem is not on the yoyo side of the string. :wink: