# Need help with Spirit Bomb 1st hop **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114 "2021-09-23T19:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/21 "2021-09-23T22:33:17Z")
When you pop up move hands close together to release tension and create slack! I will make a video for you ---
**Author:** ![Traditional13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/traditional13/32/96679_2.png) [@Traditional13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Traditional13)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/22 "2021-09-23T22:34:22Z")
This video helped me a lot!! It took me 5 weeks to get this trick… [https://youtu.be/6OPgnap3YMM](https://youtu.be/6OPgnap3YMM) ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/23 "2021-09-23T22:40:22Z")
This video should help a ton ---
**Author:** ![hobby\_master](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobby_master/32/145533_2.png) [@hobby\_master](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobby_master)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/24 "2021-09-23T22:47:39Z")
Try using a little longer string too. Looks a little tight in there ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/25 "2021-09-23T22:47:40Z")
I can’t do spirit bomb at all yet so don’t feel bad (although I haven’t tried lol) ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/26 "2021-09-23T22:48:43Z")
Short string actually makes the 2nd hop easier for me haha ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/27 "2021-09-23T22:48:51Z")
You can do it! ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/28 "2021-09-23T22:52:44Z")
I don’t doubt that, just haven’t tried. been working a ton on the jade/iron whip lately. recently got the keymaker whip down pretty consistently, but the jade whip is harder for me. ---
**Author:** ![hobby\_master](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobby_master/32/145533_2.png) [@hobby\_master](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobby_master)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/29 "2021-09-23T23:17:27Z")
Longer string gives me a little more time and allows a little more slop. But yea just gotta find that right length for you. But I know string length and help in some ways ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/30 "2021-09-28T01:37:00Z")
So practicing just hopping the yoyo up in the air has not yielded any useful results. Either the yoyo flies up without hitting the string above it (which is wrong) or it hits the string above it and instantly rebounds back into the strings below and creates a tangled mess. I’ve tried moving my hands a little closer together to produce some slack during the hop, and even tried raising my hands up a little as the yoyo goes up, but nothing seems to help. ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/31 "2021-09-28T01:40:50Z")
Did you watch that video that was posted in here? ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/32 "2021-09-28T01:42:10Z")
Yep, sure did. I still have it open in a tab on my browser. Seeing it in slo-mo doesn’t help me do it in real-time, believe it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Theycallmecotton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theycallmecotton/32/253526_2.png) [@Theycallmecotton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theycallmecotton)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/33 "2021-09-28T02:05:23Z")
I’ll make a video and try to show some tips ---
**Author:** ![Chriscatastrophe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chriscatastrophe/32/111769_2.png) [@Chriscatastrophe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chriscatastrophe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/34 "2021-09-28T03:36:54Z")
I think you just may be crossing your hands too fast . Let the yo-yo get as high as you can before crossing your hands . You want your hands to be almost clapping before crossing them. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/35 "2021-09-28T04:54:49Z")
For the moment, I am just practicing getting the yoyo up without crossing my hands, to see if I can get it high enough. I can’t get the yoyo “high” unless it misses the string above it. When it hits the string above it, like it is supposed to, it just rebounds back into the strings below it immediately and gets all tangled up. Clearly I am doing something wrong, but I have no idea what it is. ---
**Author:** ![LDTravel\_yoyo06](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ldtravel_yoyo06/32/121023_2.png) [@LDTravel\_yoyo06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LDTravel_yoyo06)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/36 "2021-09-28T10:53:28Z")
As I said move your hands closer to each other when hopping up just like a Eli hop ---
**Author:** ![nothingfaced](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nothingfaced/32/50156_2.png) [@nothingfaced](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nothingfaced)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/37 "2021-09-28T15:11:35Z")
Ok - So I learnt this trick a long time ago from this description from Sector-Y → [Spirit Bomb](https://archive.sector-y.com/tricks/string_tricks/spirit_bomb/) This was before Youtube existed but the text breakdowns are useful. Maybe it can help you too. ---
**Author:** ![Buzz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buzz/32/126269_2.png) [@Buzz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buzz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/38 "2021-09-28T15:37:54Z")
Hey… Another old school thrower I assume 🙂 Already gave that hint bout a week ago. Learned it from that source as well, back in the day… btw: RIP Paul 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/39 "2021-09-28T16:46:13Z")
@zslane - Hm, I think I see a slight issue with what is going on here. Honestly I do the first hop a lot like a kendama trick. You don’t even have to hop the yoyo too high, but brace for the catch by crossing your hands in a downward trend, almost like the old “suck it” gesture. Basically pop it up a bit, and play below the level you were at by crossing your hands and catching the yoyo like if you were trying to cradle the landing in a net. Also someone suggested longer string. Definitely try it. Along with practice, that was a major part of why I was able to figure out the second hop and become consistent with this trick. Maybe add an inch or two, you don’t have to go extreme. Should make things easier since this is kind of a dense trick. Judging by your vid, you can do it. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114/40 "2021-09-28T18:10:38Z")
As I’ve mentioned (a few times already), I’ve tried moving my hands closer together. I’ve tried raising my hands up as the yoyo rises up. I’ve tried practicing just the “pop” alone. In every case, **if the yoyo hits the string above it like it is supposed to** , it shoots back down before I can do anything else, and crossing my hands while any of that is happening just makes matters worse. If using a longer string is what I would have to do then I’ll have to abandon this trick because I refuse to do that. My string is already normal length (for my height) and making the string longer by even a centimeter throws everything else I do off, and I’m not about to re-wire all my muscle memory for just one trick. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-with-spirit-bomb-1st-hop/345114.md?page=3)