# Should your next yo-yo be a spin top?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378 "2025-04-03T22:59:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/101 "2025-04-17T02:11:43Z")
> [@Should your next yo-yo be a spin top?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/96):
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> It’s time for us to renew our health insurance at work. I guess I need to upgrade to the gold plan for dental lol Boomerang here I come @DaneMartin that video was super informative. I am still working on getting boomerang down. It currently flies back towards me at too much of an angle, but I will keep adjusting until it corrects itself. I got it spinning on the floor like a champ now though
Wait til you start throwing aluminum tops with metal tips!
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### Author:  [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/102 "2025-04-17T03:04:15Z")
> [@kretzschmar](#):
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> @kevinm sent me a string to help with boomerang
I would ask for the magic boomerang string but I think I’ve got the boomerang down.
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### Author:  [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/103 "2025-04-17T03:05:31Z")
What is this top?
I think I need to learn to get the top on my thumb.
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### Author:  [@MinerJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MinerJ)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/104 "2025-04-17T03:12:18Z")
So, this evening I finally had time to try out a spin top for the first time (bought a Short Circuit last week). It was so fun! I feel like I’m a super slow learner with yoyo, and was expecting a spin top to be a struggle. But, much to my surprise, I was able to land it upright on a plate pretty consistently after only a handful of throws. I then tried boomerang, and to my shock landed it first try. I spent about an hour just throwing boomerangs and then tossing it from hand to hand.
Then I took a break to do pool maintenance and some other chores, and when I got back to throwing the top, I couldn’t land boomerang for anything. First, it just bounced off my palm. Then, it came back at me sideways instead of standing upright. Felt like every throw was worse than the last for a bit. But, I stuck with it, and eventually got back to where I was landing them in my palm consistently.
So, what’s next? Is there a beginners trick ladder somewhere with good tutorials? I’m guessing that much like yoyo, the learning curve is about to get really steep.
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### Author:  [@MinerJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MinerJ)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/105 "2025-04-17T03:13:00Z")
The reaction to her catching it is hilarious! Love it
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### Author:  [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/106 "2025-04-17T05:27:52Z")
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The spintricks ladder is pretty straightforward I think.
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### Author:  [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/107 "2025-04-17T12:04:40Z")
That is a Spintastics Quicksilver Hybrid fixed tip, great top.
@MinerJ , that is great progress! The experience of having a session where you can’t seem to do anything right is something that still happens to me sometimes🤣
This is a list of YouTube channels that have tutorials from basic to advanced (in no order.)
> [@Excellent Spin Top Tutorial sources with links to YouTube channels](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/excellent-spin-top-tutorial-sources-with-links-to-youtube-channels/399307):
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> These 5 YouTube channels have great tutorials from spin top basics to advanced tricks. The first two are young players that go into great detail and the information on them has helped me a whole lot. It is worth the time to watch and listen if you need more explanation on tricks than the shorter trick tutorials give. 1)YahirOrtega [[Tutorial Del Truco De La Lazada Pasó A paso Hazlo Correctamente Trucos De Trompos] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VN0q39zkM) 2) Fernandokendo [[COMO HACER "EL TELEFÉRICO" mountain_cableway (Truco de Tr…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tktioZNffAs)
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### Author:  [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/108 "2025-04-17T12:29:08Z")
As you have figured out by now, the length of the string (actually how far you wind a piece of string up the side of the top) determines how far the top will flip over from tip up to tip down. Too short a wind, the top will come back tilted towards your body when you catch, too long , pointed away.
The string is not a big factor if all you do is throw spinners or boomerangs, but it makes a big difference if the string is too thin or too fat or too course or loosely twisted, once you start doing tricks where the tip is sliding or grinding on the string. The magic boomerang string isn’t actually magic, it is just a nicer piece of string than the stock string that comes with the top, that I marked the proper length on for the YYF top for @kretzschmar .
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### Author:  [@kretzschmar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kretzschmar)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/109 "2025-04-17T12:48:10Z")
@TryCatchThrow
Don’t let him lie to you, it’s magic lol
Edit: I don’t know why, but most of these strings I have, I have to shorten and get the length just right or I just absolutely suck
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### Author:  [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/110 "2025-04-17T13:06:08Z")
That’s awesome bro… and your daughter’s reaction is priceless. 🥰
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### Author:  [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/111 "2025-04-17T13:48:37Z")
I have still never landed a Boomerang. I’ve been at it for a year and a half but admit that I haven’t tried a whole lot in that time. I get exhausted very quick and this seems to really wear my out quickly. Anyways, mostly I can’t get the thing to come back towards me very often. Every throw seems to offer wildly varying outcomes and I can never tell what’s causing what. Though I have still been happy doing Skyrocket into my hand.
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### Author:  [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/112 "2025-04-17T14:19:29Z")
@kretzschmar , that’s probably an indication you are consistently tilting your wrist when you throw. Not really a problem if you are consistent.
@Slestak75 , that wild boomerang experience might be because of a loose wind when you wind the string on the top. Just a guess.
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### Author:  [@Danissl](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Danissl)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/113 "2025-04-17T14:41:28Z")
So I’ve been learning but the finger ring/disc that came with mine just flies out if my hand, do you all have a recommendation on a better one than this ovular one with slots in it? The ring that goes on the top of the top is fine, it’s just the one that goes between my fingers. It’s way too floppy and slick lol
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### Author:  [@Sergio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sergio)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/114 "2025-04-17T15:41:20Z")
It’s probably your throw and release that’s making the button slide off. Releasing the top to early results in this happening or throwing too hard.
As a beginner it’s easier to throw with less power and focus on the release of the top
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### Author:  [@kretzschmar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kretzschmar)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/115 "2025-04-17T15:49:44Z")
I want to replace it with brass knuckles and see the results. I am positive this is a bad idea, and I am not recommending it, but I am genuinely curious if this in conjunction with a wrist brace would be a cheat code for learning
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### Author:  [@MinerJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MinerJ)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/116 "2025-04-17T16:08:03Z")
This looks perfect, thank you!
I’ve seen the Cobra mentioned several times in this thread, and they are really cheap, so I just ordered a 4 pack of different size Cobras. Excited to see how different tops play compared to each other.
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### Author:  [@DaneMartin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaneMartin)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/117 "2025-04-17T16:17:02Z")
That one is possibly my favorite button. Maybe the one that comes with a Star or Cobra. Because it’s the lightest. Like Sergio said, don’t throw it hard. Focus on keeping your hand closed.
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### Author:  [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/118 "2025-04-17T17:04:05Z")
You can put the button on the inside and a wrap around your finger and back out to the inside, or you can leave it on the back side of your fingers and do a wrap.
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### Author:  [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/119 "2025-04-17T17:14:00Z")
Do it
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### Author:  [@kretzschmar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kretzschmar)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-your-next-yo-yo-be-a-spin-top/422378/120 "2025-04-17T17:14:01Z")
I have not been doing this, I need to try this, thank you
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