# strummol8 love help

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311>\
**Category:** Spin Tops\
**Created:** [October 23, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311 "2014-10-23T04:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![OracleGlassArts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e99b99/32.png) [@OracleGlassArts](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OracleGlassArts)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311/1 "2014-10-23T04:48:52Z")

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Hey yall, i need some help throwing the love top. i have gotten throws down on the bearing king well, but the love doesnt want to land on its tip no matter what it seems. the best i can do is with a very unconventional throw with some wrist action at the end and even then it still lands on a 45 degree angle hardly on the tip and spins out shortly after. ive tried holding it in every way i can think of their must be some little trick to it. thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![OracleGlassArts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e99b99/32.png) [@OracleGlassArts](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OracleGlassArts)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311/2 "2014-10-23T18:00:58Z")

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So problem solved…for anyone else having trouble…I just shortened the string after hearing that it shouldnt go up more than half way in “how to be a player volume 2” with the sound turned on this time 🙂 totally fixed it. as a very new (less than a month) id say the love is only slightly harder to throw than a bearing king. idk about tricks, but the throw isnt too difficult once the string was shortened 3-4 inches.

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**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:** [October 24, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311/3 "2014-10-24T02:01:56Z")

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That’s cool you figured it out yourself.  
How to be a Player is so fun to watch. I was just  
doing fixed axle stuff and basically unaware of the new style  
of throwing when I saw HTBAP the first time, and it pretty much took me from  
just having fun with no-jive to being  
a yo-yo and spin top addict … So i guess that’s a good thing… in an under achiever and proud of it  
kind of way.

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**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:** [October 26, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311/4 "2014-10-26T12:22:10Z")

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As Kevin said, well done figuring it out on your own. You are a true skill toy hacker.

If the string is short enough to throw but too sort to play, I make a super thin but super solid string for the love. PM if interested!

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**Author:** ![ThorCW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@ThorCW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThorCW)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311/5 "2015-03-02T15:14:52Z")

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were does one find how to be a player?

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**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 12, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/strummol8-love-help/70311/6 "2015-03-12T04:08:18Z")

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> [@ThorCW](#):
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> were does one find how to be a player?

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGJAlZkmc4)