How to Spin a Top, Plus 11 Basic Spin Top Tricks

Super fun and very beginner-accessible tricks taught by spin top champion Mark Hayward.

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1)Yojeridoo by Scott Spencer. Used with permission.

[goofe.washington]

This is really interesting. Last time I spun a top was in 1963 when I was 10 years old. Your manner of explanation is excellent. Thank you for posting.

[crimsonfancy]

Very fun! Nice job with the detail edits and slow motion to demonstrate pick-ups.
It's been since 1995 I've thrown a top and a friend and I got pretty good at landing them. These were Duncan brand tops that we would buy at K&B (or similar) drugstore in New assume it was K&B (because New Orleans) but they may have already dissolved ....anyway.... any common neighborhood store would carry Duncan yoyos and tops. I was 25 years old when I first tried but the fun isn't age restricted. ;-)
Earlier this week, a new friend of mine from Honduras told me that when he was a young man, they would spin wooden, homemade "trompos" for fun and competition! This is why I decided to search online to find some instruction to share and to maybe rekindle the fun times had when we were younger.
Thank you for sharing and I'm excited to see where I can pick some up for myself and for Jose and his son Joseph! Why not?! Simple toys that offer learning new skills can be fun pastime and a fun hobby.
"Collect them all!" they would say on TV! 😊

[MauricioDelgado]

Nice vid!
In Mexico and most Central American countries, this is a traditional toy that we are encouraged to play with from a young age (I'm from Costa Rica). Brands like trompos Cometa are constantly releasing new models and some professionals tour around the country to show the most amazing tricks. Tip: if you already learned the boomerang you can play in a grass environment to avoid the spinning top crashing on hard material floors. PD: I love that spinning top of yours, usually the Mexican spinning tops have some childish/cheesy designs that I personally dislike.

[DinRB]

RIP to the people who tried learning these inside their home😂

[MaZEEZaM]

I just discovered these after searching the store i found the Kendama in, another toy that's cool and new to me. I always enjoyed spinning things, i used to take the metal tips off warn out disposable pens and spin that on the table. Dice too and I loved the Yoyo of course. I was considering getting these toys for my niece's and nephews, they would be great for hand and eye coordination.

[iron]

I remember playing with theae as a kid in mexico and juat ewrlier this week i ordered some cometa brand onea 😊

[hidehide-dg]

I am unbelievable that experts can teach the spin top tricks.

[will]

Super helpful. I watch some other, less in depth videos, and I couldn’t pick up the top because I’m more or less ambidextrous, but have slight preferences I have a stronger right arm, but slightly better fine motor skills with my left hand, so I was throwing the top with my right hand, but trying to pick it up with my left and using the wrong finger to pop it up! 😅

[peace_]

OMG seriously i was trying to spin a top since few days but wasn't able to do soo because I was throwing up side down, thanks for this awesome video.... 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[zachkiker]

I just got three of the old school wooden ones with the fixed tips and they don’t seem to flip over like they’re supposed to do. Sometimes they do but mostly not. I’ve thrown them like 30 times tonight and maybe landed 7 correctly

[sameerakhtar]

I have those types of wooden tops in which you have to fix a special nail by yourself to make a tip and the tip is quite long and not like these small ones, any tips for that?

[INDIGENOUS_Tiktok__yeha_noha]

Hi, how are you?i have a question, when you throw the boomerang, do you have to turn your hand slightly or just hold the top straight in your hand and pull it hard? because I can't get it done😅

[TheEdguitars]

Great video! Does the brass tip gets dull too quick?

[patharris]

Great instructable video. WHAT type od string should I use and where can I buy the tops and strings as I would like to woodturn my own tops😮

[yogeshtel]

As a Indian I am kid but I can do 999+ tricks with top

[ftpoundbeastgigachad]

i love theese vids...FINALY A TROMPO VID NOT IN SPANISH

[robertcornelius]

I'm jealous of all that hair. I'm hair impaired. Thanks for the tips.

[briancool]

I’m getting better at spinning my top but. I don’t know when it’s time to do tricks 😅

[RHAAFamily]

I like your way you speak and good video

[franciskusvanderaher-xkir]

So at school in Oudtshoorn south africa thay spin the top then thay hit your top then if it dont spin then thay can make holes in your top