Trick List for Spin Top Sports Division
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This is the list of tricks used at the Sport Division at the World Spintop Contest and the U.S. National Spintop Contest. The Spinning Top Sport Division is open to players of all abilities and is a 40-trick list with increasingly difficult tricks. |
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General Rules This is not a ladder: players may try as many tricks on the list in any order as they wish. If there is a tie, the player who completed the highest trick on the list is the winner. If there is still a tie then it will be the next highest completed trick on the list to determine the winner. If the tied players have completed all the same tricks, then a tie breaker will be held using tricks on the trick list and decided by the head judge. |
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1. Spinner – 1 PtThrow top to spin on floor. |
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2. Big Scoop – 1 PtScoop top spinning on floor into palm of hand. |
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5. Boomerang – 1 PtThrow like a Spinner, but pull back so top lands in hand. |
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7. Merry-Go-Round – 1 PtThrow Boomerang, allow the top to drop off your hand while catching the tip into a loop of string held between |
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9. Arm Walker (fixed tip) – 1 PtThrow Boomerang, elevate hand to walk top down arm to inside of elbow, then pop top back to hand. |
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10. Crazy 8 (3 reps) – 1 PtPerform Merry-Go-Round over and under (or under and over) arm for each rep, return to hand. |
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12. Bull's-eye to 2 inch target – 2 PtThrow Spinner into target provided by Judge. |
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13. Behind the back Boomerang – 2 PtThrow Boomerang behind the back and catch in hand in front of body. |
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16. Hop the Fence (3 reps) – 2 PtThrow & catch Trapeze, put both ends of string in throwing hand. With non-throwing hand pull string up and forward so top goes over throwing hand, orbits non-throwing hand, and then returns to Trapeze. The orbit is typically performed when top tip is pointing the same direction as non-throwing hand fingers. Return to hand. |
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17. Gyroscopic Flop – 2 PtThrow Boomerang, bind top in center of string between hands. Pull string tight so that top makes one full rotation around string. Maintain stationary on bind for a second. Return to hand. |
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18. Mach 5 – 2 PtThrow Boomerang, bind top in center of string, make 3 revolutions of both hands around top, keeping top stationary. Return to hand. |
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19. Around the World – 2 PtThrow Trapeze, swing top in a vertical plane one full circle at full string length. Return to hand. |
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20. Dive Bomber – 2 PtThrow a Boomerang, slide top onto string a-la Merry Go Round, swing top under throwing hand-side leg (inside to outside) back to hand. |
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23. Cable Car (fixed tip) – 3 PtThrow Boomerang to throw hand. Drop top on string being held between both hands. Allow top to slide along string until it is close to other hand. Wrap string around tip and pull it taut to cause top to travel back to throwing hand. |
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24. Roller Coaster to hand (fixed tip) (10 reps) – 3 PtThrow Boomerang, slide top down onto string using same motion as Merry Go Round; jerk back with throwing hand causing top to pop off string and return to hand for each rep. Return to hand. |
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27. Whip Catch – 3 PtThrow Trapeze, pop top off string into air, and re-catch in loop of string using a whip motion. The loop can be made from one end of the string (so spintop starts outside the loop), or the loop can be made by grabbing the opposite side of the string (so top starts inside the loop). Return to hand. |
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28. Lasso Catch – 3 PtThrow like a Boomerang, but catch top with string using a horizontal swiping motion. Return to hand. |
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29. Roller Coaster to String (fixed tip) (10 reps) – 4 PtLasso catch and perform Roller Coaster but re-catch it on string instead of in hand. Return to hand. |
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30. Drumbeat (fixed tip) (10 reps) – 4 PtThrow Trapeze, pop top into air, re-catch on string. Return to hand. |
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32 - Barrel Rolls (5 reps)- 4 PtThrow a Trapeze. Hold the string with your throwing hand to form a loop and insert the index finger of the non-throwing hand inside the loop (do not let the string wrap the tip). Do alternating passes of the right and left hands under the top. Return to hand. |
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34. One Hand Trapeze – 4 PtThrow Trapeze, catching top on segment of string between thumb and a finger of throwing hand. Return to hand. |
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35. One Hand Lasso – 4 PtPerform Lasso catch with one hand. Return to hand. |
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36. Joker Choker (fixed tip) (10 reps) – 5 PtPerform alternating Roller Coasters and Drumbeats (or Sewing Machine and Drumbeats) of 10 reps each. Return to hand. |
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37. Behind the Back One Hand Lasso – 5 PtThrow Behind the Back Boomerang and catch top with a One Hand Lasso in front. Return to hand. |
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38. Magnetic Wire Orbits {Satellites} (fixed tip) (10 reps) – 5 PtLasso catch and begin orbiting top in horizontal circles passing top alternatively below and above hands. Top regenerates spin as it travels along string. Hands never let go of string. Top may pass above hands in front of the head or behind it. Return to hand. |
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39. Pirouette – 5 PtWhile doing roller coaster, pop top in the air, do a full pirouette (turn your body around 360 degrees) and re-catch top with a lasso. Return to hand. |
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40. Bull's-eye to bottle cap target – 6 PtThrow Spinner into bottle cap supplied by judge. |
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