Introduction

This book introduces the fascinating hobby of top spinning, a fun way to learn science, physics and hand-eye coordination! After working through the exercises in this book, you will be a top spinner. Being a top spinner requires work, but everything worth doing takes practice.

The spinning top was extremely popular in years past, but recently was nearly forgotten. Although we occasionally see flip tops, finger tops or pump tops in local toy shops, the United States has very few sources for quality spinning tops. This happened to a great extent because the Duncan Toy Company went out of business and stopped investing in spinning tops in the mid 1960's. I'm sure you are anxious to spin the top that came packaged with this book. Your new top is an example of the tops currently available to the top spinning enthusiast. It is a quality spinning top. If you take good care of your tops, you will be able to spin them for many years. A variety of spinning tops are available from the catalog at the end of this book.

Top Information
International Top Spinners Association
Watts' Tops