Re: Tips for a successful toproll

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Tips for a successful toproll

EIYC.com 11-17-2005, 6:06 PM
The following are answers from real armwrestlers to the question: "Please share any tips you have discovered that help you perform a successful toproll."

"Arm wrestling is just as much technique as strength. Use your bodyweight for a successful toproll." -Joseph Hammond

"I pretty much force back their wrist so that I have more control over their arm." -Christian Greear

"If I cannot do the toproll all in one move, then what I do is take it in stages. I give them my initial hit and hopefully have made some progress. Then I pause to clamp down with my lower two fingers and crawl out on their hand with my other two. Then I clamp with the top two and walk my bottom two up. Now I am out further on their hand and so I give them another surge. If that doesn't take them down, then I just repeat it over and over until I win." -John Michaels

"I use my legs to generate backpressure rather than using my arm. I just lock my arm at the beginning of the match and then surge back with my legs to generate all the backpressure I need (and then some). It works like a charm." -Mark Sidemore

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Re: Tips for a successful toproll

roger-t 11-17-2005, 6:50 PM
Another tip is to realize that there are multiple types of toprolls . . . posting toprolls, high toprolls, low toprolls . . . these are each good to master, because they allow you to toproll from just about any position on the table. I try to practice them all, because I have had to use them all at different times in different matches.

Good luck!

Re: Tips for a successful toproll

BigJoeD 11-18-2005, 10:49 AM

Can you explain a little more about all the different types?

Re: Tips for a successful toproll

roger-t 11-18-2005, 11:14 AM

Basically low and high has to do with where your hand is. Think about a low toproll being one where your hand angle relative to the table is closer to parallel while a high toproll is where your hand angle is closer to perpendicular (vertical).

A posting toproll is really hard to explain. I will think about it and see if I can figure out how to explain it.

Re: Tips for a successful toproll

sergey 11-19-2005, 10:20 PM
Posting toproll involves dropping your body down while maintaining your arm angle so that your upper arm is parallel to the table while your forearm is straight up in the air. From there, you work the hand a little bit and then fall into a toproll.

Re: Tips for a successful toproll

thelastmrbigg 06-03-2006, 4:01 PM

i was just wondering at some time i have extreamly good top roll with a low grip on his hand why is this most time ppl say get up high on their hand and the best top roll i do is low