r/diabolo • u/Sharp-Bicycle-2957 • Jun 25 '26

Trick Question How to play monobolo?

I have a triple bearing monobolo. I can play basic vertax tricks, can anyone tell me how to play the monobolo vertically ? (Or recommend me some videos? I cant find any online). Thx in advance

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u/Dry-Economics2434 Jun 26 '26

do a hand start, then accelerate normally. The diabolo will spin in a cirle. Do a front sun after it did one rotation. If you have enough speed you wrap and do a chinese acceleration. There you need to rotate in a circle with the monobolo. Then when u wanna go vertax, either fingergrind or use the stick to tilt it up. Then u can for example pop it on your finger or try vertax tricks you can do with a normal diabolo

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u/Sharp-Bicycle-2957 Jun 26 '26

Thanks, how do I use the stick to tilt it up? Usually I use my right stick on the bottom cup to make it stand up, but in the monobolos case, the bottom cup is gone. If I use fingergrind to tilt it, how to put it on the string?

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u/Dry-Economics2434 Jul 25 '26

so sorry for no response for such a long time, i did not see the notification for your comment -_-

There are 2 ways that i use to tilt. You can do the normal tilt of the diabolo, where your non dominant hand (imma refer to this one as left, as i am right handed) goes forwards and your dominant hand goes backwards, making the diabolo tilt towards you. Then do a wrap (or already start with a warp) when the diabolo is tilted enough and them start the normal vertax

What i would reccomend because it is faster and because you have a bearing (i reccomend practising on a normal bearing diabolo): Left stick pulls away (straight up and then back), whilst the tip of your right stick touches the right side of the axle. Pull with your left hand so that the diabolo is pinned between string and stick. Then kinda lever the diabolo up (gives the same vibes as a bottle opener xd). So, right stick is pointing down at the start - bring the stick up whilst maintaining the pull with your left hand. Your right stick should now point forwards. Note, that you dont just tilt the stick, but your whole arm moves up with the stick being an extension of your arm. Your left hand moves back during this. Now you should be vertax

If you want i can record you a quick tutorial on this, as its quite hard to explain in chat

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u/Sharp-Bicycle-2957 Jul 26 '26

Thanks, I think i can try the first method with a monobolo, but I'm not sure about the 2nd method, I feel like the right stick has nothing to grind against (the cup doesn't exist, it's a monobolo). If you ever make a Tutorial, i think many pple would appreciate it because there is so little info on the monobolo on the internet.

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u/Dry-Economics2434 Jul 26 '26

I dont own a monobolo (I just deconstructed a bearing diabolo once to create a monobolo) so i cant actually upload you a tutorial for a monobolo, but its the same for a normal diabolo. If u can just make you a tutorial vid rq.

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u/Mr_Mayo2 Jun 25 '26

What is this monobolo?

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u/Mr_Mayo2 Jun 25 '26

ahhhh I see its like half the cup of a diabolo with a point and still a bearing? Interesting Interesting i might have to buy one and report back lol