THE TOPROLL - "outside" backpressure move
The toproll is a great move to beat your less experienced friends with. If you win with a toproll, you are winning with leverage instead of brute strength. This is because the toproll is what is referred to as an "outside" move. You are trying to put tremendous pressure on your opponent's fingers, causing his hand to open up and allowing you to gain leverage. When the opponent's hand opens up, it allows you to get further out on his hand (toward his finger tips) and makes it very difficult for him to "outmuscle" you until he regains his hand position. You, of course, should fight to maintain and improve your hand position, thereby taking his (possibly) more powerful arm out of the match! If you do it quick enough, he will have no idea what happened!
How The Toproll Is Performed
The key to the toproll is to get high on your opponent's hand. The higher you get, the more leverage you gain on your opponent's arm and the easier he or she is to take down. There are two types of toprolls, but to make things simple, remember two things.
1) Exert maximum backpressure throughout the entire match when performing the toproll. This is important.
2) Try to walk your fingers out on your opponent's hand. Once you have succeeded in walking your fingers out some on your opponent's hand, regrip his hand and then begin to walk your fingers out further until you have enough leverage to take him down.
To do a top roll in arm wrestling, do the following:
You are at an advantage during a match if instead of the palm of your hand, the back of your hand is facing you. Remember, keep applying backpressure the whole time. It will be hard for your opponent to use brute strength against you and recover if his grip is not good. The faster you can get high with your opponent’s hand, the better.
How The Toproll Is Performed
The key to the toproll is to get high on your opponent's hand. The higher you get, the more leverage you gain on your opponent's arm and the easier he or she is to take down. There are two types of toprolls, but to make things simple, remember two things.
1) Exert maximum backpressure throughout the entire match when performing the toproll. This is important.
2) Try to walk your fingers out on your opponent's hand. Once you have succeeded in walking your fingers out some on your opponent's hand, regrip his hand and then begin to walk your fingers out further until you have enough leverage to take him down.
To do a top roll in arm wrestling, do the following:
- Upon grasping your opponent’s hand, pull yourself back. This will make him lengthen his arm making his leverage weak, and yours strong.
- Concentrate on pulling the bottom knuckle of your forefinger towards your face.
- Try walking your fingers out of his grip so he will have difficulty grasping your hand.
- As you do this, keep applying backpressure by leaning your body to the end of the table. Backpressure means to pull your opponent’s hand towards your body, needless to say, away from him.
- If you succeed in walking out of his hand, adjust your grip over his hand. This will increase your leverage.
- If your leverage is great, then your opponent’s wrist will bend backwards because he will not be able to keep his wrist curled.
You are at an advantage during a match if instead of the palm of your hand, the back of your hand is facing you. Remember, keep applying backpressure the whole time. It will be hard for your opponent to use brute strength against you and recover if his grip is not good. The faster you can get high with your opponent’s hand, the better.