dunno where people are saying that the skyva is better than a mid range metal , i certainly would say that at all , it ' s probably better at fingerspins than most mid range metals , that ' s about it . As far as beginner plastics are concerned however , the First Base and Skyva are pretty top notch . For a beginner you want something that ' s a little bit lighter so that it ' s less effort to move around and hurts less if they should hit themselves . Stability , unpopular opinion but for a beginner i think that it shouldn ' t be the most stable throw in the world or else the player isn ' t going to realize in the beginning when their throw is fundamentally not straightandtrue or when their play is sloppy . The problem is that if they start on a really stable yoyo , the minute that they get something that ' s not really rim weight focused , they are might start to think that the yoyo is the problem , not their throw or their cleanliness on string hits .