Juggling

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I'm going nuts! I'm trying to learn to juggle with 3 balls, but it is so difficult and I am too impatient to learn anything like this. It just makes me mad and i want to burn the balls im juggling with! Ahh.. frustration..

Any tips or hints would be appreciated. I have promised myself to learn it properly this summer.

[PhillyKev 0]

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Any tips or hints would be appreciated.

Lesson 1:
Don't burn the balls you're juggling with.

[turtlespeed 220]

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I'm going nuts! I'm trying to learn to juggle with 3 balls, but it is so difficult and I am too impatient to learn anything like this. It just makes me mad and i want to burn the balls im juggling with! Ahh.. frustration..

Any tips or hints would be appreciated. I have promised myself to learn it properly this summer.

Throw them higher up in the air - it gives your reaction time a boost

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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There is a kit called "Juggling for Dummies". It has 4 cubic, padded objects to practice with. It gives excellent hints.

The objects are square because it makes no difference except when you drop them. Square stuff doesn't roll. Round stuff rolls under tables and that is irritating. The padding is easier to handle also.

Stand facing a wall when practicing, arms length away. That way if you lose control, the flying objects won't whack a lamp.

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Lesson 1:
Don't burn the balls you're juggling with.

I'll give them another chance and let them live... for now

[quade 4]

Learning to juggle . . .

Go make your bed and then stand right up agaisnt it so that when you drop a ball, you don't have to bend over very much to pick it up and start again.

Feet shoulder width apart, arms at your sides, elbows bent 90 degrees.

Start with ONE ball and throw it in a plane parallel to your body from one hand to the other. Your arms shouldn't move all that much -- the action is in your forearms and wrists. The ball goes up to about the level of your eyes and lands predictably in the other hand. Repeat for about 15 minutes -- just learning how to throw the ONE ball from one hand to the other.

Now you're ready to add ball number two.

Hold a ball in each hand (and let the jokes begin). You're going to do exactly the same thing as you did with one ball but now when the first ball reaches eye level you'll throw the second ball from the other hand and then immediately catch the first ball . . . then the second ball . . . then pause. Throw right, throw left, catch left, catch right, pause. Repeat this for maybe half an hour switching which side starts first. Remember the balls go from one hand, up to eye level and land predictably in the other hand -- all in one plane. You'll know it all in one plane when you don't have to move your elbows from your sides very much at all.

Adding ball THREE at this point is almost trivial.

The problem that I see is that most people don't seem to have the discipline to practice a bit first so they will know how to throw predictably.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

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The problem that I see is that most people don't seem to have the discipline to practice a bit first so they will know how to throw predictably.

that's me for sure!

I manage to throw the balls in order, the main problem is accuracy.. I manage very well with two balls, but when I add the third, balls are flying all around the room.. Yes, I'll do much more 2 ball practicing tonight, and I will not add the third ball before I'm VERY accurate with the two.. thanks quade, I'll keep you posted how it goes

[DrewEckhardt 0]

Master accuracy with one ball - you throw it diagonally so it drops into your other hand. Then add the second ball, throwing when the first is at its apex. You can swap the two back-and-forth. Then start with two balls in your dominant hand and throw the third when the second hits its apex.

Opinions vary as to what to do next. You can let the third ball drop if things aren't perfect, or try to salvage it. I think the later option is best because it helps when you're passing and not getting good throws.

Sometimes I try to work on four balls (usually a four-ball pattern with just three balls) or clubs (I've heard that two balls and a club is the trick) but haven't made any progress.

I tried to get three for a few months but couldn't do it until they cancelled my !@#$%^ flight and I was stuck in the SFO airport for a few hours with nothing but my balls to play with.

I don't like juggling square objects as much - it seems that if you're close to making a bad catch and snag a corner the object rotates and makes it even harder. Softer balls are best.

[FlyinNover 0]

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Yes, I'll do much more 2 ball practicing tonight. . .

Don't let that get in the way of your juggling practice.


---Nover

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OK, now it's day 2 of juggling and I have improved at least a bit. I've practiced mostly with two balls (shame on you FlyinNover ), but also tried some with three balls. My new problem is as follows: i keep moving my arms towards each other, so I end up throwing the balls more or less straight up and then i lose control. This do only happen with three balls, and usually on the 3th or 4th throw..

Do I have to do more 2-balls?

[shropshire 0]

Try starting with 3 scarfs (or the like) - these will float and so you will have more air time to get the technique right.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[cocheese 0]

I learned with golf balls and a lot of swearing. Maybe try the scarfs or styrfoam balls the size of tennis balls.They are slow. Tennis balls seems to work good once you get the hang of it.
Let us know when you try eggs indoors (Graduation !)

[Marz 0]

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OK, now it's day 2 of juggling and I have improved at least a bit. I've practiced mostly with two balls (shame on you FlyinNover ), but also tried some with three balls. My new problem is as follows: i keep moving my arms towards each other, so I end up throwing the balls more or less straight up and then i lose control. This do only happen with three balls, and usually on the 3th or 4th throw..

Do I have to do more 2-balls?

Nope.... Just keep practicing three. It's a matter of experience and perseverance. You have to train yourself to stay in one place and keep your throws consistent. You'll eventually get to a place where you can do it without thinking about it.

Marz

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Let us know when you try eggs indoors (Graduation !)

OK, let's say that i should have done eggs indoors by the end of july, deal? If anyone remember it hehe..

[feuergnom 28]

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Start with ONE ball and throw it in a plane parallel to your body from one hand to the other. Your arms shouldn't move all that much -- the action is in your forearms and wrists. The ball goes up to about the level of your eyes and lands predictably in the other hand. Repeat for about 15 minutes -- just learning how to throw the ONE ball from one hand to the other.

that's a pretty good start. but to get the timing right, i'd fit this step right here:

take two balls
throw the first
just as the first reaches the hand of the second - let go of it and drop it (either to the floor or to the bed as quade suggested)
this makes it easier to determine the exact moment when to throw the second ball
repeat as necessary

if you have the feeling (or at least think you do so) - go one step further - instead of dropping ball # 2 - throw it and catch it with the first

congratulations - you are handling two balls (with your hands out of your trousers )

then countinue with step two from quade. good luck!

The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle

dudeist skydiver # 666

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Any tips or hints would be appreciated.

Lesson 1:
Don't burn the balls you're juggling with.

Actually, I say burn the balls you have and replace them with these here...
http://www.renegadejuggling.com/Web_store/rev3k/index.html

click on "Fire" in the menu to the left...

then you can set them on fire all you want

but seriously time and practice is the only real way to develop this skill... some competition doesn't hurt either... I only became the skilled juggler I am by having some serious sibling rivalry w/my big brother... always wanted to be better at it then him...

it worked and I am... I also fell in love w/juggling at the same time...


Scott

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[Phillbo 11]

Learn to catch the balls without looking at them. You have been trained to "keep your eye on the ball" for so long that your trying to hard.



or just shut up and do it