The official HOP juggling "I just learnt a new move" thread

thanks for that will.. will give them a go tomorow, when im somewhere with a higher ceiling..

also, said goodbye to my seed filled juggling balls the other day (stupid australian customs) and am now the proud owner of 5 sil-x balls..they're not too bad to juggle

Just started work on doublespin passes, for to do the 7 club passing. Pleased I are, but the english, she has suffered. XD

Awesome, I love double-spin passes. You can do so much, even when just juggling 6.

On a side note I'm finally getting the hang of juggling an asyncronous and a synchronus 4 club pattern with single spins.

started getting a high 3ball shower now, throwing the 1 behind my back every now and then.. going to start trying to get it every time soon..

having to re-learn all (both) my 5ball tricks again, having to get used to these sil-x's is a new experience.

Those passes behind the back in a shower are most enjoyable to do. I've just recently started doing them with the pass in a 441 pattern, strangely enough. Good times. Behind the head passes are fun, too.

They confiscated your balls!? No way, man! That sucks!


Today I:

Qualified reverse 6 ball fountain (synch and asynch).

Qualified 6 ball half shower (both directions). I hadn't even thought of trying it before today despite having flashed 7 in a half shower pattern before.

Caught 10 Catches of synchronous 8 ball fountain (VERY HAPPY :D).

Qualified 5 ball mills mess.

And I worked out a sort of four ball shower pattern where you switch direction on every throw. It looks like a 3 ball reverse cascade with 1 throws underneath it. If anyone knows the name/siteswap that would be awesome.

Hooray for productive sessions!!!

Next time it's dry outside I'm totally going to start working on 9 and 10 flashes.

Go on mike! I'm still stuck at the 6-8 catch mark on 5 ball mills.

That 4 ball pattern is a sprung cascade, siteswap is (6x,2x)* Looks wicked (more so just because I can't do it!) Its possible to add that extra ball doing 1s (well, 2x) under any siteswap, there is an article about it on jugglingdb somewhere.

At the Manchester convention I was consistently getting 5-6 consecutive backcosses with clubs, and I qualified a 4 club fountain (one of those tricks I never bothered practicing, figured one day it would just work lol).

Still haven't repeated the 3up360 without catching something on the wrong end yet though...

Niftyness.

I got to work on my 7 club doubles (passing) this weekend, that was cool.

I would say I flashed 5 clubs.... but all I really did was release them all and then while looking up, get scared and duck away fast. hah.

PS. I hate working on 4 club fountain.

I finally learned to juggle! I could never crack it and finally did at common ground! Now I can do the 3 ball cascade(pretty solid) and reverse cascade (little sloppy) as well as getting columns (very sloppy, not switching hands)

Cheers, Will.

Maybe I'll start working on a sprung 5 cascade.

Yesterday I came SO close to flashing 9. Anyone have any tips on how to catch the tricky final ball? I'm trying to catch it on top of the other four already in my hand.

I flashed 5 in one hand today though, under quite a low ceiling.

Back of the neck FTW!

But really... What sort of beanbags are you using, if its underfilled enough you should be able to catch it on top of the other 4 without too much trouble. But then, I can barely flash 7 so I'm just guessing.

What size balls are you using for 9?

That could be an issue.... Of course I've seen the people juggling 7 3inch stage balls so.... *shrug*

I can throw 7 in the air, but I have yet to actually catch all of them =).

I have however just learned some very interesting 3 ball maneuvers that.... well... I don't know what the siteswap would be other than saying it's a multiplex with 1 cross and 1 staying in the main hand (I temporarily forgot how to write multiplexes in siteswap notation).

The moves all look cool, but are completely weird to do from a normal juggling point of view.

Just out of interest, what is "flashing" a particular juggling sequence/move/thingy....

Say you have 3 objects, you make 3 throws and 3 catches that is a flash.

Now, say you make 6 throws with your 3 objects and make 6 catches, that is a "qualify" or a "juggle".

In terms of sport-juggling, you are not considered proficient in a trick unless you can make double the amount of catches as you have items, and therefore it is not considered juggling if you have 7 items, make 8 throws, and catch 2 objects.

Hmmm... My balls are actually a bit of a problem (lol innuendo). I have 6 fairly nice squishy ones which are about 150g I think. And I also have 5 much less squishy ones which I think are a bit lighter, about 130g or something.

So when I juggle more than 6 I have to use some of the slightly smaller ones which is a bit annoying.

I should really get a new set.

I'd also suggest something in the 2 to 2.25 inch range for 7+ balls, that is if you are having problems holding/releasing them. Granted you can always learn on something bigger, I think I use something a bit larger than 2.5 inches.

*shrug* Even better, if you can find a store near you selling the balls, instead of ordering them online, then you can try stuff out before you buy it.

meshunderlay: Thanks. Hmmm....

I should *not* start juggling. I have too little time....

If you don't learn to juggle how can you do a 531 Mills Mess or a 7531?

I think I like juggling too much because of siteswap notation....

Call it my mathematical mind. *shrug*

I know it's silly, but I don't practice with 3 balls too much so I just started to get 441 more solidly. =)

3 ball shower... 3 ball cascade clawing, reverse cascade is now clean,

meshunderlay: There are these annoying things called exams in about three weeks. This is annoying.