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The Three Ball Cascade. Step 1: Find 3 objects.
In short, don't use tennis balls if you can avoid it. Step 2: Find a place to juggle.
Step 3: Throw and catch one ball.
Step 4: Add another ball into the mix
Step 5: Juggle!
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Step 6: Troubleshooting
At this point, you probably can't get more than a few catches. That's okay! Let's see what we're doing wrong...
1.) The balls keep going forward and I seem to only be able to keep going if I break into a sprint.
- The common advice for this is to try standing on one foot or directly next to a wall, but also make sure that you're not all hunched over
and throwing with bent wrists. Focus on making the pattern as planar as possible and you'll get it eventually.
2.) The balls keep hitting each other.
- As you know from physics, a thrown object travels in a parabolic curve. When the object is at the highest point of the curve, gravitational
acceleration has caused the velocity in the vertical direction to go to zero, so it just kind of hangs there for a moment. THAT's when you throw
the next ball, and doing so with a steady rhythym will ensure that they won't collide.
3.) I'm doing the opposite of what you described. I find it a lot easier to throw from the outside and have the balls cross when they're falling.
- What you're doing is called a "reverse cascade". You're one of the unusual group of people who, for some reason, find it easier to
juggle patterns in reverse. It's okay, you're just weird.
4.) I'm totally lost...
- Free up your schedule on Thursday night from 7-9pm and come to the Sargent Gym.
Step 7: You are a Juggler
Congratulations! By now you've probably received your official License to Juggle card and learned the secret Juggler's Handshake™.
Now go out into the world and teach every person you meet how to juggle!