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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!brunel!ee89rfp
- From: ee89rfp@brunel.ac.uk (Robert F Partridge)
- Newsgroups: rec.juggling
- Subject: Getting going
- Message-ID: <Bxyy03.40K@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:07:13 GMT
- Distribution: rec.juggling
- Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK
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- Hello
- Thought I would post one of the ways I use to learn new vastly more difficult
- tricks! Other than just trying it, how about slowing the whole thing down?
-
- If you use round balls (bags don't roll well enough) you can get used to the
- look of a trick and what your hands should be doing by rolling balls on
- an inclined board. Of course the board must be big enough so that the balls
- don't roll off the edges. By changing the angle of the board you can change the
- speed of the trick. As you get better, the board gets more vertical, until you
- can do it without the help of the wood.
-
- I used it to get the feel of juggling a neat 5 ball cascade before learning it.
- It kind of teaches you when to throw to avoid collisions.
-
- I generally kneel with one edge of the board in my lap and the other against a
- wall. I've never heard of anyone else using this method so I guess I'm the
- only one fruity enough to try it!
-
- Try it and see!
-
- Robert.
-