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- From: garys@iscp.bellcore.com (Gary Seubert)
- Newsgroups: rec.juggling
- Subject: Re: Getting going
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.164438.15979@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:44:38 GMT
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- In article <Bxyy03.40K@brunel.ac.uk>, ee89rfp@brunel.ac.uk (Robert F Partridge) writes:
- |> 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.
-
- This was advised a while back and many thought it was a good idea.
- Also mentioned was practicing on a stage or some place that has a high
- curtain. By throwing against the curtain, you can concentrate more
- on left-to-right accuracy since the normal tendancy to throw too far
- forward when trying numbers is nullified by the curtain and the balls
- (mostly) fall down at a consistent distance from you.
-
- yraG
-