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- From: ragatzs@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (steven ragatz)
- Subject: Three ball tricks requested
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:31:33 GMT
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-
- Well I guess that I should have expected it. Monday A.M. and
- my mail box is filled with requests for those "Killer three ball tricks
- that are VERY easy..." I had intended the posting as a joke... I guess
- that it wasn't very funny, oh well. (Unfortunately UNIX does not allow
- me the luxury of my favorite sarcastic font.) At any rate, here are some
- good - easy three ball tricks that I use...
-
- Three ball start: Hold three balls in a triangle shape in one hand.
- With a swinging arm motion and a little wrist flip, toss all three over
- the same shoulder. Line the swing of the arm with the shoulder plane.
- With all three in the air, claw the first two as the balls go up. Catch
- the third and start juggling. It helps if you make the toss straight up
- and keep the elbow out (like a chicken.) At the point of release, you
- hand should be next to your shoulder.
-
- Neck catch: If you have had dance lessons, this trick is the ol' flat
- back exercise. Toss the ball just over your head, say about three to six
- inches. Watch the ball with your eyes and not with your face. Just as the
- ball goes out of view, follow the ball down and catch it in the nape of your
- neck. It is important that you pull your shoulder blades back and keep your
- head up for the catch. This makes a little pocket and the base of the neck
- where the ball rests. It is also important to follow the ball down. If
- you have trouble with the ball bouncing off of your head or back, you
- probably need to think more "catch" than "neck."
-
- Chin/Ear/Mouth catch: One ball is tossed into the base of your throat.
- By dropping you chin to your chest, you can trap the ball. The ear catch
- is the same but the ball is trapped between the ear and the shoulder.
- (Same ear - same shoulder. Don't hurt yourself...) Mouth catch - just suck.
- (No tongue. It makes a clean spot on the ball.)
-
- Juggling head rolls: One hand rolls a ball off of the head instead of
- a throw. The ball is set just off of center so that it rolls to the
- opposite hand. Nice move with continuous rolls on one side. Killer trick
- with both hands rolling all throws.
-
- (boldface sarcastic font on)
-
- Fritz's frenzy: The description takes 2.6 MB compressed tar. I can E-mail
- it to those who really want it but I shouldn't post it here.
-
- (boldface sarcastic font off)
-
- Half turn: See previous posting.
-
- Yo-Yo/Oy-Oy/Barbell: This is the old favorite. Two in one hand while
- holding the third in the other. Move the extra third ball in sync with
- one of the balls being juggled. Depending on which ball you choose you
- can get the different illusions. This trick is really good if the
- isolations are clean. Think mime.
-
- Rolling: Hey! It don't get much easier than this! Roll them in
- a shower on the floor.
-
- One up - Two up: Two in one hand and throw the third ball up as
- well. You can make that third ball do figure 8 patterns around the two,
- circle in and out or do back-crosses/shoulder-throws. Do lots of tricks
- with the extra ball.
-
- Kick-up: Start with one ball on your foot. Kick up into three.
- Whee. OR... you can catch the ball between your heals and kick up straight
- over your head and into a beautiful three ball cascade. Ahhh... (Try not
- to kick the ball into the back of your head. Ohhh... You'll figure this
- one out...)
-
- Claw: Catch and throw with you palms facing down. This can be added to
- just about any trick for some additional dramatic effect. Dum, Dum, Dum!
-
- Well that's about it. If you want some more creative ones, I'll
- see what I can come up with. If you want some harder ones, I'll post more.
- Otherwise I shall refrain from anymore sarcastic postings. (I wouldn't
- want to interfere with all of the IMPORTANT discussions that go on with
- rec.juggling.)
-
- - Steve
-
- (sarcastic font off)
-