Juggling Video Clips

The following individual juggling skills represent a portion of those contained on the skill cards provided. Skills are listed in their approximate order of difficulty. Select the highlighted name of a given skill to view a short video clip.

Skill	Description	Hints
3-ball cascade
Dribble	Periodically allow 1 ball to bounce to the floor; hold other 2 balls; when Ist ball returns, resume cascade.	Suggested every 8th ball
Moon shot	Periodically pop 1 ball high; hold other 2 balls; when Ist ball returns, resume cascade.	Suggested every 8th ball
Rainbow	Periodically toss 1 ball over, rather than under, the arcs made by the other balls (easier and looks nicer if rainbow ball is diffferent color).	Suggested every 4th ball
Tennis	Toss the same odd-colored ball back n forth over the top of the arcs made by the other balls.
Reverse cascade	Toss all 3 balls reverse direction; each ball passses over the arc made by the previous ball.
Shower	Pass all 3 balls from hand to hand in the same direction.
2-person pass: Facing
2-person exchange: Facing
2-person exchange: Side-by-side
3-ring cascade

© Steven A. Henkel, 12/11

 

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