Saturday, December 29, 2018

Learning 633 and 63641

Both of these were hard work for me to get going. 3 months back I didn't have a chance to get past a few rounds so gave up but now I've improved. Anyway just as the pattern threatens to become stable the 6's want to go somewhere they shouldn't. 633 feels like it would just click and become easy (one day soon?!).

 Next time at the Areteland hill it felt like it had clicked. Now I can say that after initial brainstrain I really LIKE this PATTERN.



Trying to learn 63641 also but after watching this it seems that after the first throw it's more like




(6,4x)(6,2)(2x,4)*

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Cheat'N'box journey


 Cheat,N,Box. I didn't want to practise N-Box as it's one sided and hard to do but then I found this way to make it symmetrical and easier also. After training this for some (quite long) time Drop box feels good also...
 Bursted box also starting to feel a bit better but can't make the back throw 1's airborn. Everybody who learns this thing has a different way to make the pattern but there is always interest in different ways to improve.

Is this closer to a real N-Box?







Saturday, December 22, 2018

Grasping throw [11]

Why like this [11] or [2x2x] throw?
Not so much catching for me with these Russian balls but more of a grasping 'Slamstuff' into the other hand as fast as possible.
I thought this is a RETARDED throw at first but now with interesting patterns it seems to have gained some value.  Could also have some 'sleight of hand' or comedy potential....
See yea all 4 ball boxes are hard work but this one is super chilled out and IS technically a 4 ball box.Haha! (comedy bit). The second pattern is actually good fun 524[11][54]51
 First pattern, like a shower for 2 passes then changing direction 25[22]5[11][54]1
Then stacks on each side with [44]244[11]
[54][11][52]2 funny and the funky [44][54]12 both one sided (boohiss) and quite easy.








Tuesday, December 18, 2018

4 balls (6,4x) patterns

For some reason I like this more than it's seemingly more popular sister throw (6x,4). However I'm finding it tricky to get any things properly running so I can only take comfort in the fact that the more of this I do the easier it will be to learn the 5 ball classic later. Even so these are great patterns in themselves.
First pattern is (6,4x)(2x,4)*
The next is even harder for me but I think it's more similar to (so better practise for) the 5 ball model.
It's (6,4x)(4x,6)(4,0)*
The next one (6,4x)(2x,6)(2x,4x)* I think could only 'Double Qualify' also (new phrase learned today, like it a lot) but felt good.








Friday, December 14, 2018

ShuffleMessingAround

Now that I've learned a few cross handed and under the wrist type patterns I start to realize just how many possible variations there are to do. These three patterns are from recent favorites.


Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Sunset "Nice Juggling" place

Beautiful (mostly) quiet place to practise in the afternoons in the shadow of some big mango trees.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Burst Sliced Shuffle

On waking up in the morning I had the idea so put together bits of 3 different patterns I've learned recently (Burst box, Luke's shuffle, sliced multiplex) and got this.
 I never learn tricks that I haven't watched somebody do or at least on jugglelab so maybe my brain is changing!