Friday, 4 September 2009

A few more basic 3 ball tricks to try.

This post will show you 2 tricks to learn after you have learnt over the top, so that you can show of to your friends that little bit more. If you can't do over the top, don't worry, because i have slipped a little guide on how to do it in just before jugglers tennis. It would probably be easiest to learn them in the order i have listed them, as they progress in difficulty, and tend to carry traits from the previous trick(s), but you don't have to if you don't want to. Again, it is in sections, and all you need to do to find them quickly is as follows: press ctrl and F at the same time, then in the box type the name of the section you want and press enter. Simple!


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|1.) Over-The-Top
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|2.) Jugglers Tennis
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|3.) Reverse Cascade
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*Over-The-Top*

OK, so, first off, can you remember how to do Over-The-Top from the earlier post? if you can't, then I'll hopefully make an easier to understand description of it here. So, Over-The-Top is, as the name implies, when you throw one of the balls over the top of the rest. It isn't really that hard. Over-The-Top is as follows: when you juggle, you always throw the ball on the inside of each other, (if you're actually throwing each ball over the top of each other, then you are doing reverse cascade, which is just over the top with every ball for every throw. ) however for over the top one of those balls will go over the top of the rest. So, while you are juggling, with whichever hand you're more comfortable with, throw one of the balls up and over the other two, and catch it in the other hand, and then put that ball back into the cascade. If you can't do it, it's a bit like flash, only you catch it in the other hand (i recommend learning to do the throw with both hands, otherwise the next 2 tricks will be rather difficult for you).


*Jugglers Tennis*


So, Jugglers Tennis, it shouldn't be too difficult to do it providing you can competently do Over-The-Top by now. So, at the end of the trick, the one you just threw over the top does not get thrown back into the cascade. It is instead thrown over the top again by the hand which just caught it. Every time you catch the ball you just threw over the top, throw it over the top again, while trying to keep it following the same beat as the other balls. Try not to focus to hard on throwing it over the top, or else you may find yourself forgetting to throw the other balls, so instead of Jugglers Tennis, it'll just be a strange looking throw. There isn't really that much to it, which is why this guide on it is fairly short. Sorry.


*Reverse Cascade*


So, again, Reverse Cascade is very similar to Jugglers Tennis, with one big difference. You are going to be doing, in essence, Jugglers Tennis with all three balls at the same time. Do not be put off though, as it looks completely different and can look really impressive, depending on how good you are. Every ball you throw is going to go on the outside, however this does not mean it will keep getting higher and higher. To keep it all at roughly the same level, the balls should land about a cm or two away from where the next ball will be thrown, but on the inside, so that the next ball will be on the outside, as opposed to being thrown on the side they normally are. This helps prevent: collision, just plain daft height, and dropping.