Einführung Bälle

Juggling with 3 balls

Keep your Forearms in a horizontal posture; the upper arm and forearm approximately forming a right angle; Bring your upper arms slightlyforward and keep your elbows quite close to your body. Your feet should be about twelve inches apart and your legs not too stiff (refer to Fig. 1). Try not to tense up and to remain relaxed during practice..

Take one ball in your right hand, the palm facing upwards. Now throw the ball to the left hand in an arc-shaped curve, and catch it in your left. The catching hand should be drawn 2-3 inches towards the arriving ball. Subsequently, throw the ball back in the same manner from left to right.

Exercising with two balls: This time, take one ball in your right and left hand respectively. Now throw the right-hand ball in an arc-shaped curve towards your left hand. When the ball has reached the vertex of its trajectory, throw the other ball from left to right in an arc-shaped curve.
Hint: at the beginning, plan to throw the second ball higher than the first one.

Juggling with three balls at first requires that you take two balls in one hand: one of the balls rests on the index and the middle finger, the other one in the palm. Start throwing with the hand that holds 2 balls. In the first step, just catch the first ball you threw with your other hand and repeat this several times in order to get the feeling for the throw and the catch of the third ball.

Throw the white ball to your left hand. When it has reached its vertex, throw the black ball. When the black ball again has reached its vertex, throw the yellow ball. Meanwhile, your left hand has caught the white ball. If you always throw the last ball you caught back to the other hand at the right moment in an arc-shaped curve, the balls will continuously wander between both hands. After some practice, you will have a steady flow in your juggling pattern.

Looking at the trajectories of the balls and the movements of your hand, you will see a horizontal figure-of-eight.

Now have fun practicing!

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