Gonna quick post and then go to bed....
Anyway...tips on learning how to juggle.
It's all psychological.
The key thing is to learn not to worry about that 3rd ball in the air.
Only concern yourself with the 2 in your hands. It's amazing how your brain will automatically adjust your hands to find the 3rd ball as it drops down.
Lesson 1:
Start by practicing your tossing arch.
When tossing the ball into the air you want to make a nice arch about eye level.
Best thing to do is just take a single ball and toss from your right hand to your left hand once again keeping it at eye level.
When you toss the ball there shouldn't be much arm movement...mainly elbow and wrist movement. The more arm movement you have the less control you have.
Do this back and forth until you feel comfortable with how much power you will need.
Lesson 2: The Ball Drop
Start with let's say your left hand.
Put the ball 1 into your left hand...take ball 2 with your right hand and just hold it over your left hand.
Now just drop ball 2 from your right hand into your left and as ball 2 drops bring your left hand up to catch it while releasing ball 1.
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT CATCHING BALL 1.
Just do this over and over with each hand until you get comfortable with this.
Lesson 3: Combine Ball Drop With Tossing
Now instead of dropping the ball into either hand this time you will toss it from one hand into the next.
ONCE AGAIN KEEPING YOUR ARCH AT EYE LEVEL.
start with ball 1 in your left hand and ball 2 in your right hand.
Now toss ball 2 in a nice eye level arch over to your left hand. As ball 2 starts to descend bring your left hand up to meet the ball while releasing ball 1 underneath it in another arch over to your right hand.
Don't worry about continuity at this point. Just do this over and over with each hand until you feel comfortable with however much power you will need to use.
ONce you feel comfortable enough to move on you will now need 3 balls.
2 in your left hand *balls 1, 3* 1 in your right *ball2*.
Now start by tossing ball 1 from your left hand in that arch I wrote about to your right hand as it descends your right hand will come up releasing ball 2 underneath ball 3...as ball 2 makes it's arch and starts to descend towards your left hand you will now bring your left hand up to meet ball 2 as it releases ball 1 underneath.
The key thing once again it's all in the mind. If you just remember you always have 1 ball in each hand and 1 in the air and all you have to do is just swap them out to make room you will be cool.
Get over the psychological part of it and you're golden.
I've been stuck on 5 balls for almost 20 years now
I can do 4...I also learned a number of other juggling equipment like devil sticks, pins, cigar boxes etc.
Anyway I'm off to bed
