Annie, a teacher of six year olds wanted the best eye-hand coordination for her children. And she wanted to teach them how to juggle. They watched the Juggling Brain video every day and followed the 10 steps. At the end of the term the class gave a concert. Not only were the parents greatly surprised seeing six year olds juggle two balls, but the teacher had given the students an even greater present - better eye-hand coordination. So necessary for learning to read and write when they go to their next grade.
You are learning how to juggle 3 balls - brilliant idea - but the balls are flying everywhere. Some of us are impulsive with our throwing skills. Try slowing down the pace at which you throw each ball in the air. This will give you more time to control the direction of throw in a rainbow arc - just right for you to catch with the other hand. Refer to Step 5 of the Juggling Brain video for conscious control of the arc from the right and left hands - and get it right.
Recently a 65 year old engineer followed the Juggling Brain video method for learning how to juggle, and surprised himself by catching the third juggling ball within half an hour. Did he have something to brag about at the next Rotary Club meeting! His message - “the key is the smooth throwing action I learned in Step 5 of the Juggling Brain video.”
You are learning how to juggle. Great! You won’t regret it. Here is a hint about learning with both hands. Once you have learned to throw a juggling ball leading with your right hand, it is important to practise leading with your left hand and vice versa. You may find this awkward to begin with, but juggling requires both hands to be able to throw the ball straight in an arc in the air to land accurately in the other hand. Watch Lincoln in Step 5 of the Juggling Brain video, as he throws the juggling ball with either hand. The better your non-preferred hand is, the better you are able to juggle three balls.
Tom told us how excited he was when his teacher said we are going to put on an end of term circus concert in May. “I learned how to juggle from the Juggling Brain video my Mom gave me for my birthday”. He told us he was already juggling three balls and was practicing the tricks. which is why he tried out for the role of the juggler in the show! He got it and began working on a routine. He would do turning around, juggling high and low, starting behind the back, bouncing off the knee. All tricks he learned from the Juggling Brain video. With the goal of the circus show in mind he sequenced the tricks, got a showman’s outfit, got some show stopping music together, and what do you know - became the star of the show. “I could only do it because of the Juggling Brain video,” Tom told us. “it gave me all the clues.”
How to juggle the Mills Mess? Check out this juggling tutorial video. This is possibly the simplest version of this juggling trick. It makes the trick look smooth and easy doesn’t it? When learning how to juggle keep in mind that when you want to try learning more tricks there are lots of videos out there that can show you the tricks. But first learn how to juggle via the 10 easy steps on the Juggling Brain video. This is the best and fastest way to get the basic juggling techniques right and have all your eye-hand coordination skills ready for the advanced tricks.
When learning how to juggle three balls, stand beneath a good light and slightly in front of it. This way the light falls on the balls and when you look up you don’t get the light directly in your eyes. As anyone knows who is performing juggling tricks, you need to practise with lighting staff, and find out how to avoid being blinded by strong lights coming on to the stage from the audience side. It’s getting more exciting thinking about performance time. It’s time to show off to your friends!
We were going to make a video to demonstrate how to juggle Chocolates (see post) and had everything lined up - camera, masked juggler, chocolates in the refrigerator……
Uh Oh ….. then we discovered another Masked Juggler, who shall remain nameless, had taken and eaten all the juggling chocolates !!! So if you can’t visualize chocolates, how about visualizing big purple grapes?
Why are we talking about how to juggle grapes?
To show you how you can keep throwing your juggling balls close to you - up instead of out. Juggle something you love to eat and pretend to throw them towards your mouth - don’t drop them and keep imagining them falling into your mouth. Can you taste those large purple grapes now? Soon you will be throwing that third ball up instead of out, and juggling 3 balls with the best of them. Our masked juggler who had to settle on grapes, eventually couldn’t resist catching one in his mouth and savouring the flavour!
You may find inside the house too confined to learn how to juggle, with low ceilings and too much furniture to get in the way. Why don’t you learn how to juggle outside where there is more room and you can throw the balls higher. Find a good spot preferably on soft grass with plenty of room around and stand facing away from the sun. Firstly you will get the light on the juggling balls and also you will not be blinded by the light of the sun as you throw the juggling balls into arcs.
Practice throwing the ball up at different heights until you find the most natural height just for you. Remember to factor in the wind strength. With too much breeze this will affect the juggling balls as you try to control the direction of the balls. Help yourself to succeed. Create the right environment for learning how to juggle!
Watch our Masked Juggler master the elements with 4 ball juggling.
Have even more fun! Turn out the lights and learn how to juggle three LED juggling balls! These are balls that have a light inside them, and are juggling size. The ones we can get also change color if you squeeze them when juggling. This takes skill, but you can do it! Great idea for teenagers, children’s parties, and a fantastic idea for your showtime on stage…… Black out the lights just before your entry, then come on juggling the three lighted balls, do a couple of tricks and then have the lights come on and reveal - you are the juggler, and you can do it in the dark -because you can easily see the LED balls, while the crowd can’t really see you!