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2015-08-08

JackJuggles

3 balls, 4 balls, 5 balls, fitness, 70 minutes

I wasn't going to juggle today, as my baseball team had our championship game today, but we ended up winning, I got a home run and a double, and pitched the best game of my life. I was awarded team mvp:) (most valuable player). I was in such a good mood that I just had to juggle.

50 minutes of juggling, 20 minutes of fitness.
Went through all of my 3 ball tricks in 20 minutes. I haven't been improving much lately, so instead of doing the same practice routine everyday, never doing long runs, only going for longer runs every so often, I am changing my practice routine.
I'm going to go through all of my tricks, but everyday I finish with a longer run than the day before. For example, if today I got 30 catches of 3 ball bxx(which I did) tommorow I will go for 35. Of course this does not apply for tricks I can already do, such as the halfshower, but I will do this for tricks I have not yet perfected.
What I got today:
30 catches of 3b bxx
4 overhead multiplex throws
7 half pirouettes, 3 connected half pirouettes

The reason this list is so short is I've perfected most 3 ball tricks I want to learn. I am also learning the 3 up 360, but I can't quite do it yet and there is no real way to track that.

My 4 ball practice had the same practice routine. Today I managed:
10 catches 4 ball async overheads
10 catches sync overheads
24 catches 4 ball halfshower r-l
16 catches 4 ball halfshower l-r
8 catches 4 ball 53
6 high throws 4 ball shower

I used to do a pyramid practice for 5 balls, and I would count the drops. But it is VERY frustrating having worse results than the day before. So today I got 50 catches. I will go for 55 tommorow.
Finished of with 80 push-ups in 5 sets, 30 dips, and 30 leg raises.

Total practice time: 70 minutes

Location: My living room

Comments (7)
GumybolzZ - I'm working on the five ball cascade too. I've waited too long, and i'm finally getting around to solidifying yet.
GumybolzZ - it*. My fingers derped^
GumybolzZ - Oh hello. My bad. You probably already knew that. :P
JackJuggles - I'd like to offer you advice, but I haven't really even solidified 5 balls yet, so it's best you get advice from someone else. Although I can give you one tip. If you want to be able to count your catches just listen to the sound of the balls hitting your hand
Stephen Meschke - 5b. cascade improvement can be hard to see, but it's there. Control of pattern height and shape are more important than catch counts..
GumybolzZ - yeah but i need some way to measure my improvement and to add difficulty to what i'm working on, that's why it matters to me. And i'm not blind to how my pattern is looking while i attempt to count, if something feels off, i usually stop and collect.
Ethan - good for you. Never practise a mistake.