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2torial #0418:
Learn2
Juggle (Three
Balls)
(Continued)
 Make practice juggling "balls"
When learning to juggle, the last thing you want
to toss around is anything spherical and bouncy:
you'll spend more time hunting for it (and picking
it up off the ground) than actually learning. For
that reason, your juggling "balls" shouldn't
actually be balls of any variety. You want
something that'll stay in one place when it gets
dropped--beanbags are ideal, but not everyone has
three beanbags of equal size hanging around the
house.
You can easily create a good starter set by
raiding your spare change jar. Lay out three
old socks on a table, then place a
mound of change into each of them--about enough
change to fill your cupped hand. Try to get the
mounds as even as possible. Then knot them
as shown in the illustration.
These balls (we're still going to call them
that) may not look like much, but they'll do the
job. Try to make the knots good and tight, and
retighten them when they start to loosen: you don't
want a shower of change ending your practice
session. If loose knots become a problem, you can
get them even tighter by wetting the socks
beforehand.
As your practice develops, you'll get a sense of
how the balls "fit" in your hand: they should land
in your palms solidly (not bouncing out), and not
require a lot of effort to toss. If you find
yourself throwing rather than tossing them--or if
they just flop about in the air rather than tracing
a neat arc--try adding some more coins.
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