This is Shug again and today we're gonna move from the one ball lesson to doing
two balls I really suggest that you go and check
out how to juggle one ball because it's gonna make two so much easier just click
that little I that little link right up there in the corner this is a very very
key step in learning to juggle the three balls so come along and focus up hey
let's talk about how to hold and throw a juggling ball now when you throw in
juggling and when you catch you're not gripping the ball too tightly and you're
not sort of throwing right up from your palm you're making a throw you're using
your whole arm like this when you throw a ball it's not just coming from your
elbow it's not just popping up from your wrist like that it's a throw it's a
natural throw and another thing sometimes people have a tendency to do
and I'll use this ball with the tape on it because you can tell when they throw
the ball they want to roll it off their fingers and it puts a lot of puts a lot
of spin on the ball that we don't want to do we want to throw that ball so it's
not getting a lot of spin on it the natural throw use that whole arm you
know instead of try to pop it from here another really good exercise when you're
learning to is just take the hand that you're good at let's say you're a
right-hander and just throw that ball up and down straight us up and down as you
can now do it with your hand that's not good
and that will probably take you a little work and of course if you're a left hand
or your right hand will give you some work and practice that just a little bit
before you start doing the crossover just throwing those balls up and down
there's a saying and juggling good throw equals good catch now when we get to two
balls here we're really just doing that same throw that we did in the one ball
video we're going to start if you're a right-hander with a ball and your right
hand going first if you're a left hand or go ahead and throw with your left
hand first and what it is is it two throws and two catches throw throw
catch catch left right right left right
left so it's not throwing at the same time it's a throw throw catch catch
throw throw catch catch if you throw the first ball regular height in the second
ball short you tend to get a on the catch and that's called a gallop and
that will sound like this that means your throws aren't the same height one
two so a nice little drill for you here as you're going from one to two is take
your one ball give yourself a nice ten throws I've lost count already let's
just say that seven eight nine ten grab your second ball now we're gonna go with
a very deliberate two ball pattern going throw throw catch catch take a breath
and congratulate yourself and then we're gonna go opposite left hand because you
can't avoid this because if the left hand is your non-dominant hand it's
gonna be working so we'll start from the right again right left ha good for me
and then left right right left left right now you're gonna find if you're
right handed sometimes throwing from the left hand first actually helps cuz
you're you have a lot of time to focus on that throw before you have to throw
that second throw again if I throw this one first then my second throw is gonna
go on the inside of that alright so as this one goes up you want to throw this
one on the inside of it not around the outside that's called an outside cascade
in juggling where we were gonna do just what's called the inside cascade and
remember a lot of you are going to be wanting to throw that second throwing
way out here and also the tendency is what this is to want to throw the
anthro wait people get a little excited and they want to get it out of their
hand try not to get your throws way out here if you're getting way out bring it
in you want to keep those throws kind of in here just a about even with your
shoulders are not much further out if you're juggling three balls at some
point you gotta learn to catch two balls in one hand and you've also got to learn
to throw two balls out of one hand we're gonna do a two ball drill and this is
just I have a ball in each hand here and I'm gonna throw this ball over and catch
it in this hand and then I'm gonna throw it back this gets us used to just
catching a ball in the hand with the ball in it I'm holding this ball and
when this one comes in I'm gonna catch it with these fingers so we've got this
kind of a look right here it's really hard to catch a ball back in your palm
because it'll want to roll out and then get used to throwing that ball out and
when I throw I'm kind of just using this fatty part of my palm right here and
these two fingers to hold this ball back some kind of really throw in with my
thumb and these two fingers and I'm catching with those two so with this
skill throw it over catch it throw it back throw it over catch it throw it
back do that ten times then do it with the other hand left or right not gonna
be as much fun for most of you left to right left to right and back
beautiful now in the beginning make this throw is very delivered throw this one
be ready throw this one BAM throw this one take a
break throw that one so I hope this didn't overload you too much and next
when we cover three ball juggling we'll already have this grip down here's
something to practice right now put three balls in your hand alright we've
already covered how to throw that first ball using the front fingers the throw
and how to catch it as it comes in to the other hand with the fingers practice
just throwing one ball back and forth while you have a ball in each hand this
is going to start setting you up for three balls I want to cover again just
one things always start with your one ball if you're a beginner here do go do
ten nice throws with one ball back and forth grab your second ball and start
doing your throw throw catch catch
and with that non-dominant hand which is gonna want to throw forward you know
that's the key that doing that one ball exercise getting control of that bad
hand the more you throw with it and the more you practice the better it'll get
so throw throw catch you catch throw throw catch catch right left left right
right left left right till you get it down here but remember now right left
left right it helps some people to go up against the wall
don't use stucco because it'll bust your knuckles and to be against that wall it
kind of keeps you from throwing that ball too far out that'll apply to doing
the two ball practice too if let's say your right hand and your left hand keeps
throwing out you'll go one two at least that ball kind of hits this
wall so you got that so that's another little tip going up against a wall or a
curtain but make sure it's a smooth ball and there's not paintings and all that
nice smooth wall so when your knuckles hit it it doesn't bother your knuckles
hope this is fun for you it's great having time here during The
Cove in nineteen to do this nothing easy about that to play with my unicycle cane
and hat