6 ball juggling tutorial

[mitchdough]

Have you ever thought about making a 7 ball tutorial?

[mitchdough]

I just qualified 6 for the first time! Thanks for the help.

[WhalePhobia]

I think you underestimate the usefulness of practicing 3 in each hand while working on 6. I have been doing 3 in each hand (mostly my weak hand) a lot lately and seen a lot of improvement. I stop and collect while doing this when I break the fountain pattern or start to turn and it has solidified a lot.

[JugglingTricks]

@WhalePhobia I agree practicing 3-in-1-hand is very useful for 6... what I meant to imply was once you have a pretty good handle on 3-in-1-hand with both hands, it's better to just start practicing 6 rather than trying to "perfect" 3-in-1-hand. Anyway, the advice in this video is not truth or fact, just my opinions based on my experience. I almost always still warm up with 3-in-1-hand for a minute before practicing 6.

[MrMonicanarula17]

I saw u in winter blitz trailer

[bloonmaster]

HAHA! Description: check out my other channel for DETAILED DESCRIPTION. LINK: YOUTUBE/THEGOHEADS! U FAILED

[blackwaterboy2]

Is it possible to lean 6 before 5 because 6 looks more simple to me for some reason.

[JugglingTricks]

@blackwaterboy2 Possible, yes. Practical, no. It's probably counterproductive to even bother trying to flash 6 before you can do short runs of 5.

[doedicurus]

I don't have a ceiling high enough for the 6 ball pattern and its too hot outside. But minor problems aside (as well as tongue and cheekness), a personal issue of mine when juggling anything more than 4 is collisions. I can juggle 5 fairly comfortably now, but when I do have problems with the pattern, it is almost always a collision (or falls on my hand the wrong way). Regardless of the way I practice 6 they nearly always collide. I try making the pattern wider, but that torques my wrist.

[KARLOSTAR100]

im good at 6 now i can get 77 catches when i watched this video i was thinking that throwing them higher will make me soon get 90 catches ive also got 13 catches of 7 and 8 catches of 8 and i think i should do my 7 balls a bit higher because low is hard please comment back!

[JugglingTricks]

@KARLOSTAR100 I have seen some great jugglers juggle low and fast while other great jugglers juggle high and slow. There is not a "correct" way, just try lots of different things and go with what feels most comfortable for you. Hope that helps!

[renardmigrant]

weirdly, I learnt six about six months before I learnt five. I just find the fountain pattern a lot easier.

[NguyenVanThock2185]

This is of interest to me.

[andrewhero5]

#lol



[nisael007]

how long do I learn to do with 5 balls

[Mushi98]

Cool tutorial

btw - at the video index - you wrote the multiplex patterns.

i think you made a mistake in the siteswap of the multiplex synch fountain:

6+4+6+4+6+6+2+2=34

34/6= a weird number

the siteswap for this pattern i believe is this:

([44],[44])(4,4)

[thegoheads]

@Mushi98 6+4+6+4+6+6+2+2= 36 / 6 = 6 , so it is valid. Some people do juggle it as ([44],[44])(4,4) , but when I juggle it it feels more comfortable as ([64],[64])(6,6)(2,2) because the (2,2) gives more time to set up for the next multiplex.

[Mushi98]

@thegoheads oh crap i just failed :P

[curent1]

did you see his t-shirt?:))

[nisael007]

and how long it takes to master the 6 balls?

[JugglingTricks]

@nisael007 It's different for everybody, but I'd say to "master" 6 balls it will take up the majority of your whole life. To give you an idea of my own progress, I've been working on 6 balls for about 3 years now and I've reached the point where I can do 30-50 catches of the basic patterns fairly easily, and I can do quite a few tricks with a bit less consistency. I'm much better than I was a year ago (when I made this video) but the progress is very slow. Good luck!

[10Slayer01]

Damn you must practice a lot! Nice tutorial :)

[hugegiantfrogs]

hey great video, thank you. I am in the category you spoke of at the end; I can juggle 3,4, and some 5, but i cant 5 ball cascade for over 20 catches. But i can juggle a 6 ball multiplex. I learned the 6 ball in just a day or two of practicing. I have spent a lot of time on 5 ball and just cant grasp it yet

[thegoheads]

This video kinda sucks... what a loser, I don't need you to tell me how to juggle 6 balls. You probably don't know what you're talking about anyway, asshole.

[Reverbdude]

do you have another account called thegoheads?

[JugglingTricks]

@Reverbdude No, a lot of people get us confused. Thegoheads is just some guy that kinda looks like me. He is a real jerk too.

[Reverbdude]

@JugglingTricks lol sorry dude.. sounds like that really annoys u lol

[TedTracy]

@JugglingTricks but hes not nearly as bad as that dick sdaehog who also kinda looks like you

[masterlegend10]

@JugglingTricks How is he a jerk at all? He is nice.

[JugglingTricks]

@masterlegend10  No, "thegoheads" is a total jerk. I also hear rumors that he is a fat unemployed alcoholic loser. I wish people would stop confusing him with me...

[masterlegend10]

@JugglingTricks Are you going to be making any more videos. Like a 7 ball tutorial. I would want to see how you teach it. Ho many can you juggle.

[JugglingTricks]

@masterlegend10 I will probably make more tutorials someday... If I made a 7ball tutorial it would mostly be about how I warm up for 7 balls and how I practice it, because the "how to do it" part becomes obvious to anyone who is actually ready to juggle 7. I might do that someday though.

[masterlegend10]

@JugglingTricks How many can you juggle or have how many have you flashed before?

[LearnToJuggleNOW]

@masterlegend10 You can check thegoheads account on rec.juggling for detailled informations about that.

[masterlegend10]

@LearnToJugge Now Thegoheads is a different person than JugglingTricks.

[LearnToJuggleNOW]

@masterlegend10 Oh right, my mistake.

[masterlegend10]

@LearnToJuggleNOW Thats okay.

[bloonmasterjuggling]

@masterlegend10 look at the description. He describes thegoheads as his other channel. he was joking

[masterlegend10]

@bloonmasterjuggling ok thanks

[LordJasonGarfield]

@JugglingTricks are you just joking around or is that the truth?

[wvb93]

why do they call it a half shower? shouldnt it be called a double shower? haha

[JugglingTricks]

@wvb93 I have heard some people call it a double rainbow. Half-shower is the most widely accepted term as far as I can tell though.

[Andrexo3o]

hey steve, whats the highest amount of balls u can juggle?

[JugglingTricks]

@Andrexo3o  I qualified 8balls about a dozen times.. but that was about a year ago. So I guess I could probably still juggle 8 if I wanted to. I don't work on juggling 8 anymore though, just flashes.

[747Hero]

@JugglingTricks

Cant you flash 9 balls? you look way more pro at 3-5 balls than the other peoples who flash 9 balls...

[JugglingTricks]

@747Hero I've never tried 9 balls. I'm sure I could flash it if I worked at it for a while. I did try the 5-in-one-hand grip a few times and I had too much trouble releasing the balls one at a time.

[Tennisers]

@JugglingTricks That's my problem with 7

[Baal66613]

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[adzthejuggler123]

what juggling balls do you use??

[JugglingTricks]

@adzthejuggler123 "what juggling balls do you use??"

ALL OF THEM!

...

or maybe you could try reading the video description box for a better answer...

[ThomasBarrettJuggler]

66661 is my favorite way to work on 6

[TommyDistron]

XD turn on the transcribe audio it really messes up what your trying to say

[ChaoticSupernova]

I absolutely love that shirt! haha

[poorkingz]

This would be so much easier to practice if I had a high ceiling like you!

[gabrielfamilathe]

thanks steve!

finally qualified six balls today!

[thejoggler]

I've been working on six balls for some time now and I just wanted to let you know that I found this video useful. Thanks!

[WrongHandsVisual]

good tutorial man, when you broke it down into the 4 balls with secret extra time it seemed like a really good thing for me to practice!

[ctjuggles]

Duuurrn, man I need this tutorial! Here's a huge strength about this vid (and also a kickass wayof demo-ing how good a juggler you are): so MUCH of it is just a single take! I cheat my lack of skill by using lots of splicing.

[JugglingTricks]

@ctjuggles Thanks, Chris! I'm glad you noticed that, because it is much more difficult than people realize. I spent a couple hours just brainstorming about everything I wanted to say in the video, and then I managed to get everything in just a few takes.. A lot of splicing is still good too though, because it helps get the key points across without wasting too much time. Some of my tutorials end up being much longer than I want them to be.

[NoodlemanNO1]

brilliant video. I learned lots thanks :)

[josesblima]

Thank you steve, maybe I'm no ready yet? you said that one would know when he is ready, but I'm not sure if i am.

I can easily do at least 15 catches of 3 in one hand and have already done 19 cathes of 6 async, I can flash 6 sync or async 90% of the times but maybe my 5 balls juggling is too bad yet, my record for 5 is 112 cathes, i cand do 1 up 4 up 90% of the times and short runs o half shower, i cant do 645 and any other siteswap, I cants do 66661, is it good to me star practicing 6?

[JugglingTricks]

@josesblima I think you are definitely ready to start working on 6. I would recommend spending most of your practice time working on 4 or 5, but if you can already consistently flash 6balls and you have qualified it several times, you ARE ready to begin regular practice of 6balls.

[josesblima]

@JugglingTricks Thank you a lot for the great tutorial but mainly for the motivation!

[JugglingTricks]

66661, as Ronnie mentioned, is also helpful. And 666660.

Practice pattern control rather than always trying to get a lot of catches. Many people believe that if you always try to run the pattern as long as you can, you may end up with bad practice technique. Don't focus on being consistent with 30 catches until you are VERY consistent with 10 or 20 catches. I hope that helps!

[JugglingTricks]

If you have managed to get 40 catches, then you are definitely capable of becoming consistent with runs of 30 catches in the near future.

I do have a couple more tips.. Try juggling slightly higher than you normally would. A slower pattern speed is less tiresome, and although higher throws require more accuracy they should result in less collisions.

Always warm up with the 4ball excercises shown in this video. That really helps me.

[sbons]

you. are. awesome.

some great tips in here for someone like me who is just starting to take 6 balls seriously!

[Draitube]

I was just getting somewhere with this pattern before I stopped trying. No I only qualify it once in a many tries

[eMretsiM]

The wimpy is almost impossible for me! I never really practised it because it isn't symmetrical and it just feels.. wrong... for some odd reason... haha. But I can do the half shower pretty easily, how weird is that?

[JugglingTricks]

I don't know why I always have so much trouble with halfshowers.. I am fairly consistent with short runs, and I really like the way 6b halfshower looks.. It just frustrates the hell out of me!! haha

Wimpy is strange.. I can sometimes run it much longer than fountains with less effort, because the scooping motion with fountain patterns is what makes fountains so challenging. However, wimpy is by no means an "easy" pattern.

[benwetenhall]

I want a 7 ball tutorial ;-)

[JugglingTricks]

I will make one eventually. maybe sometime this week...

[benwetenhall]

Hey I was just kidding. I thought I was being funny. Hahaha.

..... although I too thought I wouldn't need anyone to make a 6 ball tute but you made some very interesting points!

[JugglingTricks]

@benwetenhall hahaha, I wondered if maybe you were kidding.

If i do make a 7ball tutorial, it will probably just be me talking to the camera and not even juggling 7 balls.

A video that shows "how to juggle 7balls" would be pointless. But I would like to make a "thoughts/ideas on practicing 7ball juggling" video.

[dave597]

really good tutorial! :)

[earthgas3000]

great video.Now my goal is to juggling 3 balls in one hand =)

[desideratoRdam]

my tip(as said above in the comment would be to learn 5 ball siteswap 66661, it helped me a lot!

[desideratoRdam]

Solid tutorial as usual! I've been working on six balls for quite some time, and I'm finally getting to comfortable point(slowly) but it's always nice to here other peoples thoughts on wich is easier and wich they like the most. oh yeah for me what helped a lot was learning the 5 ball 66661 siteswap, because it needs a certain amount of percision in the throws, wich translates into more percision in the 6 ball pattern as well!

[JugglingTricks]

66661 is a great pattern, and good practice for 6. I just realized I forgot to show any 5ball excercises in this video, haha. Oh well.

I'm glad I made this video, because it appears that even experienced 6ballers such as yourself are finding it useful as well. :)

[Beatboxking123]

Good Video :P