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  • how much did you practice??? how many hours and days in week

  • just did my first 5 ball flash today :D

  • Anyway, well done you :)))

  • I could never get the 5 ball cascade. I must be honest: It beat me in the end and I settled back into 3 ball tricks.

  • For anyone who starts turning to one side while juggling, it could be that you're not keeping your wrists straight which makes you have to reach for the balls. Focus on keeping them straight and the balls in a perfect plane in front of you.

  • I've been working on 5 balls for like 5 months now and I can barely get a run of 50 catches. After like 30 or 40 my pattern gets really sloppy. Anyways, nice job. That's really good progress for two months of practicing.

  • that's strange. I've been working on it for about 5 weeks and can get 40 catches but I can't stop turining to the LEFT.

  • After my first 7 days with lots of practise each day i average around 10-20 cathces and my record is 33 (although i cant stop turning to the right!) is this faster or slower than average?. Oh and im poor and therefore 3 of my balls are the same and then the other two are different so im trying this with 3 different balls (1 of which is taped up)

  • i've been juggling 5 for 3 months and my record is only 49 catches

  • im at about 7 weeks now, and am getting about the same amount of catches as you a 7 weeks. Got stupidly close to the 50 catches barrier today. Got about 48 catches that run. One more week to go!

  • wow by the second week you could do like 14 throws im in my second month and i'm barely getting past 10

  • Hey Al!

    I have been doing the flash for about 3 weeks and have it pretty solid(every time after a bit of warm up)! I can do 6(throws not balls ;PP) pretty good but you had like 9 going in too weeks any tips ?

    Sorry for for the bad explenation! ;((

    Namnam54

  • this video has gave me the confadence to practis 5 balls and i can now do 45 throwes to 44 catches

  • How did you fix your turning problem?

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  • I work on it :D I can do a flash most of the time, and now my record is 9 catches, but my pattern is ugly :P

  • I am 6 months out and snapping and now you are almost there. Guys the best way to do is get training. but do suggest 5551.

  • how did you get the flash in a week!? and then 10- and 11 catches the next?? wow!

    i got the flash in 3 weeks and its been 1 week since and i just got 6 catches!

  • nice juggling man

  • and now your doing 5 ball 3 up 2 stage 720's !! WOW

  • easy to say "dont stop just because you cant do 5 balls" frustration is too much.

  • Great Video. And I agree Juggling Stein awsome. He has great practice methods for learning how to juggle 5 balls. Once you get used to regular four ball juggling you are used to not crossing the balls the four ball flash works great to give the feel of a 5 ball cascade. Once I had the four ball cascade and three ball flash down it took me about three days of one hour practices to get a decent 5 ball flash. I am still a long way from mastering 5 ball juggling.

  • It seems you have way more time than me... I've been doing this for half a year on and off and I'm more or less where you were after 4 or 5 weeks... Having more fun right now though so I'm practicing more.

    Also, the tips of watch?v=2nkkQNFvJUQ helped me, especially to go for short controlled runs and not for "until something drops" :)

  • you use Gballz?

  • Hey there, as a fix to the unintentional turning thing, I tried standing either with my back up against a wall, until I could feel that I was actually starting to "push" myself straight, or try practicing while standing parallel to a sliding glass door or a wall. That helped me keep my pattern straight left - to -right, and fixed my turning.

  • how many hours a day you take to practice 5 ball cascade. coz its quite fast to nail it in 1 month! welldone

  • funny we can see your hair grow ;)

  • Learning 5 balls is fun

  • im still learning 5 balls. im as good as week 5

  • Today I made 40 catches :D New record, so proud of myself xD

  • Btw, OT, cool vid! Great, great job! I'm very similar in progress. Have been doing 5 ball for about 7 weeks now and have so far managed a few runs of 40+ catches.

  • @danceallday7 No. If you want to end your routine with a 5ball qualify, that is possible. But don't expect to be able to do anything more than that very consistently.

  • The date today in December 28. Do you think that if I already am solid with the flash that I will maybe be able to get good at five ball for a talent show that I am in on Februart 15?

  • i have been trying unsuccessfully to juggle 5 since i learned to juggle a few years ago. i can do 3 ball tricks like mills mess, and 4 ball, with some tricks, but 5 ball never solid. i need help

  • @hugegiantfrogs practice your ass off, 2 hours every day, and watch steve's (JugglingTricks) tutorial

  • in about a week i can juggle 5 balls for 11 catches clean, 15 sloppy.

  • i am after 4 months can to run 105 catches

  • My learning of 5 balls is like yours, but than I´m brake my 3 fingers, and later just when I´m started to juggle again I´m Brake´ed my Thumb... It´s not fun.

  • well i do not think this will take me more than one week to learn but im an kinda nerd when it comes to this stuff:D

  • That looks like amazing for two weeks, I'm trying to follow the same progression you did =)

  • Please reply, where did you get balls in this video and what are they called

  • @webtoon999 I think they're Firetoys' white and black balls, correct me if not, EmretsiM

  • how much did you practice 5 balls in this video?

  • Inspiring, I'm on about week 1 myself :P I can do the flash clean almost every time, 7 catches like 2/3 and 9 like 1/3 :/

  • about how how much did you practise a day in those 6 weeks?

    i have practised on 5 balls for almost 2 weeks but i have just started to get the flash without dropping too often. i dont practise more than about one hour each day.

  • nice cool juggling beanbags

  • That is excellent! Very good work!

  • been practicing on and off for 2 years and still cant get past 7 catches :S what the hell is wrong with me. Trying to practice every day now at least 20 min just on 5 balls. how can it be so hard its only 5 objects. *rageface*

  • im practicing also, my left hands seems to throw the ball to the front instead of to the right to my other hand ._.

  • I like your dedication. How many hours would you guess you juggled every week?

  • This video gives me hope!

  • i can juggle with 4 balls atm, but it is really hard... all jugglers keep going!

  • lol, i always turn to the left

  • good

  • this helped alot seeing im not the only one who on my first attempts is so PATHETIC but u got the pattern much quicker then me

  • That was awesome, seeing the progress and the end result, thanks for good video.

  • nice that was really good

  • nice

  • wow i subscribed your good...

  • i bin juggling for a while now im just starting to learn the 5 ball im still working on the 5b flash i cant catch all 5b sometimes so and thank you for giving me the insprition to juggle man and i like to play guitar too

  • How long had you been juggling when you started this?

    I am about as good as you are in your first "Some Plain Old Juggling" video. And I have been learning the 5 ball cascade for only 4-5 days now and I can do about 20 throws consistently.

  • Nice job bro

  • great video idea. i liked it. ; )  5/5 favorited

  • Hey, nice juggling progress, but do you practis every day..

  • wow i want to learn to do 5 balls but i dont think i can practice it for 8 weeks

  • I figured it out. I think the main reason you were having trouble with the five ball cascade is that it needed to be higher. You were doing it very low.

  • would you say that the transition from 3 to 5 was harder than 5 to 7

  • The transition from 5 to 7 definitely takes longer, but I think the transition from 3 to 5 is more of a shock to the system. Also don't forget to learn 4 and 6 balls :P

  • i feel like six balls would be harder than 7 just because its a fountain pattern.. idk man i dont like the fountains just because i dont like having my left hand not be able to be helped by my right hand haha

  • @eMretsiM I could do a flash after an hour today

  • @Tennisers making the flash once in a while is not difficult

    I could do it too after a hour or so

    but doing the flash is way easier than actually juggling 5 balls cascade

  • @eMretsiM hi, just wondering how long did you take to really consistently master the 5 ball flash and did you take on 5 ball cascade form there? becoz i am struggling that now. thanks :)

  • gave up juggling because I could NEVER get the 5 balls.. I get depressed watching this simple video.. . wish I had help... but nobody near or cares.. Congrats to all the jugglers who can co numbers..

  • @dugbok Just because you couldn't do 5 doesn't mean you should give up.

  • would you consider this as the average time it takes to learn 5 balls?

  • No, it probably took about 6 to 8 months for me to get it completely solid.

  • I'm juggling since January of 2009. I've began practicing 5 balls in May. My personal record is 4 minutes and 33 seconds. I can now already do the 5 ball cascade with a ring spin on my foot, the 5 ball reverse cascade, the 5 ball half shower, the 5 ball shower, the 5 ball multiplex shower and 5 ball (6x,4) and I am attempting now the 7-4-4 and the 5 ball statue of liberty. All you need is time and passion!

    "Don't come out crying, just keep trying!"

  • Great stuff, happy to see that I`m not the only one who`s having problems with 5 of them ;-)

    Thanks, that gives my motivation a new kick!

  • Can you comment on how you fixed the problems you were having (i.e. turning to the right ect.) ?

  • nice job, I'm working on it now. I just getting the flash down though

  • its now 2 months ago when i started the 5 ball cascade and i just can do 8 catches!!!

  • how many hours did u practice i day? you make me determined to learn 5 balls now. p.s what juggling balls are they and where can i buy them?

  • i have been juggling since july (2009). i hope to get this down by 2010

  • You have really made me determined now thanks

  • Cappy thinks your video is really quite spectacular--as elegant as a flower blooming in time lapse photography. If you can learn to juggle 5 balls in 8 weeks just imagine what else you can accomplish. Carpe Diem!

  • Hi Al, interesting vid! Just wondering how you sorted out the turning, that's the exact problem I have!?

  • I am on my 4th day of learning and can only do about 7-8 catches, because I keep throughing them too fast. I'll get it though :)

    If I can tie the 5 days it took to learn 4, I'll be amazed. You're pretty good :)

  • ok thanks! :D

  • Im 10 and i can do 5 balls and 15 catches its annoying but i learnt it a week ago.

  • where can you get those juggling balls

  • 1:17 <--- how you solve that problem? I turn too to the right all the time?

  • Short and controlled runs about 20 catches and try tom make them without turning and then slowly add throws. After a while you don´t turning anymore :D

    Worked for me :P

  • great wirj!

  • it's a very beuty video!!! 5 star!!!!

    but when you start to learn the 5 balls cascade, how many trick whit 4 balls you knew????

  • I pretty much gave up after the flash. I think I lacked the determination to REALLY practice the full cascade well, even though I BADLY want to be able to do it..  I'll have to pick it up and start trying again I guess.

    Good work on the video and your progress, though.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaah nooooo don't give up. i can't stand it when people do that. you can do it... you just have to be nice to yourself and keepplowin through. you can do it man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

  • I did my first successful 5 ball flash almost two weeks ago (after 3 days of failed attempts) and now my record is 21 catches and I usually get, on average, 13 or so catches. Is this a good learning speed?

  • Well Skeddels you're certainly doing better than me. For some reason I really hit a wall at 7 catches - found it so hard to get the 8th catch. I've been learning for about 3 weeks now and the best I've had is 9 catches, so either I'm really slow or your really fast - or most likely probably a case of both!!

  • lol thanks. About a week ago I made it to like 29 catches. But then I stopped for about 3 or 4 days and now I have a hard time getting to 15 =( I'm being counter productive.

  • This helps a lot I just am starting to learn 4 and 5 ball myself, its quite a journey

  • but can get the flash like 10 times in a row??? any way nice video you learnt really fast

  • Grr Ime learing too but stuck on 7-9 throws cant seem to get more unless I get really really lucky!! tips??

  • Sounds like you still need to practise the flash. Make sure you practise it a LOT.

  • plz watch my video, 5 ball stuff is at the end. ime a bit better than that now my best is 11 throws which i did today!!!

  • @eMretsiM Hi, I'm a massive fan! About 2 weeks ago I decided to start learning 5 cos I had 3 and 4 solid, I got a couple of lucky flashes but nothing that good, it was only today I realised i needed to slow down on my throws and in 1 day I went from being able to do barely anything to about 10/11 throws

  • @rowlm i am indeed stuck at 7 - 9 throws now. i used 3 right white balls n 2 left black balls to monitor the end pattern as to how many catches did i get.

  • Dude, congrats! I'm trying to learn how to juggle 5 myself but I'm stuck at 4 right now.

  • You have balls. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

  • Hey man, really nice work^^

    I've been working on 5 balls myself and I also turn right...

    Can you tell me what you did to sort the turning problem ? it would really help me a lot !

  • I practised short runs of about 10-15 catches. It seemed to help with the turning and improved my consistency with the pattern.

  • can you do a 5 ball 5 up 360?

  • Indeed I can.

  • I think once your able to do a 5 ball 5 up cascade thats when you masterd 5 balls. It pretty tough though. Have you started on 6 balls yet? I can only get maby 40 catches of 6 balls.

  • I can do over 100 catches of 6 balls or about 30 catches of 7 on a good day.

  • Shit, I'm at about were you were at 3 weeks and it's been about 4 months.

  • How good were you before you started learning. Did you know just about every 3 ball + 4 ball run you needed completely solid?

  • Wow! you're good and when I practice I practice almost all day but I can only do 3 balls and a few tricks and I only practiced for a half of a year but once you get good it becomes fun.

  • man you are fast im at three weeks and im at the point where i can get around 10 catches kinda solid

    how much did you practice a day

  • About an hour a day. By the way, the clips in this video are just the best runs I got each week. I could still only get a decent run of about 15 to 20 on average by the end of the 8 weeks.

  • Iv started full 5 balls today. i have been doing practice with 3 n 4 for the 5 ball cascade. I can do about 15 catches already ! ;P

  • wow thats pretty awesome ive just managed 4 balls but now ive gotta go an buy another 1 for 5 ball cascade:D

    an btw ur juggling balls r awesome good ol' camdem market

    :D

  • I have been learning for about 2 weeks now and can do about 7 catches perfect ugh. So annoying but each time I try and do more than 7 catches/throws, 2 balls seem to collide in the air and I drop them

  • you seem to progress quite fast. i've been practising the cascade for a few months now (one month actively) and i can get around 5-10 catches almost every run. congrats

  • i got 20 throws perfect in 3 weeks. is that good progress?

  • !!!!!how did you fix the turning cause i have the same problem and it bugs me!!!!!! respond plzplzplz!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Calm down. Just practise shorter runs and you'll be fine provided you are patient enough.

  • Nice vid. Am now learning it just over a month and have a record of 45 catches. Slow, but steady progress. ;)

    I wonder how you do these days.

  • How Did You Learn So Fast?!

  • wtf!!!! I have juggle with 5 balls for about 3 months now and I havn`t got past the flash yet!!!!!!!

    But I am very close now.....

  • Now i can do 50 catches with ease :D Thanks to you emritsim - misterme.

  • Great vid. Makes me want to start practicing my 5 ball cascade again.

  • great video, im trying to learn 5 balls at the moment. I hope i can be at your level inn 2 months....but i doubt it :) Good work!

  • good

  • how good you were with 4 balls when you started to practice with 5 balls?

  • Pretty much had a perfect 4 ball fountain. You need to be at that stage if you want to start 5. It's MUCH harder than 4.

  • I'm turning to the right to, how did you improve it?

  • Just make sure your hands aren't throwing too far forwards or backwards. Try to correct it by only doing short runs of 7 or 8 catches.

  • thanks bro

  • lol nice but i think im one of the really quick learners caues ive been praticing my 5 ball juggling for 3 days and i can almost get 10 catchers

  • lol when u said u turning to the right thats wat happend to me when learning 4 balls lol

  • what kind of ball's do you use here??

  • How long had you been juggling before you started to learn to juggle 5?

  • i think u are brilliant and are a quick learner

  • Great video. Just goes to show practise makes perfect......i guess. I wish I was learning as fast as you. I can do about 20 catches but its taken me at leats 3 months. I also turn to the right!

  • Don't worry, it took me like 6 months to actually learn it. This video only shows the best runs I got during each week of the first 2 months (i.e. they were lucky runs)

  • cool thanx. Do u ever throw one of the balls in the completely wrong direction and u cant catch it because it's to far away? I do that alot. do u have any tips to make all the balls go the same height and wipth? my balls go everywhere.

  • I'm learning 6 right now and I often have the same problem. What I would do is just practise short runs between 5 and 10 catches until you're more comfortable with it.

  • thanx

  • I've got that turning problem too.. :S

    how did you get out of it? Just practicing?

  • Yeah. Try shorter runs and make sure both hands are throwing in the right direction.

  • nice! im learning 5 ball, all i can get so far is the flash

  • nice you are a quick learner

    i can do the 4 ball cascade flash thingy really well but i cant do the 5 ball flash at all. Tips or Advice anyone?...please?

  • Try throwing the first ball high, then doing a 4 ball cascade flash thing underneath it.

  • Tried it, couldnt do it, but afterwards i could do the 5 ball flash. thanks a bunch:D

  • what kind of balls do you use in this vid?

    Mr Babbage beanbags?

  • Mr Babache 120g beanbags.

  • does it rly takes this long? damn im used to training tricks for 3 balls in bout 30min-1hour then bit longer to perfect them but 2 months holy shit

  • It takes more than 2 months to master it. Probably 5+ months.

  • What are you? eMretsiM

    I'm so curious

  • I'm a person who learned to juggle 5 balls. Weren't you watching?

  • I meant your ethnicity.

    geez

  • How was I supposed to know what you meant?

    I'm Chinese.

  • thomas dietz style

  • If you're talking about bad form, that's pretty much sorted out now. If you're talking about my amazing juggling skill, thanks. :)

  • lol Both

  • very good, this video can inspire a bunch of people. Frank Sinatra song really goes well with the jugging. How many catches can u do now??? June 5, 2008

  • 420 is my record.

  • dear eMretsiM, i hope u will pay attention to this comment, iam working hard on 5 balls, i can do flash perfectly, and 7 catches all the time, but its like i get bad, sometimes i can and sometimes not, i pratice 20 min everyday, but i just dont get further, i juggled it for like 3 months! any tips mate?

  • If you can get 7 catches nearly all the time then you're ready to move on to 8 or 9 catches. There will of course be 'bad days' where it seems like you're stuck or find it more difficult then usual. Just make sure you can do a number of catches almost all the time before you move on.

    Finally, PATIENCE is the key! Just try to make sure you practise a bit every day.

  • Thanks man, and btw, could u doo the 3 ball chase/trail excerises? and 4 ball and stuff?

  • Yeah, although the 3 ball chase is probably harder than 5 balls. And if you decide to do 4 ball exercises, make sure you continue to practise the 5 ball cascade as well!