7 Bounce Tricks I Am Working On 11/23/09

I had a reasonably good bounce practice today so, I decided to pick out a few of the tricks that I'm currently working on and throw together a little video. These aren't "long" runs of the tricks, basically because I'm just learning them. This means that my technique isn't solid either. It's just a glorified practice video, more than anything. In hindsight, I should have worn a dark colored shirt so that you could see my juggling balls better.

The tricks are;
5551 A fun and easy little trick that I'm trying to get solid so that I can work on 55514

633 Just wrapped my head around the rhythm of it yesterday and am boldly qualifying it today. Looking forward to all of the cool variations.

534 This is another move that the rhythm is tricky with. I'm happy that I'm finally starting to see longer runs develop. To anyone wanting to learn to bounce this trick, I recommend getting 53(lift the 5, force the 3) down on both sides and, getting 531(5lift,3force,1pass) down first.

642 Just thought of this one today. The weird part here is keeping your hand from colliding with your 6 while forcing the 4. Getting that, "right right, left left" rhythm is funny too.

[75]24 5b Variation. I'm not sure of the exact siteswap for the 5b version of this trick. Basically, you just do [33] but, force the first catch back down, catch the other one then, catch the force. Very collision prone.

(6,6)(6x,2)* Awesome little trick. Looks fantastic when done well. I can only manage 15-20 catches right now but, it's getting a lot more comfortable.

Split-Force This is a little 5b multiplex trick that I came up with. You just lift bounce 5b splits and, force a quick 4 with the opposite hand after throwing the split. It makes a cool "thud thud thud" sound when you do it because of the three balls coming down quickly after each other.

The music is a piece of a metal song that I wrote a few years ago. The song is called "Quickie". It was supposed to have vocals put to it so, it is a bit repetitive at times. If you don't like it, just mute the video.




I filmed this all today, in my garage. As of today, I have been bounce juggling for almost 2 months. I use 3", Play Juggling, B-16 bounce balls.

I get bouncy inspiration from;
Moon (Emanuele Marchione)
Emmanuel Perez
Bounce Dicks
Eden Zak
Steve(thegoheads)
Sylvain Garnavault
Mike34717
Ivan Pecel
and, a host of others that I can't think of off hand.

Enjoy.

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[ivanpecel]

Awesome stuff man! Keep up the good work!

[RicotheJuggler]

Thanks. I just finished filming a bunch of tricks for my "3 Months of Bounce" video. I should be uploading it in a day or so.

By the way, Ivan. I have more music available for use in any of your upcoming video projects, if you're interested.

[david02401]

wow!!! thats some awesome bouncing. nice job on the 633 ive been trying to do it myself like you suggested but i just cant seem to get the hang of it. I also like that 534. keep working on it and you should have it mastered in no time. another cool 4 ball trick is the 552, its just the regular 5 ball cascade but with 1 ball missing from the pattern. ive already learned it and its gonna be in my next bounce video. nice bouncin

[RicotheJuggler]

Thanks. I found, with 633 that, you just have to go for it. Don't think about the timing of it. Just kind of flow with it and it'll come to you.

I like running 552 with the 2s forced. I just started being able to run 552 with the 5s forced. I'm trying to build up to the full 5b cascade, all forced.

[rootberry]

Your video make me want to start bounce juggling again. Root of Rootberry. 5*s

[RicotheJuggler]

Thanks Jonathan.

I'm loving the "Life of the Party" videos, btw.

[AmazingJugglerNate]

hey nice job I want to start bounce juggling more and I was wondering what balls those are and what trick would be an easy beginning for me I have bounced somewhat...

[david02401]

yea thanks for the tip.

[rootberry]

Thanks man, we will have some fun videos next week, we are trying to make one a day. I'm off to bed, so tired.

[jamesfrancis366]

You have got 5551. Why not try 55514 with the 4's forced. I love the feel of this trick.

723 with the 3's either forced or lifted is also pretty cool.

maybe 615 as well

Watch my Bounce O'clock video if you haven't already, It contains some of my easier tricks

good luck!