5 club 1-count with Doubles (and self-zip Filler)
General Considerations
This is a good entry pattern because
- it has only 5 clubs and
- you can skip doing anything for 4 beats if the double are hard to catch and
- it has a strong focus on the double passes
- you can fill the "wait" beats with 2x self-zip or 4x flip when you feel more secure in the pattern
- there is a progression of follow-up patterns in which you exchange one flip for a a double pass and add one more club
The pattern does become somewhat difficult/is not such a good training pattern, because
- the double passes trigger each other, so short/bad double passes make your throwing of passes more difficult which can lead to a downward spiral in the quality of the passes
- multiple flips in a row aren't nice (substitute with self-zip, though)
Pattern
With Holds
(same pattern with flips
A does crossing double passes, B does straigt double passes.
Sequence:
A 2|1 Dpass wait wait wait wait B 1|1 wait wait dpass wait wait
So in the easiest iteration, you do A starts with a crossing double pass and B waits as long as possible to respond with a straight double pass back to A.
With self-zip
There are 4 beats that you do a hold on, so there is time for two self-zip between double passes.
You can start by doing one self-zip in the time between passes to get used to it, then go up to two self-zip.
The selfs are always from the other hand than the last pass was thrown (as they happen one beat after the pass, which is the other hand)
A does crossing double passes, B does straigt double passes.
Sequence:
A 2|1 Dpass self zip self zip B 1|1 self zip dpass self zip
B can either wait for the double pass or start with a self-zip from the right hand very shortly after A began
Patterns to do After This
This is a series of patterns with a difficulty progression leading up to the 9 club 1-count by always trading a flip (4) against a double pass and adding in another club until no flips are left and we have 9 clubs.
Difficulty increase between patterns is probably somewhat steep, so there will be other patterns between this one and the next in the series when I find approriate ones.
The next patterns in the series hence habe two double passes:
- With holds or flips // with self-zip and hold or flip
- 99444 // 99642
- 94944 // 96924 // 92942
