Zap 2-count (5 clubs)

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Pattern Description

This is a half-synchronous pattern, in which the left hand of one juggler does a throw at the same time as the right hand of the other juggler:

• both do straight passes
• A has 3 clubs and B has 2 clubs
• A starts with the right hand

Siteswap, long form:

A (hand): R   L    R     L      
A  (2|1): 2p  3    2p    3
B  (1|1): 3   2p   3     2p     
B (hand): L   R    L     R     

Syntax explanation:

2p is a zap (a throw that arrives 2 beats later and is thrown as a pass)

3 is a self (a throw that arrives 3 beats later)

Sequence: zap, self

Full sequence in words:

A (hand): R      L      R     L      
A  (2|1): zap    self   zap   self
B  (1|1): self   zap    self  zap     
B (hand): L      R      L     R     

A and B start at the same time, A starts with the right hand throwing a zap, B starts with the left hand throwing a self.

• Both throw straight zaps

Variants

• Variant: Both throw diagonal zaps - then both start with the right hand and B throws zaps from the left hand and the right hands of both jugglers throw at the same time
• Straigt left-handed zaps: Make sure to switch hands, so you also practice your zaps from the left hand
• Early single passes: instead of "self, zap", you can throw "pass, flip" with a diagonal pass if you were doing straight zaps and vice versa.

Early single (juggler B):

A  (2|1): 2p  3    2p    3
B  (1|1): 3p  2    3     2p     

• You can even combine the early single with a super-early double pass:

Early single followed by super-early double (juggler B):

A  (2|1): 2p  3    2p    3
B  (1|1): 3p  4p   1     2