Zap 2-count (5 clubs)

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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, longe form:

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

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

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
• 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
• Make sure to switch hands, so you also practice your zaps from the left hand