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The goal of this wiki is to offer "learning paths", which begin with simple juggling patterns and then for each pattern offer a few similar patterns with increasing difficulty. There are different types - "dimensions" of difficulty, so there is more than one starting point for each type of throw. They all start with "Beginning with"

The schema below tries to start with different patterns that (mostly) use only one throw type. Only when that throw has been practiced in different patterns, mix the trow with one or several different throw types is introduced.

Beginning Zaps // Candlestick throws

It is not necessary to be able to juggle 3 clubs alone

• Throwing first Zaps
• zap zap zip
• 5-club 1-count with zaps

Beginning Normal Passes

Teaching people passing clubs. For the pattern labeled as "assymetric", one of passer is supposed to be far more advanced than the other, who needs no previous experience.

It is not necessary to be able to juggle 3 clubs alone (for the "beginner" side of the patterns when assymetric)

• Throwing the first normal passes

• Assymetric n-count vs 1-count
• 5-club 1-count
• 720 - zip-pass

Next steps: "Selfless Passing" or "Selfs and Passes"

Beginning Selfs - Juggling 3 Clubs

• 3 ball cascade
• Throwing one club
• 2 balls and one club
• holding 2 clubs in one hand
• 3 club cascade

"Selfless Passing" (Zips and Passes)

• inverted parsnip - 4 clubs - PZZPZ
• parsnip - 5 clubs - PPZPZ
• the ugly brother of parsnip - 5 clubs - PPPZZ
• PPPPZ - 6 clubs
• 7-club 1-count

First Zaps and Selfs

• zap-self-zip-self-self 56662
• 75666 pass,self,self,zap,self

Selfs and Passes

First Training Patterns

• 5-club 4-count
• 5-club 2-count

6 club Half-Synchronous patterns (right hand of both jugglers throws at the same time), a.k.a "normal passing":

• 6-club 4-count
• 6-club 3-count
• 6-club 2-count
• 6-club 1-count
• 6-club PPS - Pass Pass Self
• 6-club Chocolate bar - PPSS
• 6-club Vanilla bar - PSSP

"Jim's" version of those patterns:

• 6-club Jim's 4-count
• 6-club Jim's 3-count
• 6-club Jim's 2-count - 77466
• 6-club Jim's 1-count
• 6-club Jim's PPS

Double Passes

• early double - in 4-count, 3-count, 2-count, etc?
• late double - in 4-count, 3-count, 2-count
• Throwing the first double passes - self-pass
• 96622 - dpass self zip self zip

Heffs in Solo Patterns - 4 club exercises

Recommended solo-patterns before you start:

• solo 423
• solo 40 - two clubs in one hand with doubles
• solo 441
• solo 4 clubs with doubles

Heffs in Passing Patterns

Tricks, typically done in 4-count, 3-count, etc.

• 441 heff,heff,zip in 4-count
• heff,hold in 3-count
• heff,hold in 4-count
• heff,zap in 4-count

First patterns with a heff - 5 club why nots

• 5c why-not
• 5c not-why

The why not family - 6 clubs:

• Why not
• Not why
• Maybe
• Not likely
• Only Sunday with good weather

7 club why nots:

• 7 club why-not 9968926
• 7 club not-why 9689962

Double Selfs in Solo Patterns // Learning the 5 Ball Cascade

The "normal" 5 club cascade is juggled with double selfs. Usually long before that you learn to juggle 5 balls.

The patterns for practicing double selfs and for preparing you for each 5-object pattern are mostly the same.

• Shower 51
• Snake 505050
• Solo 552
• Solo 5551
• Solo 55550

Triple Selfs in Solo Patterns

• solo 531
• solo 534

Popcorns (Heffs or Triple selfs)

• 6-count popcorn
• 5-count popcorn - 78686
• sync 5-count popcorn

Doubles vs Passes

• Dpass,Self vs. Pass,Zip - 7926
• DP DP Z DP ZZ vs. P Z Z P P Z - 979222972722
• DP DP DP DP DP DP Z vs. P P Z P P P

Here Be Dragons - The Quest for the Holy Grail

A dragon is a double pass followed by a zap. They both arrive at the same hand, the zap first.

• 92522
• baby dragon 756
• dragon - black beast of aaaarg - 945
• dragon cat - 95524
• 97522
• Holy Grail - 975