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My favorite siteswap that I can actually juggle (once or twice in a row) is 97531. That's 5 balls thrown in such a way that they reverse order - the first ball

My favorite siteswap that I can actually juggle (once or twice in a row) is 97531. That's 5 balls thrown in such a way that they reverse order - the first ball comes back last and vice versa. Also, all the balls reach their apex at the same time, making a vertical line of balls. Here's me doing it, twice in a row, a long time ago: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/jugglevids/97531twice.mpg http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/jugglevids/97531twic...

baxtr 6y ago
For someone who has no talent whatsoever in stuff like that, I must say it almost looks like magic what you are doing. Well done!
- ColinWright 6y ago
  It does look almost like magic, and it is an amazing achievement, but mostly it's down to dedication and hard work, not talent. Talking about "talent" in this context is almost always down-playing the work that's gone into it. The number of people who genuinely have talent in this sort of thing is very, very small. For the vast majority it's a willingness to work on it, and a good teacher. You can be an auto-didact, but that's then an additional skill. Almost anyone can learn 3, can learn Mills Mess, can learn the basics of 4, and get learn a few dozen 3 ball tricks and patterns. Getting to 5 requires significant dedication, but the reason most people don't do it is because they don't invest the time required. Talent isn't a myth, but it's seriously over-rated, and usually just an excuse for not putting in the work. It doesn't need an excuse -- if you don't want to put in the work then don't. But it's almost invariably not a lack of talent.
  - mark-probst 6y ago
    Hard agree. Talent is overrated.
  - baxtr 6y ago
    That is a very valid comment. Thank you for that perspective. I think you are right.
munificent 6y ago
I really like 441. It's simple and fairly easy, but has a really nice feel when you get it going. Like an asynchronous version of the box. I like doing the 4 throws as outside throws and then the 1 is almost a handoff in the center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xgThS46bI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xgThS46bI

baxtr 6y ago

For someone who has no talent whatsoever in stuff like that, I must say it almost looks like magic what you are doing. Well done!

ColinWright 6y ago
It does look almost like magic, and it is an amazing achievement, but mostly it's down to dedication and hard work, not talent. Talking about "talent" in this context is almost always down-playing the work that's gone into it. The number of people who genuinely have talent in this sort of thing is very, very small. For the vast majority it's a willingness to work on it, and a good teacher. You can be an auto-didact, but that's then an additional skill. Almost anyone can learn 3, can learn Mills Mess, can learn the basics of 4, and get learn a few dozen 3 ball tricks and patterns. Getting to 5 requires significant dedication, but the reason most people don't do it is because they don't invest the time required. Talent isn't a myth, but it's seriously over-rated, and usually just an excuse for not putting in the work. It doesn't need an excuse -- if you don't want to put in the work then don't. But it's almost invariably not a lack of talent.
- mark-probst 6y ago
  Hard agree. Talent is overrated.
- baxtr 6y ago
  That is a very valid comment. Thank you for that perspective. I think you are right.

munificent 6y ago

I really like 441. It's simple and fairly easy, but has a really nice feel when you get it going. Like an asynchronous version of the box. I like doing the 4 throws as outside throws and then the 1 is almost a handoff in the center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xgThS46bI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xgThS46bI