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Personal Challenge Week 6 - Learn to juggle

Equipment:

2 rolled up balls of socks or

2 rolled up balls of newspaper or

2 soft balls (about the size of tennis balls)

Also - download our juggle instructions to see diagrams

Step 1: With one ball practice throwing it underhand in a upside down U shape from one hand (H) to the other like this

Try to keep your hands exactly in the same position when throwing and catching the ball

Whichever hand you feel more confident at starting your throw…let’s call the ball in this hand ‘Ball 1’

Step 2: When you have mastered Step 1, then it’s time to bring in the 2^nd ball

So now you have one ball in each hand.

You will start your 2 ball juggle with ‘Ball 1’

Start your Ball 1 throw (just as you’ve practiced in Step 1)

When Ball 1 is near the middle of its upside down U shape (see diagram X ) this is when you you start the throw of Ball 2 in its upside down U shape

The rhythm of your juggling should be “throw (ball 1)…throw (ball 2)catch (ball 1)…catch (ball 2)”

Step 3: Extreme Challenge: Can you now use a third ball?