What are your guys favorite tricks/siteswaps with clubs and balls? My favorite ball trick is mills mess, and my favorite club trick is chops. Philip

Mills mess
The Revenge
Cherry Picker
Twin Elevator (I made this one up myself)
Cross Armed Reverse Cascade
Four Ball Mills Mess

I like to do a lot of starts and stops or "stalls" with three and four balls. My favorites are neck catch, ear/shoulder catch and chin catch. I would really like to learn how to stall a ball on top of my head like Luke Burrage. My fav. 4-ball trick is the shower. I have been working on it for a little more than 4 months and I love it!!! I also like doing body throws like behind the back, under the leg, and over the shoulder. I just recently accompished the Box with 3-balls. For some reason I just tend to make it harder than it really is!!! I got it now and I will never forget how to do it. I also like the Machine or Factory.

Charles

Ever tried the revenge with 4 balls, that can be funny

I can do the chop orbit on the one side but when I go to switch to the other, balls fly everywhere

The jugglers aquarium site had some great tricks on it. I'm not sure if it's still running though.

Chainsaw, I like that one too.

Does anyone here think that the Mills Mess in the ball juggling encyclopedia was way over-rated. They made it sound so hard.

I learnt to juggle a few months ago. I only juggle with three balls and know a few very basic tricks. I was given a set of big (and good quality I think) juggling clubs for Christmas but they have stayed on the shelf since then. Can someone recommend a good book to learn a few tricks?

There's not many club tricks to be honest.

The tricks available are mostly passing tricks. But Charlie Dancey's, Encyclopedia of Club Juggling is a good book

I would have to recommend the Compendium of Club juggling by Charlie Dancey too. I have it and it is a great resource not only for one person work but for passing. I use it all the time. Philip

I think there are more patterns for clubs then balls? You can do all of the ball patterns plus ad flips, flourishes, kick ups. I love passing and coordinate a juggling club we get together every week to pass clubs and learn new things.
Go to http://www.juggling.org/ and look for a club or festival in your area, you will also find help there for starting out with your clubs. I like the club juggling encyclopedia.
I also like the international juggling data base. http://www.jugglingdb.com Hope this helps!

I've never had a set of normal clubs. I only have fire clubs so some of the moves I can't do because I would be in the hospital if I did.

Stick man - what is the cherry picker?

Jewls - I started out as a club guy and then 18 months ago invested in 5 beanbags and have been working on them 90% of the time. I love clubs but I think balls has many more patterns.

My favorite patter with clubs is doable chops and with balls I love the 5 ball cascade. My personal favorite is juggling 5. catching 4. going into a mulitplex, 5 ball columns and then catching the odd ball on my neck, throwing it back up and going back into 5 ball cascade. The hard part of that for me is thowing a ball off the back of my neck.

Jonathan

Yep, popping that neck catch up can be hard on your neck. Some just let it roll off and drop into their hand/pattern. Perhaps there are more patterns for balls? I guess, I never set out to count but the ball juggling encyclopedia and the club juggling encyclopedia are the same size? I have torches and knives, the knives are a little heavy I keep my routine with them clean and simple.

Hello,

At the moment I can only manage "three's". My favorite thing right now is juggling different things. I'm working on two rings and a ball (basic things like tennis, showers, columns and it's variants). It's also fun getting the ball through the ring, of course!

Mills Mess and The Box are going to be my favorites. Oh, and The Factory too.
I also like juggling three balls while holding a balance (I find it easier to juggle over the head if balancing on forehead, nose or chin).
As for clubs I cannot practice much indoor and my next goal is simply doubles with torches. Hey, those things are scary!

As far as I know, almost every trick you can do with balls you can do with clubs, plus you can change the trick just by changing the # of spins. I learnt Mills. with clubs first, and I still like juggling balls better. Clubs are just show-y-er.

The cherry picker is a three ball pattern where the left hand is throwing them up while the right hand is catching them in the air and then dropping them again. It looks like the balls are being picked from the air in a neat row.

If I find a site I will post it.

There's a club trick I reeeeeeaaaally want to do with my torches but I'm not sure if it will look as good as it sounds. It's a reverse cascade but they are thrown with horizontial spins instead of vertical.

You know this one Jewls?

One more thing, balancing tricks with torches. Is there any I can learn?