Juggling with three balls - you can do it too!
30.4.2017
Translation: machine translated
You can learn to juggle with three balls in three minutes, ten minutes or even a few days - depending on which tutorial you want to believe. In any case, it's worth it, because juggling makes you smart: the training still has an effect on your brain activity three months later. What are you waiting for?
Did you know...?
- If you're learning to juggle, it's best to practise every day, but only for a few minutes at a time. Several short training sessions are better than single long sessions.
- Anybody can learn to juggle with three balls. Four balls is also doable. With five balls, however, it gets really challenging. The level of difficulty does not increase linearly with the number of balls. You can also see this in the world records.
- The world record for juggling five balls is held by Israeli Ofek Snir. He juggled the five balls for 2 hours, 41 minutes and 27 seconds in one go. He also holds the world record for juggling 7 balls. However, he "only" managed this for 12 minutes and 51 seconds. Anthony Gatto from the USA managed to juggle 9 balls for 55 seconds. Also a world record.
- Juggling has a meditative quality to it and therefore helps to reduce stress.
- If you juggle regularly, your spatial awareness will improve. Juggling also improves your ability to concentrate and your sense of balance.
- Juggling has been practised for thousands of years. The earliest known record dates back to around 1794-1781 B.C. However, historians believe that peoples such as the Chinese, Indians and Aztecs were already juggling before then.
- Jugglers were held in very low esteem in the Middle Ages. They were considered thieves and good-for-nothings. In 1768, Philip Astley opened the first modern circus. A few years later, jugglers also performed there.
- "Joggling" is a combination of juggling and jogging. Michal Kapral from Canada is the world record holder in one of these disciplines: he ran a marathon while constantly juggling three balls in just 2 hours, 50 minutes and 12 seconds. It looks like this:
How to become a juggler
If you want to learn how to juggle, it's best to start with just one ball. Throw it in an arc from one hand to the other
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If you get the move right, juggle two balls next.
If you have practised this a lot, you can try juggling with three balls.
Don't despair if you can't always catch the balls straight away. Practice makes perfect. It's also good to take a step back and practise throwing with just one or two balls. And soon it will look like this for you too:
If you want to open a whole circus right away, we have the right set here. Conveniently packed in a bag, you'll receive the four most important juggling utensils: juggling clubs, diabolo, juggling balls and juggling plates.
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Irene Portmann
Senior Brand Communications Manager
Irene.Portmann@digitecgalaxus.chI love the strategy game “The Settlers of Catan”, the Ravensburger puzzle “Colourful Cupcakes” and the pink fluffy unicorn that sits on my desk (a birthday present from my workmates). Not only do I have a weakness for toys, I also get excited about good food and comedy TV shows.