Bounce Juggling Tricks 3-9 Balls

[@bouncejuggle]

Robert, it's cool to see a video from you. We met at a STL juggling festival or two and I think the IJA one year. Anyway, I hope to see more bounce juggling videos from you!

[@davidderosier6918]

Mad skill right there. Is bounce juggling easier to learn than regular juggling?

[@rfm53f]

High numbers are easier to learn. The disadvantage is that you need a good practice area to contain the balls from bouncing away.

[@DavidNayer]

I am quite inspired by Robert's control. I believe that versus standard cascade and fountain toss juggling, lift bounce gives you the advantages of more time and lets you catch at the top of the pattern when the ball is traveling the slowest. Lift also allows you to adjust the height to correct timing. These combine to make lift bouncing numbers easier than toss juggling - in general, I believe about 15 to 25% as measured in number of balls. I've seen 10 ball lift qualifies from jugglers working on 7 and 8 ball toss patterns. When you get to very high numbers it gets difficult to have the time needed to fit everything and these advantages don't help as much as you need. So an 11-ball lift is remarkably rare. With force bouncing (one of his early patterns was a 5-ball force) you now have much more limited control of height - which means your timing must be nearly perfect and is almost impossible to correct. Also with force you are 20 to 30% faster. This means that, in general, that force bounce patterns are more difficult than toss juggling. I believe 10 to 20% as measured in number of balls comparatively. So a competent 7-ball force bounce pattern is like a competent 8 or 9 ball toss pattern. This is just my opinion from hanging out in both spaces for decades. I encourage you to try both. If you like music and have a sense of rhythm or want to learn more rhythm you'll see how much it helps in bouncing.

[@citizengar]

Great stuff. Are those rubber or silicone?

[@rfm53f]

2.5" silicone