June 18, 2005

Juggling entered our house last year, when my son got a set of three balls as a present. This year he added a set of juggling sticks to his collection. I’ve learned that the world’s best jugglers can keep a pattern going with as many as ten balls at once and that ancient Egyptian tomb paintings show people juggling. Juggling develops hand-eye coordination and keeps the kids amused for hours. Give it a try!

How to Juggle Three Balls
These illustrated instructions start with a one ball exercise. Throw the ball in an arc from hand to hand about eye level. The pattern will be an arc, not a circle. Then you’ll move onto a two ball exercise, and then onto three ball juggling. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find corrections to some common problems such as moving forward as you juggle, or the balls hitting each other.

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