2020-06-30 - Juggling
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Some weeks ago somebody gave me a set of juggling balls. Since then
i've been practicing juggling very regularly and i am kinda falling
in love with it.
I started practicing the easiest cascade pattern, and found it
pretty difficult at first. So i got comfortable throwing one ball
from hand to hand, then two balls. And after some days of
practicing the occasional 10 to 15 minutes, i managed to land three
throws with three balls.
Next followed more throws, and now after a couple of weeks of
practicing the cascade pattern is starting to feel quite familiar.
So now i'm slowly progressing to learn more tricks, such as
occasional throws of a half-shower (with left and right hand) and
i can also do Tennis if i pay attention for a couple of throws.
Furthermore, i'm learning to do the reverse cascade, and also try
to do the cascade while clawing the balls out of the air.
At the moment the most difficult is still to do juggling with one
hand and two balls. Here i really notice i have a dominant hand,
and that my throws are still very very uneven. But despite that, i
love practicing the juggling.
And on top of that, the juggling is making me unreasonably happy...
I do not know what it is exacly; It's probably a combination of
things. With every practice run, i feel i'm progressing a bit, and
every day things go slighly bit better. One day i'm able to make
three proper throws with my left hand, and the next day i land five
throws. In addition, somehow the sensory feel of catching these
little balls filled with rice is very satisfying. It's the feel of
the faux leather, in combination with the weight of the balls
hitting your hands at some speed or something. And the more at ease
i become with the basic tricks, the more i can focus on enjoying
just letting my body catch the balls "automatically".
Another thing i appreciate is the simplicity of the activity. I can
just take these three little balls i've been given, and have
something fun to do anywhere i go. It's awesome.
And while juggling seems a weird thing really, it's making my brain
pretty happy so i will just quietly continue practicing my
juggling, and enjoy throwing and catching these funny little balls.
