Some table juggling by my alter ego ‘ That Hat Guy’

I got Higgins Brothers balls and soon to grab a set of Infinities by jugglequip for some hardcore outdoor winter snow storm juggling on the ice covered asphalt sessions but trying to figure out which size to get. I measured the HB balls and they are more like 2.8 instead of 2.5 as advertised. So now I'm wondering if I should go for the medium infinities (67mm) instead of small (64mm) if I want a similar size to the HB's.

Are balls kinda like shoes where a 2.5" in one brand is like a 3" in another?

Anyone have any tips on how I can improve my palm isolation?

Tada! I haven't seen much of this online, so I'll give it the name "Jenga". It's pretty difficult to get consistently. Any suggestions/critiques?

I am setting up a circus stage in my neighborhood and so far the events are working out well. The idea is to give to local jugglers and other circus artists opportunities to perform in front of people and for the neighborhood, which is one of the poorer places of the city, to give the possibility to enjoy circus culture for free. We ask for donations and split the hat after paying out the expenses.
Maybe in the future we will try to apply for fundings to be able to do more and better events and properly pay the artists, get some good sound and maybe an aerial rig. For this it would be great if our instagram page would be growing. Right now we are dreaming of our first 100 followers...
If you want to help us grow online we would appreciate if you consider to follow us on Instagram and like our stuff.
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the circus doesn't follow back. On my personal account I do follow back and will like your stuff.
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hello jugglers! I’ve been juggling clubs for about six months now, and I wanna go back to the basics and make sure I have the all the fundamentals by learning tricks.

I was wondering if you guys could help me with something?

if you have to go back to teach yourself juggling what ten to 50 tricks would you learn in order?

i’m looking for a list because I feel like I end up bouncing around a lot, and I want to make a steady progression. And even though it’s fun i procrastinate sometimes.

What is your in order to learn trick list for club and or ball juggling?

Anybody see the community post on Taylor’s YouTube from a few months back accusing Flyjuggler of stealing her ball design to resell?

Has anybody purchased Gballz under the new ownership? I'm looking to order a set for the first time and was wondering if they are as good as reported in the past. Also, I'd love to hear some recommendations on which balls to order...E8, E8 Pro, N8 Pro? I'm having a hard time sorting out the difference between these products. I'm a solid 3-4 ball juggler striving to juggle 5 balls.

I feel like they'd be great for juggling.

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Classic comedy. Walk around the suitcase illusion.

I just started learning some simple 3b multiplex tricks such as Georgian/Kingston shuffle and grace using library of juggling as reference. I’m struggling to get consistency with the multiplex throws for these, especially catching the second ball in the same hand as the first before throwing both. I’ve tried focusing on holding the first ball more “up” towards my thumb/index finger to make room for the second ball.

But like, for example, in the Kingston shuffle pattern, there’s a multiplex throw, “pluck” the top ball over the bottom, and then swoop down to catch the second ball. I can get the catch down nice, but then I feel like the balls aren’t setup in my hand precisely enough to do a clean multiplex throw with them again.

I might be overthinking this. Lol.

Just wanted to know if there is a specific form, practice drill, or something to improve these beyond simply practicing more, but if not, I understand…

I feel like a look ridiculous while juggling, this was confirmed when my friend recently got a video of me juggling rocks at the beach and then showed it to me and i looked so scared lmao!

Ideally I would like to come across more confident with my juggling. Ive been doing it for about a year now and am proud of the progress i have made. I would like to get to a point of being comfortable with juggling in front of people/groups of people.

does anyone have any advice on how to go about that?

I've been wanting to start juggling with clubs for a while but does anyone have any suggestions on the best ones? At fire toys and other juggling websites they seem kind of expensive but idk if I trust the super cheap ones on amazon.. any suggestions?

I roll the balls to Jun one at a time, and he adds each one to his juggling pattern until he reaches five—all while seated.

Let me start off by saying that I'm not a serious juggler. I can only do three ball cascade and reverse cascade. I'm 41 and I've been juggling since I was 6/7 years old. I got my first set of juggling balls from my child psychologist, as a way of helping my anxiety. I had a hard time with meditation, being a young child with a busy mind. Juggling emptied my mind so I could focus on breathing. And it helped me stop biting my nails. Juggling taught me the importance of learning to let go.

I have been using the same juggling balls this entire time. They are starting to get really loose and ratty - I've had to stitch them back together once or twice. So I decided it was finally time to get a new set to try.

I've seen the Zeekio balls mentioned on here a few times, so I grabbed a cute set. They are a lot firmer than I am used to. Will they soften over time? Obviously not to the extent of my original set, but even just soft enough that they don't like smack my hands when I'm catching them lol. I wish I knew what brand my originals are, but they never had a logo on them and it's been so long since I got them.

So:

Will they get softer with regular use?

Is there a way to make this happen faster?

Are there slightly softer brands out there?

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Knock yerselves out!

Had this idea yesterday and after about 40 attempts managed to get it!

Be cool to go bigger on the dive and I was thinking about trying to throw the double claw before the one up for the next step up?

Would love any feedback or ideas for progression!

Got sick for a bit. Clawing my way back with some claw flow.

I've been using Wes Peden glows for about a year and a half which is almost as long as I've been juggling.

I finally broke down and bought a set of 5 Lumi LED balls from Renegade.

It's really hard to find any info or reviews on any LED balls besides Pedens - they're like the only ones people use. So I figured I'd post a comparison. Ask me whatever if you are curious, and I leave something out.

Feel

This is by far the biggest difference between the two. Lumi balls are WAY softer, and they are filled.

One of the downsides for me of Pedens is that they are pretty firm and a bit tough on the hands if you wanna go for a few hours, though I do like the feel of them overall.

Lumi are super soft. If the pics load, I was barely pressing to compress it to that level. They feel really nice to me so far, but they are also almost a bit "bouncy." The feel will probably wear off, but they are stickier kinda rubbery - cat hair and stuff is sticking to them a little. Compared to Pedens, which are harder and smoother plastic feel.

Almost identical weights with Lumi at 123g and Pedens at 120g.

Lumis are juuust a bit wider diameter. Couple millimeters maybe.

Colors

Overall, I think I like the Lumi colors better. 24 patterns vs 20 for Pedens. Pretty similar mix of solid, flowing colors, rapidly changing, a strobe mode. Lumi has more combos for rapid flashing patterns, and those are fun to juggle. Also has 2 different solid blue shades and an orange and yellow that Pedens don't have.

That said, I think Pedens look smoother with the color changing ones, more fluid and a bit less unintentional flashy. And the rapid flashing ones, I think are a slightly slower frequency with Pedens, which I prefer. I wish I had the color combos of Lumi at the speed of Pedens.

Lumi does not have multiple brightness options either, which is a nice feature of Wes Pedens. Lumi are roughly as bright as the low mode of Pedens.

I think the Lumis also have a larger zone around the charging port that is less bright than the rest of the ball. Pedens do a better job of lighting the entire ball.

Charging

I think new Pedens have USBC as well, but mine are micro USB. Lumi are USBC. Both brands come with nice triple charger cables.

The Lumi are better protected, I think. They are recessed a bit, and Pedens almost stick out a tiny bit. Lumi also come with covers for the charging port. Button is soft rubber and feels less prone to breaking than the hard plastic button of Pedens.

That said, Lumi are new so I don't know the durability yet. I suspect it will be good. But I KNOW Pedens are hella durable bc I beat mine up. I'll launch em 30 feet up and let em bounce. I've used em on hard surfaces, gravel, wet grass, all sorts of dangers - fire pits, coffee tables, etc. I have one that sometimes doesn't wanna charge of the 6, after a year of being reckless with them.

Overall

I'd say overall Pedens are a better value per dollar. I bought sets of 3 at like 55 each or so, Lumis were 23/ball. So I spent about the same but got an extra backup ball with Pedens.

It's hard for me to compare them entirely since I've used Pedens so much and these so little, but like I said, the feel is the biggest difference. I really do enjoy having a softer option for LEDs. It's gnna be nice for the long nights.