Juggling For Performance

[Jay]

So a long while back I read an interesting article

http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/juggleyourway.html

So I thought why not and gave it a go. As im not training at the moment I thought I would revist it and have some fun. Bear in mind that when I read the article I couldn't juggle at all. Now im fairly proficient with three balls and even can do some tricks. Maybe somebody would like to try this out and see if it helps your martial arts. It has helped me with my spacial awareness and reactions for parrying etc. Plus the other fact is that I really enjoy it, im not at the stage when I can juggle sticks on fire but thats not really the reason I do it anyway.

Some tips that helped me when I first started.

1.When your starting practice in front of the bed so you don't keep having to pick up balls all the time.

2.First start with just two balls to get the 'half' motion. Catching and releasing.

3.Then practice with two balls on the same hand. You catch the thrown ball at the back of your hand while rolling the other to the front and then throwing it.

4.Then try with 3 balls, 4 balls and other random objects. I have been trying for ages with my vitamin bottles, its very hard but I will get it eventually.

Have fun and see if it makes a difference