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In a previous article, hthomas@irisa.fr (Henry Thomas) says:

>Q1 Could someone describe extensively what tricks are possible with three
>balls ? (possibly with some ascii drawings ?)
I'll let other more qualified help you with that, but I'll say that one of the
first tricks I ever learned that seemed was pretty impressive, (to someone:),
was under-the-leg...

>Q2 what is a shower ? People have been talking a lot about that recently. I
>still don't figure what is it.
Okay, you know how everybody thinkg that they know how to juggle?  (With only
teo balls of course...), well, that's a shower, add another ball, and it's a 
lot tougher, and worth learning in a little while...:)  What you're doing now
is called a cascade.  
ANother important basic trick is called a half-shower, where, instead of 
handing the balls across as is done in a shower, low thows are made in one 
direaction, and higher throws in the other direction.  Many variations on this
are possible, which is where juggling really starts to get fun...:)
-- 
--Bradford Linder, the self proclaimed, sudden expert on devilbunnies..--
 (but obviously not on spelling)

In some article or other, Henry Thomas asks for info on tricks:

  You can't go far wrong if you have a look at the FAQ (ftp to
moocow.cogsci.indiana.edu)

  Any good book is essential (IMHO) - I can't say a bad thing about
The Complete Juggler by Dave Finnigan

Regards,
Stephen
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	      Stephen Landamore, esurw@uk.ac.warwick.csv
	       University of Warwick, England, CV4 7AL.
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In article <1jn97cINN2d1@veal.csv.warwick.ac.uk> esurw@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S M Landamore) writes:
>  Any good book is essential (IMHO) - I can't say a bad thing about
>The Complete Juggler by Dave Finnigan

 Aak! Personally, (and I'm not the only person I know who feels this -- not by
a /long/ way), The Complete Juggler is, whilst fairly encyclopaedic, well-nigh
useless to learn things from. For one thing, he's horribly brief with his 
descriptions of tricks -- he'll just say what a trick is, rather than how it's
done -- and, some of his instructions are downright counterproductive. The 
'how to learn five balls' method looks designed to teach you how /not/ to
juggle five -- learning how to stop rather than continue is going to teach
how to, well, stop. Not juggle. Hmph.

 And his use of traced photographs, whilst it may be accurate, is nothing like
as clear as well-designed diagrams can be. 

 Other books? Kit Summers' Juggling With Finesse is very good, and equally
all-encompassing (well, there's no huge section in the back about how to 
teach children, but that's no great loss IMHO); the Dick Franco books are
nicely made, if too heavy on archival photography -- and, of course,
Beyond The Cascade.

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Daniel Mitchell = ke94002@black.ox.ac.uk = skinny bi lycra-clad furry juggler