How I Learnt to Juggle 5 Balls in 30 Days
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2020
- I just completed a 30-day challenge learning to juggle 5 balls!
My main goals of this challenge were to:
1. Qualify juggling 5 balls
2. Juggle 5 balls well (15+ catches regularly)
On day 1, I made a video of my skill level with 5 balls, you can see it here: • Day 1 - Learning to J...
I spent about 10-30 juggling each day, learning how to juggle 5 balls. I watched a lot of juggling tutorials to learn how to juggle 5. There were a few things I found to work for me:
1. Learning to throw higher
2. Throwing higher with accuracy
3. 3, 4, and 5 ball cascades
There were a few things I found during the challenge that were the main problems when learning:
1. Balls hitting mid-air
2. Throwing the balls at too much of an angle (to compensate for 1)
3. Throw timing
4. Left arm throwing inconsistently
I kept a blog post of my experience over the 30 days, so if you want to read a bit more depth into how I learnt and what I did, check it out at my website here:
On day 5 I managed to qualify 5 balls - you can see what I learnt to do that here: • 5 Days to Juggle 5 Balls
I have made a few other juggling videos recently and created a playlist. Check it out to see what else I've done: • How to Juggle 3 Balls ...
I have created a Patreon page for those who are interested in taking their goal setting and achievement to the next level: / nathanchallengeslife . I review my goals and progress towards financial independence monthly on my website, Nathan Challenges Life.
Thanks for watching! - Zábava
I'm thinking about juggling clubs next - but unsure which brand or seller is the best. Do you have any suggestions?!
Epic! I subscribed!
Taylor Glenn has the answer: czcams.com/video/j2rOC3DkAys/video.html
I have a set that look suspiciously like those (different brand) and they're fine. Grab a set if you can.
If you can't find those, I currently use Renegade Juggling clubs and used Brian Dube clubs (years ago), and they are both excellent. (These are all 21 1/4 inch length wrapped handle clubs with a dowel down the middle) The Renegade and Dube clubs are clearly better quality, but they're pricier, feel more solid, but turn a bit harder (feel heavier). I've ordered stuff from both Renegade and Dube recently, and they're both great to order from.
Check Neils Duinker's videos in his channel..
If you're looking for a brand, I'd defnitely recommend Zeekio, Henry's, or Dube. They are durable and have a decent weight to work with to make spinning them a lot easier to do.
This is son of a ..........
On my way to 5 right now. Started watching tips videos to figure out what I do wrong since I make same mistakes again and again. And now I watch your video where you go through exactly the same difficulties, so now I have the inspiration to continue. Thank you, mister!
Woo! That's awesome to hear! Good luck with it 👌👌👌
Firstly amazing achievement, well done! Secondly, thanks for the tips you learned during your progress, interesting points to consider for sure!
That's very fast learning! I practiced pretty regularly for about 2 years and my best run is like 570. I usually do runs of 100 catches, and if there's any collision, then start over. Quality over quantity of throws. You'll surpass me in no time if you keep progressing at this high rate, so keep at it!
Wow, 570 is craaazy! Well done :D I'll see how I go
Very fast improvement. Well done!
Great job! Inspiring video.
I feel like a very elementary juggler after watching jugglers on CZcams, but still, as a percentage of the world's population there aren't many that can qualify 5. My best was 30 catches.
That's awesome!
It's starts picking up after 5. I have been working on 5 for about 6 months. You end up learning the varients, and 6 ball easily if you can juggle in 3 one handed. My body isn't my limiting factor, it's mostly psychological self belief. Theirs lots of small people who can juggle like 9 or more.
Wow. I specifically liked the exercises you advised with 2 ball , 3 ball and 4 balls. Great share. Inspires me to move to 5.
Sorry, in my opinion, what you call "Day 1" is not "Day 1" but rather "Day xx" because, for example, unlike tricks with 3 and 4 balls, for the "5 balls cascade", at a normal height, you have to learn to catch balls without seeing your hands. But you already know how to do it from the so-called first day.
Yes, great point. While it is day 1 actually trying to juggle 5 balls, this whole challenge probably isn't considered as a day 1 perspective because I already have some juggling skills.
Granted, it was still a really big challenge to do 5, even from 3! It almost felt like a new skill because it's was such a stretch from 3 😋
Yeah I mean...it would be quite difficult learning from nothing...you should probably spend 60 days prior to that learning 3 balls, many patterns & 4 balls. But...30 days to go from 3 to 5 is still really good.
In my opinion, Day 1 is the first day you practice with patterns whose name contains a 5 such as 55500, 50505, 552, 55550
Wunderbar - Your tips are solid.
Thanks!
There is so much to juggling and different styles I hope you keep going :)
Thanks man, yeah keen to try out everything really!
Great video
Some of you say already do
Will implement the tips
I am start train this sh*t in quarantine and stopped at a stage "6 throws". but after your vid i am think need try more! thank u!
Great to hear! You can do it 👌👌👌
@@NathanChallengesLife HUGE RESPECT BRO! TODAY - 12 throws 💪💪💪💪💪
Nice video Nathan and great achievement
Thanks David 👍👌
Cool! 🔥
I think the title is misleading. You definitely had substantial juggling experience prior to day 1. No one just comes up with eight catches of the five ball cascade on the first day of juggling. I would guess this video probably demotivates people. It grossly misrepresents the effort that goes into learning the five ball cascade, no matter how talented you are.
Hmm, good point, to be fair that first test was the best 5 ball cascade I'd ever done :P normally I'd only get 3-5 catches.
So I guess this video is about how I learnt to juggle 5 balls in 30 days, from my starting point on day 1 😉 not necessarily from absolute 0
In my case, you would be wrong; I was a very solid 3 ball juggler having juggled 3 balls on and off for 35 years. During the pandemic, I learned to juggle 4 so I can consistently throw for 40+ throws. The other day, I watched a short youtube video on how to juggle 5 by Taylor Glenn (Taylor Tries). I immediately picked up 5 balls and, first time, I was able to flash the 5 balls. The next day, I qualified with 5 balls. I am still highly inconsistent and usually can only complete 1 flash but still, fast progress can be made.
@@joshuawalker8297 did you do it?
hmm. [This note to Joshua Walker] Sounds like me. three balls for decades, with a vague ability to do four. Then in March after a week I solidified four and can walk around the city crossing streets knowing I won't drop one in front of cars. But five seems baffling. I saw a Taylor Tries vid on it a few months ago, and I started doing a thing where I throw two high from one hand and one from the other. She must have said that was good to do. Her basic starting point was, if memory serves, to juggle three quite high. She said it was hard but that wasn't hard for me. Saw some guy yesterday who said to begin by juggling three and clapping. But when I tried it, I couldn't notice any place where it would be easy to clap as I always had one ball in one hand. I can juggle four while riding my bike, but five seems impossible. So your story is interesting to me. I've always thought of five as the basic entry level for a street busker. So you went from not-perfect at four, to five? I still can't quite even visualize five. I'll try to get back to you in a week. If I don't, I'm still at four!@@joshuawalker8297
I too learned 5 balls was standing in front of my bed, so I didn't have to keep picking them up. I also put in 1 to 3 hours every night after work, for a few months. I kept throwing a 3 ball cascade fast and high enough so you have time to throw the last two. It's not as fast as you may think. I would just focus of throwing 5 accurate balls and letting them drop and if they land in 2 tight groups then start catching.
5:20 I looked up "flash" and for one guy that was doing four balls without crossing over. Just two in each hand. But in yours, that means the crossover. Which for me is the impossible part.
Thats good
juggling clubs practice the flip of them i suggest watching "Taylor Tries" how to juggle 3 clubs
Thanks, I watched one of her videos for 5 balls and it was good. I'll have a look
This is crazy good progress. You need to learn 7.
Thanks man! Yeah I thought it was quite good :D 7 would sure be a challenge! perhaps something for the future :P
yoyosam is a good brand of juggling stuff plus awesome
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check them out :)
Day one for Nathan seems impossible for me. I've juggled three balls for fifty years, and a few years back I went for a few years juggling four snowballs while riding my bike. I'd basically ride everywhere in Toronto just doing three (that part for years). In March, my son visited. He's a drummer, not a juggler. He picked up juggling three clubs in fifteen minutes. I had trouble with four balls. A week after he left, I was very consistent with four balls, and when I visit the city now I walk through traffic with four bean balls, no biggie. As for height, I can consistently four-ball it with one ball up to the third floor of buildings followed by two balls up to the second or third floor. So I'm a solid four.
But five? Five? Still can't even visualize it. Telling myself it's just three but faster doesn't do it for me. If I could ever do five once, I could then repeat it. So by 1:16 in this video, I'm out. Still, I'll force my four-ball brain to watch this video.
damn Canada is in interesting country, do lots of people ride bikes while juggling/walk through the streets juggling every day in Canada?
Mr Nathan i have a question when I work with five balls my patterns get wide and it seems I have have little or no control. Tell me how to get my pattern cascade back in control
Hey man,
My best tip would be to really master 3 and 4 ball cascades. That happens to me all the time. It's really about mastering the control of your throws at a lower level first, then when moving to 5 the movement will be ingrained in your pattern and make it less likely to go wide.
Good luck!!
Hey Nathan. What was your base going in terms of having mastered 3-ball and 4-ball tricks prior to this? I.e. which of the 3-ball/4-ball tricks are a must before attempting 5-ball cascade?
Hmm, I wouldn't say any of the specific 3 or 4 ball tricks are required. But I would suggest 4 ball juggling quite useful for learning to throw faster. My 4 ball juggling isn't great but felt like it got better after the challenge - throwing 4 balls and then a ghost throw for the 5th can help with getting used to 5 balls as well 👍
And for 3 balls, high throw juggling can be helpful to emulate the height required for 5 balls 👍
i learn in 3 days~!
I would imagine your or you got your clubs by now? those hollow plastic one will split your nails after awhile the renegades are a bit heavy but they wont split your nails!
5 balls is so tough Sir ..how long will it to reach the 30 throws n catches mark...i m a begginer to 5 balls juggling n I can't even do the flash
Hey! Should be able to get 30 catches in a few months or maybe more. It's all about consistent practice and mastering the simple steps first :) you can definitely do it! Just a matter of time :D
@@NathanChallengesLife How far have u progressed ? R u still juggling now a days ?
8 catches are fantastic on the first day. Juggling with 5 balls means being able to manage 10 catches (2x5). So basically, you were almost there on the first day. When I started, I was barely able to do a flash (5 catches). After 25-30 days I could manage 10-12 catches from time to time. Half-year of short everyday practice later, I'm in the 20-30 range. I've seen my friend learning it in a month with a very comparable result. Congrats.
Yeah, I can't believe I got 8 catches on the first day. Complete fluke! Oh well, didn't want to fudge any results so I included it :D
Great progress :) feels amazing to get 20-30 catches
@@NathanChallengesLife It really does. I am still aiming for 💯.
It's quite difficult to follow what you're saying and look at the animations at the same time with music in the background.
1 month is really fast.
to summarize the two problems you had at 4:18, I guess your throws were either too tight or too wide
It is not possible for anyone to juggle 5 balls in 30 days - Nathan you must have been juggling for more than 30 days
Definitely not the 5 ball juggling. Yes I am an experienced 3 ball juggler, but could never do 5 balls until after this challenge.
I would question your thoughts on whether it's possible or not. There's a lot of time in 30 days and I was spending probably an hour per day juggling for practice. You can practise for even longer than an hour, or split it up into 10 x 20 minute blocks. I think it's definitely possible for a beginner to learn to juggle in 30 days 👍🏻
im trying 5 bal 30 day
That's awesome! Let me know if you need any help and I'll be happy to chat 👍
umm well thre getting thrown all over when im practicing got any tips
8 catches on day 1 mate?
Yeah.. don't know how, that was somehow the best I did ever and took a while to do it again, but also didn't want to give a fake impression for day 1 and make it fake haha
I could never juggle even if my life depended on it
Don't say that! You can definitely learn :D perhaps I could coach you?
I am very happy because I am the first person who gave first dislike to this video but actually this video was fantastic
I'm glad you liked the video :P but why leave a dislike if you liked it?
I know, right?@@NathanChallengesLife