. . . as applied to modern day beginning and advanced juggling tricks

 

AFTER CAREFUL STUDY, ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION of jugglers trying to learn new tricks I now propose a theory intended to help these poor, frustrated people devise a method to learn their stunts, thus preventing them from busting their bazongas!

 

For every difficult maneuver, there exists a RELATIVELY less complicated maneuver, which, when accomplished. leads to suc­ceeding with the original complex move.

 

If you have no success with a stunt, it is too hard for you. Give up, Charley! But learn something easier to build your skill up to that tough trick.

 

Many jugglers work hard, but in vain, at juggling while balancing a pole on their chin or nose. My suggestion is to practice the trick juggling ONE ball. Even that simple maneuver usually takes some work, but it will help you work toward two while balancing. The next step is three. (A hint: look at the very top of the pole and throw each object into your line of sight!)

 

It often takes imagination to figure out the intermediate step.  To learn to juggle while riding and idling on a unicycle, I made progress by riding with my hands in my back pockets. This taught me to balance with my shoulders instead of hands, and eliminated picking up dropped objects!

 

Application of this theory, plus a little intelligence, should make many new tricks possible. Just take a move that seems within your grasp, but has eluded you. Then think! Figure out how you can break it down into its component parts. Good luck!                                                  

- Larry Vaksman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania