In order to concisely describe passing sequences that include passes from both right and left hands, we'll use the count notation. A count is a throw from either hand. In most juggling, the right and left hands alternate throwing, and we call each such throw a count.

In the count system, we specify the number of counts per pass. Thus in a 2-count (or 2-ct) passing pattern, you pass on every other count. This means every throw from one hand is a pass to your partner. The other of the two counts is a self throw with the other hand.

In a 4-ct, every other throw from one hand (every fourth count) is a pass. Of course, you can have a left-handed 2-ct, where you pass every left hand. (An early appearance of the count notation is in Richard Dingman's book on passing, Patterns.)

Now, an interesting pattern, and one that has caught on a lot in the last few years, is the 3-ct (called "onesies" by some people). Here, you pass on every third count, which means alternate passing with the right and left hands.

With the 3-ct pattern as a basis, we'll build two interesting feeds: the 3-ct feed and the 1-ct typewriter feed. In each of these patterns, the feedees are doing a normal 3-ct, but the feeder is passing more often.

3p9c (3 people, 9 clubs). Each of the two feedees in this pattern does a normal 3-ct with the feeder. One feedee starts immediately with a R pass and the second feedee starts with a R self throw followed by a L pass. Thereafter each feedee passes every third count (alternating R and L). The feeder throws two passes (R then L, one to each feedee), then a self R, then two passes (L then R, one to each feedee), and then a self L, before repeating.

An easy way to remember the feeder's pattern is to notice that it is two inside passes (R&L), a self, then two outside passes (L&R), and then a self. The first of each pair, of consecutive passes always goes to the same person, say to the person on the left (who starts the pattern with a R pass). The second of each pair always goes to the other person.

1-ct Typewriter Feed

4p12c. This is like the 3-ct feed, but we add a third feedee to get a pass from the feeder on the third count (replacing the feeder's one remaining self). So the feeder here does no self passes at all, passing every club from both hands and going down the row of three people, passing one club to each person in turn (alternating passing hands). After the pass to the third person in the row, the next pass goes back to the first person, on the other end - hence the name "typewriter" feed.

Each feedee does a normal 3-ct, but the feeder is doing a 1-ct. The challenging part is for the feeder to figure out where the next pass should go - especially if someone drops a club!