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I
also got this box pattern ay the Madfest, from Tom Pomraning. Here we
have four jugglers with three clubs each in a standard box formation
(Fig. 3). He calls it Maya "since passing with everyone else
creates the illusion that everyone's doing the same thing, at the same
time."
Each juggler passes to all three of the other jugglers using both hands in a pass-pass-self (PPS) pattern. Thus everyone is doing the rhythm of the feeder in a 3-count feed. Two jugglers (A and C, facing each other) alternate between two forms of inside-inside-self, while the other two jugglers (B and D) alternate between two forms of outside-outside-self. Fig. 4 shows the sequence of throws by each juggler, with "s" representing a self.
This is not a difficult pattern, assuming you're fluent at passing with both hands. If each of you can feed a 3-count feed, you can do this pattern. During each self, you should turn to face somewhere between the two people that you'll be passing with for the following two counts. Because everyone's second consecutive pass is made under an incoming club, make your passes catchable at normal shoulder level to avoid possible collision problems. Also all the inside passes should be thrown plenty long, to reach a spot outside the receiver's shoulder.
(A curiosity of this pattern - evident if you work out the causal diagram, for instance by connecting the appropriate letters in Fig. 4 is that every inside pass (thrown by A or C) goes to a hand that will next do a self.)
Brendan's
Folly This
is a seemingly improbable 6-club pattern for two people, with no
selves. That it can be made to work is pretty surprising. It was
suggested by Brendan Brolly of the U.K., and because of the patterns
idiosyncrasy, I've named it Brendans Folly (rhymes with Brolly).
The
two jugglers have different sequences of passes (remember, no selves),
but each one makes all four possible throws with singles, in some
order. That is, each juggler throws both straight and diagonal passes
with both hands.
The first juggler (A in Fig. 5) alternates R and L hands, as usual, throwing: diagonal (R to R), diagonal (L-L), straight (R-L), straight (L-R).
The
second juggler starts at exactly the same time but does a RRLL
pattern, throwing with the right twice in a row and then with the left
twice. The sequence is: straight (R-L), diagonal (R-R) , diagonal
(L-L), straight (L-R). A good way to remember this sequence is that
the second juggler feeds the other juggler's two hands, first from the
R and then from the L.
Fig. 5 shows the causal diagram for Brendan's Folly. The diagram may look simple, play
around with the throwing positions and the timing until it's
comfortable and you have no problem.
The
pattern is slightly fast. If you feel hurried, just loft your singles
slightly, to slow them down (use less spin as well in this case).
From
the causal diagram, you can readily see where to throw a
"late" double. Just follow a causal line from any hand to
the first destination and then on to the next destination that's
where the double goes. For either juggler, you'll see that a double is
a self (this is in fact the case in all 1-count patterns). But for A,
such a double would come back down to the same hand that threw it (R-R
self or L-L self, whereas for B, the double would come down to the
opposite hand (R-L self or L-R self.
Give
these a try. Remember that if your partner throws such a self double,
then your hand that didn't get a club should pause, omitting one pass.
For your homework assignment, figure out how to do Martins Folly, which is the same as Brendan's Folly, but with 7 clubs (and probably double passes)! |
