Learn to juggle four balls

but still need a lot more practice with the two ball juggle in the left hand before i move on to both hands at once, that and i need to find a new ball as i only have 3

i can kind of juggle 4 but i still need to work on it some more. lots of fun though.

Four balls looks much more impressive to the untrained, and sets you apart from the orange-jugglers.

...juggle 4 balls, but that’s under the technical description of a juggle, as opposed to a flash. I’ve gotta practice more.

When I learned to juggle four the internet didn’t exist. Lucky for all of you that now you can find any basic juggling trick on GOOGLE, and then look for the ‘how to’ animation. Sure makes it easier when you can see what the pattern is supposed to look like.

The two basic four ball patterns are called the asynchronous fountain and the synchronous fountain. The asynchronous fountain has the juggler throwing balls alternating between his left hand and his right (in two columns, never throwing two balls at the same time.) This pattern is easier to learn if you are familiar with the 3 ball cascade (“the” juggling pattern… looks like a pretzel), because it follows the same rythm of tosses (right, left, right, left). The Synchronous fountain is where the juggler throws the balls in sync with one another, throwing two at a time, one from each hand. This is slightly harder to get the hang of because you have to focus on two simultaneous tosses, and you have to keep them very consistant with one another so you can throw the next pair.

That’s my two cents for the beginner 4 ball juggler. It looks cool, and it’s pretty impressive to the general public.

I’m presuming you’re already pretty adept with a standard 3 ball cascade. The trick with 4 is that there’s no crossover – you’re really just juggling 2 balls with each hand (crossovers come back on the scene when you tackle 5).
So, once you feel like you’re really comfortable juggling two balls with each hand (cascading outwords – release on the inside, catch on the outside) it all comes down to how you start it off. I’m a big fan of “flashing” new tricks, which is just jugglerspeak for doing a quick hit, if you will.
Hold two balls in each hand and count down from 3 or 4 while moving your hands up and down (quickly) as if you were playing a snare drum. It’s important to release the first ball from each hand on a different beat so that there’s a rhythm to your throws. Work on just getting all 4 up and catching them – once that gets smooth, go for 2 rounds, then 3, etc.,.
I had wanted to learn this for ages and all it took was someone to show me the ropes and literally 10 minutes practice to land my first flash.
BTW – I’ve always found it handy to stand over a bed when learning new tricks, it makes the pickup quicker and easier.
Lemme know if you get this dialed in – it would compliment your unicylcle riding immeasurably.
-Garth Breaks.

(Just tracked down this link, the images should help clarify any confusion I may have created in my description – http://www.sherston.freeserve.co.uk/HTML/Circus/Juggling.htm#4Balls)