Cascade (juggling)
As cascade is at juggling the easiest-to-learn juggling pattern with an odd number of articles (for example: balls , lobes or rings), respectively.
3-ball cascade
It starts with two objects in one hand and one in the other hand. The first throw is made by the hand that has two objects in it. When the object reaches the highest point, the object is thrown from the other hand (under the previously thrown object). This leaves that hand free to catch the first item. When the second object has reached the highest point, the third object is thrown away (with the hand that also threw the first object) and so on. So it is always thrown alternately with the right and left hand. The cascade is suitable for beginners, because similar throwing and catching movements take place and the hands have fixed positions (they circle in the same place), in contrast to the shower in particular .
Comparison of shower versus cascade
Many beginners can already do the 2-ball shower and find it difficult to switch to the cascade, especially since each hand always makes the same movement. One hand only throws, the other catches and only passes. In the 3 ball shower, however, there are always two balls in the air, as both hands are involved in the transfer of the balls. So the shower also requires a greater throw height: 3b shower, siteswap : 51.
With the cascade, however, you save a lot of time because at times only one ball is in the air and only one hand is required per throw. Accordingly, you can juggle them lower: Siteswap: 3. In other words: The quick, hectic handover during the shower turns into a rhythmically fluid juggling, equally highly symmetrical and time-saving "whole" throw in the cascade.
Cascades with more than 3 balls
In principle, all cascades with an odd number of balls do not differ significantly. The technique and the rhythm are the same. Only the response times are getting shorter. It always has to be thrown higher, more precisely and faster. You just can't run after 5 balls anymore. They have to fall very precisely into the hand. The hand speed for 5 balls is not as fast as it seems at first glance. It's not much faster than moving your legs on a brisk endurance run. When learning, the balls are usually thrown too quickly one after the other. This results in an unmanageable workload when fishing. For practice purposes, 5 balls should be dropped without catching them. The rhythmic and exact impact of the balls on the ground is a good way of checking.
External or reverse cascade
The "wrong way round" or outside or backward cascade is almost the same juggling pattern as the normal cascade. However, the objects are thrown around the outside, i.e. over the previously thrown object, towards the center. The trajectories then only intersect after their highest point.
Cascades with an even number of items
Juggling a cascade of 4, 6, 8, 10 ... balls requires a completely different, irregular throwing rhythm. The best way to learn is to throw an imaginary fifth ball with a hand movement to get used to the uneven hopping rhythm.
In siteswap expressed would 0 or 2 added a one at the end, it is therefore not longer a "real" cascade. Cascade-like siteswaps with 4 balls are for example 552 and 55550, the five-ball cascade with a break (2) or hole (0).
However, these tricks are more difficult to learn. For beginners, the fountain is recommended as a basic pattern for an even number of objects.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 3-Ball Cascade ( Memento from May 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.jonglieren.at/theoprax/wurfgenauigkeit/index.html The incredible accuracy of throwing or: Why the five-ball cascade is so difficult. Excerpt from the book: Juggling four and five balls is no art; Vienna 1996 by Martin Apolin.