Juggling Lesson (1983)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my game is like some hot chocolate today oh no thanks not today hey can you teach me how to do that door here take a ball first I'm going to give you the jugglers test what you've got to do is throw that ball back and forth from hand to hand you can do that you pass the test like this no not exactly let me show you I'll do it with one ball and then after I've done it then you try it you start with the ball out to the side you scoop it under throw from the center and catch out to the side then you scoop it back under throw from the center and catch out to the side so all your throws are from the center and all your catches are on the outside and the ball is making a figure eight in the air let me draw you the figure eight like this now if you can do that then you pass the jugglers test give it a try are you peddlers test [Music] pass them out pass them out they all learn to everybody gets a ball okay now that everybody has a ball we're going to take a test together start with the phone outside and you scoop it up to a point just over your opposite shoulder that have fall into your hand and scoop it back the other way to a point just over this shoulder and let it fall into your hand and it looks like this is your wrist like that you don't have to recoil your hand before you throw the ball just catch scoop toss catch scoop toss oh yeah that's much better that's real good okay let me show you something here you've got a little bit of a problem don't pop the ball from hand to hand because then it only follows one path what you want to do is catch it on the outside scoop it with a u-shape catch it on the outside scoop it with a u-shaped like this oh that's much better we'll have you juggling in no time okay now you're catching the ball with your palm down you're clawing the ball and that's wrong like this that's wrong instead catch it with your palm up like this not like this like this and keep it small keep it in the small box in front of you okay that's a lot better that's real good okay now hold on a second wait later and don't reach up so high for the ball your hands are way up here and you're catching the ball way up over your head like this bring your hands down attach the ball down around here gravity will take care of it it'll bring it all the way down to your hand scoop throw scoop throw just like that okay let's feed them okay that's good fine you got it you're all doing really well with your figure eight in fact you all pass the jugglers ten now it's time to move on to the next step and you're going to need to more ballsy take one ball and put it on the heel of each hand so that you're holding it with your little finger and your ring finger like this then make a peace symbol with your other two fingers and stick your thumb out and do the same thing on your other hand so that you're holding a ball in one nest then have that ball go from nest to nest from finger tips to finger tips only one ball moves ok everybody try one ball from finger tips to finger tips now we're not juggling yet this is just a warm-up exercise to teach you how to begin and end the juggling routine now it's time to start exchanging the balls take two balls and put them in your dominant hand that's the hand that you write hold them up in the air the ball on your fingertips is number one that's the first ball you're going to throw now over in your other hand you have a ball roll it forward to your fingertips that's ball number two that's the second ball you're going to throw now you're going to throw number one with the same scooping underhand throw that you used before when it gets to the top you're going to throw number two up underneath it it looks like this one two one two okay everybody give it a try wow I did it on this is great I can do okay now hold on the same don't throw both balls at the same time like this one-two one-two slow down and pause between each throw one two one two or after is powder good good good Oh hold on a second you got a problem you're handing the ball across don't hand a ball across one - like this one - instead throw every ball one two one two never hand the ball across you got a point that's good now don't do it over the top like that don't throw the ball over the top one two throw them under hand with a nice scooping underhand throw one two one two remember you got to throw underhand not overhand okay give it a try yeah you're gonna get it keep working on it you hey stop stop right there now you're shoveling the bowl and shoveling it in towards you like this and don't pull it in towards you instead work in a side-to-side direction like that don't go out this way go that way like this side-to-side remember the figure eight they went from side to side how can I give it a try that's right Oh stand up get up straight that's fine okay it's time to throw in the third ball you can do it don't worry when number one got to the top you threw number two up underneath it now when number two gets to the top you throw ball number three in order to throw ball number three you're going to have to let it roll forward to your fingertips watch me one two three stop you end up with two balls in your opposite hand just transfer one back and start again one two three stop transfer it back and start again now one more thing count out loud to yourself as you do it it'll help a lot every time you hear a number throw a ball one two three stop you try it come on you can do it one two three three that's all there is to it I can do this one two okay okay very good now you're ready for number four just count the floor and every time you say a number throw a ball one two three four you're ready - one two three I did it I can juggle everybody's ready now you're going to learn how to throw a ball number four ball number four is just ball number one coming around again so watch the red ball it's number one and it's also number four okay here we go one two three four stop you end up right where you started from with the red ball on your fingertips give it a try one two three four and then you can just keep going [Music] [Applause] stop judging back there hey stop juggling I'm going to give you all a graduation speech now I want you to know that you're real good jugglers everybody learned today and I'm proud of you did a great job there are a couple of things I want to tell you one is don't throw the ball quite so high up in the air with your mouth open like that instead let the ball come down nice and low and another thing is as you're juggling don't let the ball get away from you run it around like that you don't need to do that stay in one place juggle in one place another thing and this is most important go out and teach other people how to juggle it's a lot of fun you found that out today let everybody else know what fun it is okay juggle [Music]