Category: hobbies

  • Juggling for Fun

    Juggling for Fun

    Although I struggle with some juggling tricks, I have a lot of fun too. And some tricks are a hoot because, when you’re a beginner, you never know exactly when you’re going to nail them—like the neck catch. My shower still has a straight across throw that sneaks up a little, but—whatever.

  • Juggle Trick Medleys!

    Juggle Trick Medleys!

    And now for the first time, juggle trick medleys! I grouped some easy juggle tricks in rough categories for this little video. I also included a neck catch comedy clip. I can do that trick—after 15 or so tries. This was fun and a little more difficult than I thought it would be. On the…

  • 2 Person 5 Ball Pass Juggle Redux!

    2 Person 5 Ball Pass Juggle Redux!

    Sena mentioned wanting to do a repeat of the 2-person 5 ball juggle we did about 3 years ago. So, we did. It’s a hoot. It’s like playing catch, only more complicated because we pass 5 balls back and forth between us. One of us passes straight across and the other passes diagonally. You can…

  • Watch Out for Fake Columns Juggling!

    Watch Out for Fake Columns Juggling!

    Hey, I just found out that September is Aging Awareness Month. No wonder I’m bad at juggling columns! I’m just unaware that I should have started juggling way before retirement a few years ago. There’s no getting around it—I need to practice columns if I’m going to juggle fake columns. It looks really cool when…

  • Drop Kicking the Juggling Balls!

    Drop Kicking the Juggling Balls!

    I’m practicing bouncing the juggling balls off my body, this time my foot. You start by juggling the 3-ball cascade, and drop kick one of the balls off the side or the front of your foot. This doesn’t work well at all unless I wear shoes. And even then, it’s not easy. I can sort…

  • Neck Catch and Other Ordinary Juggling

    Neck Catch and Other Ordinary Juggling

    I’ve got some easy juggling tricks that I cobbled together in a YouTube video and boy is it ordinary. Tricks like under the arm and a simple two ball multiplex aren’t that hard to do with a little practice. But the neck catch is nothing but luck unless you got a neck the size of…

  • Neck Catch Juggle Trick Coming Up!

    Neck Catch Juggle Trick Coming Up!

    Can you guess what I’m doing in the picture? It’s the neck catch juggle trick, which I swore I’d never be able to do. I’m planning a new juggling video with new, so-called easy juggling tricks, ordinary style. I’ve been avoiding the neck catch trick because, well, I figured it would be a pain in…

  • Update On My Juggling the Shower Pattern!

    Update On My Juggling the Shower Pattern!

    I’ve been working on that shower juggling pattern for a number of years now, off and on. Here just lately I think I’ve been making minor improvements. I can do more throws and on a good day, I can do 10—sort of. It’s more ordinary juggling! I’ve picked up bits and pieces of wisdom and…

  • Slash & Slam Ordinary Juggling

    Slash & Slam Ordinary Juggling

    Yesterday, I finally got the hang of a couple of new juggling patterns: the orbit and the weave. They don’t look like exactly like what the experts do when I do them, but that’s just my ordinary juggling. The orbit is just a column juggling pattern with two balls in one hand and just waving…

  • Anyone for Tennis 423, Juggle Style?

    Anyone for Tennis 423, Juggle Style?

    Well, for the last couple of days I’ve been working on my usual ordinary style of 423 juggling. I sort of learned how to play the tennis trick in 423. It’s different enough to learn from the usual tennis in the 3-ball cascade that I had to work pretty hard at it. I learned these…