Right Hand Momentum

To impress your friends and enhance your hand-eye coordination, follow these four simple steps to learn how to juggle. You will need three balls of similar size and weight. I will refer to each as ball A, B, or C. If it will aid in your understanding, go ahead and label each ball. First, take ball A in your right hand. Keeping your arm by your side and your elbow near a right angle, throw this ball from about waist level to about eye level. Wait for the ball to fall back down; and, close to waist level, catch it with you right hand. Try to throw the ball to where you do not have to move your arm much to catch it. Repeat this step until you feel comfortable with your ability to throw the ball up and catch it. If the ball flies away from you after each

As soon as you have mastered this in your right hand, move the ball to your left hand and repeat the process. Once you have completed this step, you should be able to throw and catch the ball successfully in each hand. Second, take ball A in your right hand and, with your arms positioned by your side and your elbows near right angles, throw it from your right hand, up to about eye level, and back down so it lands in your left hand where you then catch it. Now you do the same thing, except this time throw the ball from your left hand to your right hand. Repeat this step until you can throw and catch the ball without moving your arms very much. Third, take ball A in your right hand and ball B in your left hand. Position your arms by your side again, like you did in the first two steps. Now, throw ball A to about eye level and have it come down toward your left hand; but, right before you catch ball A, throw ball B to eye level and catch it with your right hand. Once you have done this, ball A and ball B should be in opposite hands from that in which they started. Now if you start with the same ball, you will be starting with the opposite