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Jamie#

3 balls, 4 balls, 5 balls, 6 balls, 7 balls, 200 minutes

3 ball warmups, some pirouettes

4 ball shower stuff. Can do high low pretty well on both sides. Hi mid low with strong hand is somewhat runable. Can do a round of it on my weak side.
4 ball 360. Often get it first try, but sometimes it takes several tries.
4 ball sprung cascade is solid
4 ball mill's mess 100 catches isn't too much of a stretch but it isn't perfect.
4 ball box patterns feeling mostly good. Those 8s in some of those don't need to be arced at all, makes it so much easier. Should probably arc them a little anyway to feel better about throwing an 8.

4 ball I also do some reverse throw practice. 534 for 10 rounds. 7531 for 2 or 3, sometimes 4 or 5. And also 7333 for 10 rounds from the halfshower on both sides.

5 ball practice tends to involve this with as little drops as possible (and stopping juggling for a moment between each)

cascade like 50 catches just to make sure it's solid (it always is nowadays, thankfully)
744 out of cascade for 10 rounds back into cascade
645 same
633 same
753 for 5 rounds, sometimes 10 if I'm feeling good
97531 for a round on each side. Some days I can do 2 rounds in a row but it takes some tries...
half shower for 50 catches (strong hand)
half shower 50 catches (weak hand)
reverse cascade for 50 catches.

I can do all of those much longer but due to the balls being a bit too big for my arm muscles and not wanting to get worn out too quickly, I just try to keep short solid runs.

88441 sometimes I'll do this a bit. got 3 rounds a couple times so far. I don't always do this pattern.
67561 sometimes I'll try to run this if I'm not having a great session. Cause it feels like the bad throws aren't too detrimental to my form if it's learning a new pattern. But I got 5 rounds of this into and out of cascade, my best so far.

(6x,4)* to (6,4x)* to (6x,4)(6,4x) to (4x,6)(4,6x). 20 catches in each. Feels good when I get this sequence first try.


Usually a 5 ball 3 up though sometimes that isn't solid.

6 balls hasn't felt great but I got over 60 throws async a couple times. Got a 50 catch run clean of sync.
I tried 75 on both sides with inside 7s (so not the halfshower) and it feels like it might be easier for me to run 75 this way. Got like 20 catches on both sides. It doesn't feel great but my halfshowers have always been a bit too neglected.

7 balls: this is why I remained motivated to write a lot and just in general. Got between 6 and 10 runs of 7 that were 30+ throws. The best was 39. I've had 4 runs this year over 40 throws, best being 50. But just in general, this was a better day for 7 balls than normal. It's all about focusing on the first and last throw of the flash from my weak hand. The first throw from my strong hand (first throw of flash) is also important, and throwing it a little hiigher tends to help the pattern begin. For weak hand (right) first throw often goes too forward, and last throw often is too arced causing collision with 4th ball, so needs thrown more straight upwards. It helps so much and I don't know why I can't focus on it on every attempt. Just part of the learning process I guess.

Overall a pretty good day. This is also a summary of my entire normal practice so I won't really write it out like this very often. Just a few more specifics noted.

Total practice time: 200 minutes

Location: YMCAs in Pennsylvania

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Maria#

3 clubs, 4 clubs, 100 minutes

Mostly the usual 4c stuff.

passing, 60 minutes

(With E)
Just a few minutes of 4-count

(With K)
4-count
3-count

(With S2)
ppsps
Why Not
7c 2-count
7c 3-count, got a few passes but not many.

3 clubs, 4 clubs, 45 minutes

Playing around, a bit of tricks I can do, a bit of tricks I can't do.

passing, 10 minutes

(With B)
3-count with some doubles
7c 2-count

Total practice time: 215 minutes

Locations: Södermalmsskolan (Fritidsjonglörerna), Kvisthamraskolan (Cirkus Mani)

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7b_wizard#

7 balls, 117 minutes

5b warmup high, hilo - ~8 min.
7b casc - ~109 min. ___ Bad. One of those launching into collisions days - thinking it by throwing angles got it a bit better for a bit. ___[ ( daily7b III: 0 ), daily7b III: 27 ]

5 ball tricks, 5prop mix, 5 balls, 143 minutes

20' - 5b casc - 498 throws max.

88' - 5b rev casc - 138, 147, 155, 179, 151.

35' - 5propmix 3b2c - rounds max: 8 once.

Total practice time: 260 minutes

Locations: nearby school´s roofed bikepark, indoors low ceiling

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