I taught myself in junior high to juggle three balls with two hands and two balls with one hand. It's not a huge accomplishment but what amazes me is that I can go years without trying it and when an opportunity comes up I can just do it again, within just a couple of tries. Those neuronal connections just never go away.

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nickcw 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Learn to juggle two balls with the other hand and you are half way to 4 (which is two in each hand out of sync)

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NiloCK 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Out of curiosity - can you juggle four balls?

I can, but I wouldn't describe having two two-ball capable hands as being half-way there. If forced to put a number on it, something like 20% is the best I could do.

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nickcw 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure! Juggle two in dominant hand. Then two in weak hand. Then two plus one both ways round, then 4. That's how I used to teach people anyway. Balls go up on the inside and down on the outside. For most people two really well in non dominant hand is the hard part.

	▲	NiloCK 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		When you taught, what was a typical uptake like? I came in and out of 'actively juggling' through time, but I was at least 20 years with strong two in my off hand before four really started to do four for any real number of throws. The perpetual issue was that the loops move in and out of sync, so the rhythm of responsibilities ends up with beat patterns that confuse my focus.

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comrade1234 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I may try that. I can do two balls in either hand already. I just never tried doing it in both hands at once.

Strangely even though I'm right-handed I feel more comfortable juggling two in my left hand. I also bat and golf left-handed so sometimes I wonder if my parents forced right-handedness was on me.