More Advanced Tricks
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The BOX and the HEAD-PLACEMENT SHOWER: For the box, you make a box out of the juggling pattern. The right throws straight over to the left at the exact moment that the left throws straight up. Then when the ball that was thrown from the left begins its decent, the left throws the ball that it now holds (from the catch of the straight across throw from the Right) straight across to the right and the right throws straight up...repeat. FOR THE HEAD-PLACEMENT SHOWER, take every right hand catch directly to your head. Place it a little off centered so it will fall directly into your left hand.
BURKE'S BARRAGE: Start by throwing the right hand straight up, then the left hand over the top. As the left throws over the top, the left hand travels over to catch down on the ball that was thrown from the right and swoop it around the ball it just threw. Before the over-the-top ball from the left is caught, the right hand throws the third ball under the left wrist straight up on the left side of the body. Then it catches the over-the-top ball and throws it back over the top as it moves over to swoop around...just watch the video.
ROGER'S ROULETTE: This is a right handed shower trick. The right hand alternates throwing the the right side of the right hand and then the left. This causes the shower catching hand to have to alternate back and forth. First under the right hand wrist to catch...then back to normal. As the catching hand (left hand) moves back and forth passing off each ball to the right hand the right hand must turn over slightly to receive the ball.
THE EXTENSION: Known to some as Eric's Extension is an extra arm twist added to Mills Mess. This causes there to be two more throws on each side of the pattern--5 balls headed in one direction till the arms are twisted up then 5 throws to get all the way to the other position. Pretty amazing looking.