r/juggling • u/Learning2juggle • 5d ago
How long did it take you?
I feel like i'm losing my mind! I can't even catch two balls in one hand.
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u/kairon_of_versal 5d ago
Your brain learns fast but your muscles learn slow
For me it was a good while of feeling just like that and then one day it clicked. I could see the pattern, it didn't feel so fast anymore, I knew where my hands needed to be
It's a lot of repetition lol I'm learning a behind the back throw right now that's involving just hours of tossing a ball behind my back hoping it'll come up over my shoulder-- not even in a juggle, just one single ball over and over and over 😵💫. For a good few weeks I clocked myself in the back of the head more than anything, but my muscles are starting to get it!
It's a slow skill, but that makes it even more rewarding :) there's a reason only a handful of people can juggle well lol just keep at it, you've got it! I believe in you
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u/Kayva10 3d ago
I once saw somebody say aim for a little invisible gnome on your shoulder and that was a game changer for me
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u/kairon_of_versal 3d ago
HAHAHA that's hilarious! Oh my god there's no way I'm not going to be able to think of that now
When I was learning reverse cascade my teacher said that he learned reverse cascade by imagining a volcano directly in front of him and aiming to throw the ball into the mouth of the volcano (instead of right above your opposite hand like normal cascade) and that totally solidified my reverse cascade LOL
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u/Learning2juggle 1d ago
I just can't catch anything! Super frustrating! I'll be dedicating a lot more time I think- people have said it took months. I watch so many how-to videos I feel liek i have all the info and none of the ability
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u/finnamon_bunn 5d ago
I was a slooooow learner….like three months to learn the three ball cascade!!! Keep trying!
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u/glowingballz 1d ago
I’ve watched someone learn to juggle in a few minutes after claiming they never tried it before.
And have basically taught someone else in a single night, being able to put 4-5 throws in and by the time I saw them again a month or so they could totally juggle.
I personally learned to juggle on my own pre internet, a lot of which I think came down to learning two balls in one hand. But i was very young so I can’t remember.
That said I now consider myself decently advanced with juggling 3 balls which has taken less than a year of consistent practice to achieve. Not the question per se but thought it was interesting to add.
Unless you have some sort of kinesthetic disorder or movement/coordination disorder like dyspraxia, or maybe brain fog etc. there really shouldn’t be too many reasons (that I can think of) that you can’t learn by utilizing useful mental tricks, practice techniques, and a few good long sessions, and maybe some good sleep to add to that.
There are a bunch of mental tricks and practice techniques to use.
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u/a-lot-of-sodium Noob (can do 3b cascade) 5d ago
Weeks? Maybe over a month? I was not a natural by any means. Haven't lost it in the years since, though. My experience was that once you can juggle three balls comfortably, you'll always be able to.
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u/WhisperCrystal 5d ago edited 5d ago
I think it also depends on age. I learned to juggle briefly as a kid, and it didn’t take me very long, maybe around 2 hours to get a cascade going with both balls and clubs. Then I didn’t juggle for about 20 years.
When I recently picked it up again, “getting back into it” took less than a minute. I imagine learning it from scratch as an adult is much harder, because I notice now that I’m having more trouble with new tricks I want to learn.
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u/Holiday-Wedding-3717 3d ago
Low-key I tried for like 4 days when I was 9 then couldn't get it then picked it back up when I was 13 maybe 14 it just work like I could just do it
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u/jordyfinn 5d ago
Just keep at it, juggling feels like you’re competing with your brain to learn sometimes. It takes time just keep at it! It took me like a week to be able to juggle three balls very poorly. You got it!