How to Perform the Three-ball Multiplex in Juggling

Juggling is something that's not only fun to do, but it's also good for your coordination. The effort to juggle strengthens your concentration and challenges your mind. One method of juggling is called the three-ball multiplex. With practice, this is something you can do in your journey to become an adept juggler.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

1. Hold two of the balls in your left hand and one ball in your right hand. Which hands hold which balls does not matter as long as one of your hands holds two of the balls when you are preparing to perform the three-ball multiplex in juggling.

2. Begin the three-ball multiplex in juggling with the horizontal pattern.

3. Throw one ball up with your right hand and throw up the two balls you hold in your left hand.

4. Catch the one of the two balls you threw from your left hand ball at the same moment you catch the ball you threw from your right hand. Because the two balls that were in your left hand separate in the air when you throw up, one will come down into the left hand, while the other falls into your right hand.

5. Toss one of the balls that land in your hand up in the air between the two balls from your right hand. The pattern in three-ball multiplexing is, according to Adria M. Moskowitz, "up, separate and up through the middle."

6. Do a continuous three-ball multiplex in juggling by switching the hands that end up with two balls at the end of the pattern. First, it can be your right hand that holds the two balls, then the left and on ad infinitum.

7. Practice the three-ball multiplex in juggling over and over until you can complete one of the patterns successfully. Once you've mastered it, work on making the pattern into a continuous three-ball multiplex by switching your hands back and forth.