How to Juggle Three Traffic Cones

Juggling provides low-impact exercise and challenges the brain by sharpening hand to eye coordination skills. Experienced jugglers can become bored juggling simple objects, like small balls and may want to move on to juggling more challenging, irregularly-shaped items like traffic cones.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• 3 small traffic cones

1. Locate a spacious area to practice juggling. Select 1 cone and practice tossing it from your dominant hand to the other.
2. Hold 1 cone in each hand and secure the third cone under your dominant armpit. Identify the cones in the following way: cone one is in your dominant hand, cone two is beneath your armpit and cone three is in your nondominant hand.
3. Toss cone one in an arcing pattern toward your nondominant hand. Before catching cone one, quickly grab cone two from beneath your armpit with your empty, dominant hand. At this point, cone one is in the air and cones two and three are in each hand.
4. Juggle as usual by tossing cone three from your nondominant hand up and arcing toward your dominant hand. As you do this, catch cone one in your nondominant hand. You should now have cone three in the air, cone one in your nondominant hand and cone two in your dominant hand.
5. Continue the juggling pattern you're accustomed to by tossing cone two in an arc from your dominant hand toward your nondominant hand.
6. Stop juggling by holding one cone in each hand and letting the third cone fall to the floor. If you're concerned that the drop to the floor might damage the cone, break its fall using your, feet, knees or any other body part.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid tossing the cones out in front of you. Instead, toss them straight up and in an arc toward the opposite hand. Standing in front of a wall while practicing helps curb the tendency to throw too far in front of you.
• A good juggler has equivalent skill regardless of which hand she starts with. Avoid having one hand become overly dominant by beginning juggling runs with either hand. This ensures that both hands learn equally.