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Step 1
Choose a high-ceilinged room or outdoors to practice juggling five balls, as you'll need to throw higher than normal to adjust to having more balls in the air.
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Step 2
Master juggling with three and then four balls before trying to juggle five. Juggling any less than five balls must be second nature. Continue to practice juggling with three and four balls to maintain your skills while learning to juggle five.
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Step 3
Juggle with three balls, but throw them up in an arc at a height that you'll use when juggling five balls. Having more balls in the air will require more time before they come down, so you'll need to get used to throwing them up a bit higher than you might be used to.
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Step 4
Place two balls in one hand and three in the other. It's best to have the three balls in your dominant hand. Throw one of the three balls into the air. Keep your eyes staring ahead and slightly up to watch the balls in the air, not your hands. Keep your elbows close to the body and do not move your upper arms while juggling five balls.
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Step 5
Throw up one of the two balls from your nondominant hand while the first ball you threw is at the peak of its arc. Do not throw straight across from one hand to the other, always throw the balls up from one hand to the other.
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Step 6
Toss up the second of three balls in your dominant hand when your second throw reaches the peak of its arc. As soon as ball two reaches its peak, throw up the last ball in your nondominant hand. By this time the first ball you threw should be ready to be caught in your nondominant hand.
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Step 7
Make sure the balls are following an arcing pattern in the air. Allow enough time and space to have three balls in the air at the same time. Adjust the height, width and speed of the pattern to your preference. Do not catch a ball with the same hand you threw it up with. Always alternate hands.
