How to Juggle Cigar Boxes in 360s

A great way to build off your ability to do a cigar box 180 is to step it up to a 360. Here, your box does a complete flip. While that might sound simple, the mechanics involved are a little different, as is the timing. However, the payoff comes in the form of performing a trick that is visually stimulating for the viewer and for the juggler.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Three juggler's cigar boxes

1. Hold all three boxes between your hands as you would for a standard snatch. However, on your dominant hand. Scoot closer to the inside of the box than normal. This is end-to-end-to-end like a train of boxcars.

2. Swing your arms slightly away from your dominant hand and then back toward your dominant side. This gives the boxes a little added momentum to make this trick happen. Another method to get momentum is to bend at the knees and time your release with the lift from your legs.

3. Pick the box on your dominant side out of the train and spin its outer edge upward and toward the center of the boxes. Give it a little more force than you do with a 180. Release your grip. Ideally, the box spins 360 degrees and is able to come down horizontally.

4. Push the middle box into your dominant hand while the first box is flipping through the air. Once you have a firm grip on both non-airborne boxes, separate them just enough to catch the flying box.

5. Adjust your position to meet the flipping cigar box. When it has met up with the others and is horizontal, close the outer two boxes in tightly. The flying box stops moving, and your three box train is now intact.