Multiplexes Juggling Trick

Video Transcript

"EMIL LAMPRECHT: In this clip I'm going to introduce you to one of my favorite tricks. It's called the Multiplex and it's applicable to almost any prop and almost any number of objects. A Multiplex is when you throw two or more objects at the same time from the same hand. This is an example of the Multiplex. Now, there are several different ways to throw them: splitting to each hand or stacking straight up to the same hand. For splitting to each hand, I aim to cradle them in my fingers, like so, and release them evenly at the same time so that they split side-to-side. It helps sometimes to push your middle finger in between them to get a more exaggerated split, but even if they're right next to each other, you usually have enough room to get both your hands in. A Stacked Multiplex is just as if you were holding two balls to start three. You just want to make sure that, as you release upwards, the front ball is on top of the other, so you get this stack-like effect. If they're coming out like that, it's going to be very hard to catch them in the same hand, so you want to really try to get them straight up. That particular one is good to have in both hands when moving on to four and five balls because there are a lot of interesting tricks you can do with it. This particular Multiplex, however, is very strong for three balls and has a lot of possibilities. The last Multiplex I'm going to show you is with all three, and it's a 3-ball stack leading into a Cascade pattern. Now, there are several different ways you can do this. You can do it as a straight stack, like so, and just catch them all in your center. Or, if you want to get real fancy, you can create a kind of triangle, like this, so that as they go up and fall they're appropriately on each side of you. Now, this one takes some practice, but drilling this can lead to some very cool possibilities, especially as you move into more advanced tricks. The other way to approach 3-ball multiplexing is a solid triangle, like so, which leads to more of a synced snatch. Now you can do it as a snatch like that, or if you can get the top ball to split well enough, catch it like so. It's also a good way to enter into columns."