What's the best height for a 5 ball cascade? The average of most jugglers is juggle speed in a 5 ball cascade is a pace of 4.06 balls-per-second (bps). The height is closely related to bps. Here some examples (juggling-records.com):
Top One >3h 44min Bence 4.04 bps
Very Top > 35 min Eivind has 3.87 bps (very tall and long arms)
. > 20 min.
Dr. Calleja 4.00 bps.
Leeroy 4.17 bps
< 16 min Roberz LeBouef 4.01
< 5 min Caleb Stockwell 4.11
<= 3 min
Joshua Weiner 4.08 (his estimation 3.33 corrected).
Janion 4.44.
Andy(Me) 4.16.
Hirskontra 4.29.
Jigjug 4.51.
I think practicing height is good for the precision, and I think the more height you, the more space is there for the props to not collide and the more time is there for adjustments/corrections, but there may the limiting factor for you is nerves, could that be? Also the individual height and arm length may play a role. Taller people may (often) have a natural higher pattern.
Let me know your thoughts. And thank you. :-)
Whenever people ask me for tips on their 5 ball cascade, 75% of the time they’re throwing way too low and it’s like they’re rushing to get the balls out of their hand. I’m pretty tall and have a pretty high 5 ball cascade. 5 balls should and totally can feel very slow with a comfortable height that’s a good balance of endurance and ready for tricks. I haven’t thought about it in BPS terms. Very interesting!
As someone only just learning 5b cascade, I think my sweet spot is a height roughly equal to where my fingertips are if i raise my hand straight up.
Higher than that and my throws get wonky. Lower and the pace is hard to keep up.
I have no idea but I would be curious weather there is a different for perfect endurance BPM and perfect setting up and in-between site swaps/tricks bpm
Yeah, I am pretty sure yes... probably also depends on the transitions I plan... 771 is very different than [54][22]2 .
I used to throw just above my head and have an imaginary target to hit.
It's always a trade off of accuracy vs speed. The higher the throw the more accurate as the trajectory is longer. The shorter the path of travel the shorter the period between throws. .
Ideally practice both and find a comfortable compromise,
Yeah. I like it low, but my arms burn way faster so it's not great for endurance... :-)
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I'm tall, 6'2", 1.88M if you swing that way, I've been told I juggle 5 balls very high. Too high a few times, throwing 7 ball height in a 5 ball cascade. I don't disagree, I juggle up high, I like it up high, it slows things down a bit so more time to react and adjust. The downside to juggling up high, I unintentionally juggle in a very narrow field. Which leads to most patterns dieing in a collision. Watching videos of myself, I could stand to lose some height if I could widen my pattern out, I'd lose the slowdown, but reduce collisions.
Yeah, this is a tricky tradeoff ! My pattern feels more narrow when I push it higher...
from my experience [ <1500 catches ],
there's a whole set of most comfortable heights
depending on how much either of
shoulder -- upper arm -- forearm -- wrist -- fingers
you involve,
that ranges from nose-high to -- .. -- five feet high.
between those optimal heights per limb and joints used, there's tensed, strenuous, exhausting spans, where your ado doesn't catch up with the required height & beatspeed well - it then feels "behind" or too effortish to stay on height, [edit, 7h] until you make best optimal use of the next stronger limb again, on a pretty much distinct next optimal height again ( dynamic to days' fitness, freshness, form ) [\].
one can feel and exercise these and find out the good heights per ado, by slowly going up and down.
10-15 cm above your outstretched arm. That is, the height depends on the length of your arms, not your height. During training, don't look at people who already throw 5's perfectly and easily; they often throw low.
During training, it's important not to lower your pattern (unless you're specifically doing a drill for a low pattern).
Is the the crossing point or the height my balls go up?
This is the highest point of the trajectory.
And the height of the intersection point of the trajectories is not strictly dependent on the height of the pattern; you can raise or lower the cross depending on how far you swing your arms when throwing. A high cross is physically easy, but the risk of collision is higher. A low cross is physically difficult, but the risk of collision is lower.