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JUGGLE MASTER

• Children individually use the bricks to learn how
to juggle. (The bricks will not bounce and may be
a bit noisy when they fall.)
• Begin with just 2 bricks. Stand comfortably, feet
apart, shoulders square, forearms parallel to the floor
and always keep elbows close to the body. As you
begin to juggle try not to look at your hands but rather
keep your eyes at the peak region of the bricks’ path.
• Begin with one brick. Throw it from the waist in an
arc to about forehead height and catch with the other
hand. Do this until you can feel an easy rhythm in the
motion of the brick. Do both directions.
• Now hold one brick in each hand. Throw the brick in
the usual arc with the right hand. As the brick peaks
above the left hand, throw the brick in the left hand
underneath the first brick, throwing towards the right
hand.

• Catch the brick in the left hand and then the
second brick in the right hand.
• Repeat this step several times making sure that
you alternate the hand throwing first.
• Hold two brick in your right hand and one in
your left hand. Throw the first brick in your right
hand towards the left. When this brick peaks,
throw the brick in your left hand underneath
the first brick towards the right hand. As the
second brick peaks above the right hand,
throw the third brick in your right hand in an
arc towards the left hand, thus leaving the right
hand free to catch.

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