Fellow jogglers Ralph Kidner and Tim Butler recently joggled a 10K and were featured in a video produced by the BBC. You can see it here.
Joggling in the UK
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Are they looking at the balls while joggling? It didn’t seem very fluid and effortless, and it appeared that they were putting a lot of effort into the juggling part like it wasn’t that comfortable to them. And, the drops. The finish line one especially, make sure you can do a trick before you attempt it in a race.
I know I coming off as critical, but after watching this it just reminds me: joggling form and technique should be solid in order for it to be fluid and effortless. It should look natural, you shouldn’t have to try to juggle the balls. You have to become solid in the 3b cascade before joggling proficiently and smoothly.
Well, it takes a bit of time for people to get proficient at joggling, especially if they aren’t able to juggle a 3b cascade with their eyes closed. I think these guys are doing a decent job.
And the finish line trick, well, I know I’ve tried to do tricks I thought I could do (and did successfully many times in practice) but then had a drop anyway. Misses happen.
Out of joggling snobery, I think I’ll do a tutorial on joggling technique
No, I am not claiming to be perfect, but I was just surprised at the form they were using, that’s all. If they lowered their throws and really just lightly flicked their wrist while running normally then their technique and accuracy of throws would be much better. And, yes it’s a little harder doing patterns/tricks while in races. I plan to do about 25-30 patterns in the Philly marathon. That’s my goal, at least, who knows I could drop a lot too.
Hi Perry,
Thanks for featuring the video – it was the first time myself and Ralph had ever met another joggler so we spent most of the race nattering to each other.
In response to Joe – I’m a much better juggler than runner (5 balls / clubs / fire / axes etc) so it’s probably the running that’s laboured rather than the joggling. However, I’m now down to a 23 minute dropless 5K so it’s only a matter of time before Michal’s record is mine – lol!
The throw over the finish line popped into my head about 50 yards before the end and was a disaster – don’t know where I got the idea from
– but obviously had tried it out over trees (bonsai ones by the looks of it). If I could flash all 3 balls over the finish line that I would retire a happy man!
Hey Tim,
That’s cool to know that you are a good juggler, and I really never thought about how less experience with running would impact someone’s joggling form, so I’m glad you told me that. I felt bad for being so harsh on you two, and wish I would have said it differently. So, please take my apologies to both of you.
That’s funny about your finish line trick. I practice high throws a lot too, I am pretty accurate with the 30-45 ft range like a railroad crossing post or street light post. Bonsai
lol That was funny.
I have tried flashing 3 balls over small signs and its pretty tough, still haven’t practiced much or worked on it, but it’s harder than I thought.
Have fun joggling! Good luck with beating Michal’s record
If I feel comfortable I’ll try to do at least 20. I thought about doing 1 pattern each mile the whole time, but this would be very tough! Imagine doing the box or claw catchs, shower pattern, around the back for a mile… It’s possible, but I think I’ll save that for another time. I’ll just shoot for doing 26 patterns cleanly during the race. If I feel like I have enough room.
I think I’ll stick to setting a “record” for doing the most patterns in a single marathon…