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5-ball siteswap pattern
5 balls · Advanced
- Siteswap
- 123456789
- Objects
- 5
- Period
- 9
- Max
- 9
Understand the siteswap
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 1
- Quick transfer. A quick, low transfer straight across to the other hand, barely leaving it.
- 2
- Hold. The ball is simply held for a beat while the other hand does the work.
- 3
- Low throw. Thrown lower and faster than usual, across to the other hand.
- 4
- Low throw. Thrown lower and faster than usual, back to the same hand.
- 5
- Normal throw. A normal cascade-height throw, across to the other hand.
- 6
- High throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, back to the same hand. It buys time for the other throws.
- 7
- High throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, across to the other hand. It buys time for the other throws.
- 8
- Very high throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, back to the same hand. It buys time for the other throws.
- 9
- Very high throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, across to the other hand. It buys time for the other throws.
About this pattern
Every throw height from one to nine, used exactly once, in order. The clearest possible demonstration that a siteswap is just a list of instructions.