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45141

3-ball siteswap pattern

3 balls · Intermediate

Speed
Camera

Drag inside the scene to orbit around the juggler.

Understand the siteswap

Each number is one throw. The highlighted number is the throw happening right now.

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 1
  4. 4
  5. 1
4
High throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, back to the same hand. It buys time for the other throws.
5
High throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, across to the other hand. It buys time for the other throws.
1
Quick transfer. A quick, low transfer straight across to the other hand, barely leaving it.
4
High throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, back to the same hand. It buys time for the other throws.
1
Quick transfer. A quick, low transfer straight across to the other hand, barely leaving it.

Pattern information

Siteswap
45141
Objects
3
Period
5
Max throw
5

About this pattern

Three balls over a five-beat cycle mixing same-hand throws, crossing throws and quick transfers. A good pattern for reading siteswap out of the animation.

Learning this pattern

Before learning this

Worth having comfortable before you start.

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