501
2-ball siteswap pattern
2 balls · Intermediate
- Siteswap
- 501
- Objects
- 2
- Period
- 3
- Max
- 5
Understand the siteswap
- 5
- 0
- 1
- 5
- Very high throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, across to the other hand. It buys time for the other throws.
- 0
- Gap. An empty beat — the hand has nothing to throw and stays open.
- 1
- Quick transfer. A quick, low transfer straight across to the other hand, barely leaving it.
About this pattern
One ball is thrown to five-ball height while the other waits, giving two objects a deceptively lofty pattern.
Related patterns
Similar
Shares structure or feel with this one.
Easier
Lower difficulty, if this is a stretch.