97531
5-ball siteswap pattern
5 balls · Advanced
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Understand the siteswap
Each number is one throw. The highlighted number is the throw happening right now.
- 9
- 7
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 9
- Very high throw. Thrown higher than the pattern's usual height, across to the other 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.
- 5
- Normal throw. A normal cascade-height throw, across to the other hand.
- 3
- Low throw. Thrown lower and faster than usual, across to the other hand.
- 1
- Quick transfer. A quick, low transfer straight across to the other hand, barely leaving it.
Pattern information
- Siteswap
- 97531
- Objects
- 5
- Period
- 5
- Max throw
- 9
About this pattern
A descending run of odd throws — nine down to one — that reads clearly in the air and is a favourite for showing what siteswap notation actually means.
Learning this pattern
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Worth having comfortable before you start.
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