- Paperback: 90 pages
- Publisher: Klutz Press Inc; Third Edition edition (1 Dec 1977)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0932592007
- ISBN-13: 978-0932592002
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.4 x 6.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,337,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Introduces basic juggling patterns and variations for the beginner.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This great little book revitalised my interest in juggling a few years ago, it has simple step by step instructions with helpful diagrams and clear explanations. It covers most of the common beginners problems and offers useful remedies for them, giving the reader the encouragement to tread what can be a long and arduous path to being able to juggle. It then moves on to some more advanced topics, multiple balls, passing, clubs and the like, leading the reader nicely into the world of tricks and performing. I have used this book to help several total beginners to master the art and recommend it thoroughly to all beginner and novice jugglers as invaluable in learning the basics and polishing their skills.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I've been juggling on and off for many years.. and this is the book that got me started. In several short, easy lessons, this book should have you juggling (more or less), in under 15 minutes. It won't however tell you how to stop.
If this book is out of print, or not available on Amazon, it really is worth hunting down elsewhere. Get it from the States if you have to.
Comes complete with 3 juggling bean bags.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Some design flaws can't mar great instruction
24 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
The book will do what the liner notes suggest: teach a complete klutz how to juggle. By taking the book's instruction, someone who's never picked up a juggling ball in their lives can learn the basics quickly. The inclusion of bean bags adds significant value to the product. For a genuinely modest price, you can give someone the complete ability to start juggling immediately.
But it fails novice jugglers in at least two ways. Most importantly, it's not really made to be used while you're trying to juggle. It's too small to lay flat on a table. Other juggling books know that you need to read them WHILE you're juggling and so have either ring-bound them or made them magazine size. Also, I'm not crazy about the illustrations. Sometimes they're clear enough, but often, the black and white printing of line drawings doesn't really show you where your juggling objects should be in three dimensions.
Still, this fault is more than made up for by an engaging, clear writing style. The instructions are highly understandable, and the text is large enough to read from a distance. Thus, though I think the book could do with a few, essentially cosmetic changes, it's a great first step.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Now I am a Complete Klutz!
19 Sep 2001
Format:Paperback
I received this book with the 3 beanbag cubes from my children for Christmas several years ago. Much to my surprise (and to their delight), I found that I was able to juggle using all of the cubes after about an hour of driving everyone crazy with constant cries of "Look out" or "I meant to do that". I would recommend this book to anyone. When you are juggling, you have to use all of your concentration, which is a great way to relieve stress and boredom, after which you will be able to go back to whatever task you were doing previously, with a clearer head.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I got as far as page 10
31 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Until I purchased this book and bean bags, I might've made two attempts in my life to juggle...for a total of maybe sixty seconds. Anyway, I purchased this book. I followed the book up till page 10. The exercise was to juggle just two balls. That's it. So for a minute or two almost every day, I practiced juggling 2 balls, which was surprisingly difficult. It's all about the toss, about timing, and about being patient and not panicking. Eventually, I got pretty decent and consistent. Today, around 10 days after receiving the book and balls, I decided to try the third ball. Didn't even bother to look at the book. And within a few tries, I was tossing all three balls around! No kidding. It was harder learning to toss the two balls than it was to incorporate the third ball.
I am a coordinated middle-aged Baby Boomer, so if you're in that category or younger, I dare you to give this a try.
I don't know if my experience is typical, but I would recommend to anyone that they focus on juggling just two balls for a while. It might be the most difficult part.
The book (at least the first 10 pages) was excellent. I will look into whatever the book has to offer after I get better at the juggling I have managed so far.
I am a coordinated middle-aged Baby Boomer, so if you're in that category or younger, I dare you to give this a try.
I don't know if my experience is typical, but I would recommend to anyone that they focus on juggling just two balls for a while. It might be the most difficult part.
The book (at least the first 10 pages) was excellent. I will look into whatever the book has to offer after I get better at the juggling I have managed so far.
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