I first posted the following on a previous blog. Today I spotted something very similar, and I thought of this. I’ll head out with my camera later to see if I can get some video captured. Either way, here’s an interesting piece of history from about four years ago…<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Naive Juggling\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nJanuary 21st, 2006<\/p>\n
There are many kinds of art, and each school has its own name and history. Apart from all these usual schools of painting is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Naive Art<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, a painting by someone outside of any art tradition, with no art training, with limited experience of other painting\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 resulting in pictures that may, at first glance, look good, but take a closer look and things are a bit off; wonky perspective, strange colours, blocky composition, etc.<\/p>\n I have noticed the phenomenon that I call \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Naive Juggling\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Most people are taught how to juggle by other jugglers, but there are many people who teach themselves tricks out of order, or use strange techniques that most jugglers find more difficult, or are just plain wrong. The most common examples of naive juggling are those people who know how to juggle the two ball shower, want to learn three balls, so do so using the shower pattern (normally considered much harder than the cascade). Some jugglers learn the reverse cascade before the cascade. I even remember my brother and I trying to work out how to pass clubs; we decided that the right way must be to throw every pass with reverse spin, so it lands in the other person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand in the same position as a normal self throw. We were 14.<\/p>\n In each of these cases the skills involved are not that advanced. Maybe some people go on to learn the 4 ball shower, or find the 5 ball reverse cascade easier when they get to that level, but normally these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mistakes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are caught by other jugglers and corrected before the naive juggler starts learning more technical skills.<\/p>\n But a few days ago I met Andreas. He learned to juggle in isolation\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and all was normal when learning 3, 4, 5 6 balls. Then 3 clubs, in the cascade. Then 4 clubs, in the triple-single, half shower pattern. Not the most common pattern, but I do know others who only use this pattern for 4 clubs, not bothering with the fountain.<\/p>\n Then he started learning the 5 club cascade. His right hand was so used to throwing triples he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to learn the pattern on doubles. But then his left hand was so used to throwing singles, so he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to have to learn left handed triples to match his right hand. So he learned the pattern with his right hand throwing triples and his left throwing doubles! Nobody told him this was really wrong; to him it was just the most natural way to juggle. Even so, his pattern is really solid, all the clubs go to exactly the same height, and he keeps it going for a few hundred catches without much trouble. At first you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see anything wrong, but look closer, or have it pointed out, and it just looks wrong!<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m told the easiest 6 club pattern is the triple-double half shower,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Andreas, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have an advantage when I get there\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I first posted the following on a previous blog. Today I spotted something very similar, and I thought of this. I’ll head out with my camera later to see if I can get some video captured. Either way, here’s an … Continue reading