What should I work on?
It's about time I posted something juggling related. After every WJF I set a few juggling goals for the next WJF. To be able to do a 5 club 540, 7733 with crotch throws, 2 rounds of 966 with 7 balls and over 20 catches of 7 clubs in my WJF routines this year were my goals that I set for myself last year.
I've already thought of quite a few new things that I'm going to be working on this year. But then I thought it wouldn't hurt if I asked my fans for suggestions. So what would you like to see me work on this year?
Please post on here some juggling moves that you think would be cool for me to do and I'll consider working on them. I can't promise working on all of the moves posted, but if somebody has an idea that I think is really cool, I will most definitely have it mastered by the next WJF.



Comments
I think it would be cool to see some more 6club siteswaps. maybe 9555? i saw thomas try it and it looked realy sweet. Also, in your exhibition (clubs) i think i recal you doing one roud of 744 with the 4's as shoulder throws, maybe a short run of that would be cool too.
-MAX
Posted by: Max Price | August 16, 2006 07:28 PM
Id like to see you run 8 clubs in the endurance compition and maybe in a few years flash 9.
Posted by: Sam | August 16, 2006 07:40 PM
I think that you should work on PANCAKE throws(I think that's what they are called)! :)
Posted by: Jill | August 16, 2006 09:01 PM
maybe move from 733 croctches to 88333 in crotches.
b97531 with clubs.
and yea 8 clubs Barry said you were working on it alittle but just a flash would be great.
Posted by: Chris | August 16, 2006 09:02 PM
b97531 would be insane with clubs and you could put that together with Sam's suggestion of flats. If you could qualify that I'm sure it would score some major points, but I'm not even going to try and imagine how hard that would be to work up. Hell I still havn't mastered 531 with balls.
Goold luck to yuh,
hope someone has a better suggestion then me!
A fellow Juggler,
Austin
Posted by: Austin | August 16, 2006 10:35 PM
4 up 360 in shoulders.
4 club reverse shoulder throws might be cool too.
Posted by: Darkil666 | August 16, 2006 11:54 PM
97531 with a 360 on the 1.
I've hit it twice now :) Course, you'd have to learn 97531 left handed, pirroutte the other way, or just go really fucking fast, but I think you could pull it off...
180, 360, 540, 720 with 5 club 3-ups?
Have you started working on 5 club flats like you were planning on yet?
Posted by: Sneaky | August 17, 2006 12:31 AM
Hey Vova,
I would like to see you doing 2 stage in (6x,4)* with clubs. (The siteswap for the 5 up version is: (6x,4)(4,6x)(8x,4)(6,ax)(ax,8)(0,0)(2,2)(4,6x)
for the 3 up version is:
(6x,4)(4,6x)(8x,4)(6,ax)(2,2)(8x,6)(2,2)(4,6x) ).
Also, I think that 360 or 180 out of and back into backcrosses with 5 clubs would be awesome.
Maybe try a few rounds of 94444 with clubs?
Jony
Posted by: JonyJ | August 17, 2006 06:41 AM
5 club mills mess, 6 ball mills mess, 8 clubs, 9 balls
Posted by: Vasili Galchenko | August 17, 2006 09:17 AM
Siteswap 834 with clubs
(4x,6)(6x,8)(4,8)(0,8)(4,6x)(0,6x) with balls, maybe adapt this slightly so you can go to the other hand aswell (I couldn't work out what the siteswap for that would be)
Would a round/couple of rounds of 975 be possible for you?
8574.
I realise these are all stupidly hard and could probably only be done by someone of your ability.
Posted by: Jon | August 17, 2006 10:31 AM
One trick I'd always wanted to see is a 5 club, or even 5 ball whirlwind. I'd guess the siteswap to be something like 79bbb002022, pirouette on the 00, 20, and 22.
Seeing as how good you are with the 3 club version I'd bet you're one of the only people who'd have a shot at it.
Perhaps 7 club backcrosses... you could be the first person to ever flash it.
5 club alberts would be amazing
Finally, how about a 6 club asynch 6 up pirouette.
Posted by: Isaac | August 17, 2006 02:18 PM
my dream trick is 5club 97531 on flatsi doubt i'll ever get there but maybe u might...
Posted by: Tom | August 17, 2006 02:43 PM
I'm not sure how many points you'd get for this, but i'd think this as a fabulous combination. It's all done in 633, and the moves themselves are on the 3's. first set of 3's as backcrosses, second set of 3's as alberts, third set as treblas, fourth set as reverse backcrosses. Of course this could go in any order, but the idea of continous body throw moves under 4 clubs seems amazing to me, i'm not sure how possible though.
Also, maybe a 4 club mills mess, thrown up into a shower pattern (I'm assuming you know how to do this, but if you're interested and don't know how to, i'd be happy to show a video with balls) but instead of going into the shower, go into the 4 club hi-lo box.
With balls: 975 with 7 balls for a couple rounds, as been mentioned before. Maybe even 966 for 2 rounds then 975 for 2 rounds, but that might be a bit too much to try and get solid for a routine. 6 ball 864 i personally find a very aesthetic trick, as well as (8,4)(4,8), which I believe if you get the transition right can be switched from one to the other.
Seems like some people are listing things barely even possible in practice even for your standards.
Oh well, I hope my suggestions are within reason, and possibly interesting to you.
Thanks.
Posted by: Adam Stewart | August 17, 2006 03:46 PM
Flats!!! and do something new that no one has seen before like inventing a new throw or a different place to catch something.
Wes
Posted by: Wesley peden | August 17, 2006 08:01 PM
Have you done 744 in singles or with the fours as flats?
Web
Posted by: Mike Webster | August 17, 2006 09:48 PM
I just remember something I wanted to see and I havn't seen yet...5 club OR ball reverse cascade. Or maybe even 7?
A fellow Juggler,
Austin
Posted by: Austin | August 17, 2006 11:50 PM
I can't, HONESTLY, understand a thing... i know what clubs are but those exhibition terms drive me crazy...care to explain???
Posted by: Nica | August 18, 2006 05:47 AM
5 Club Crotch throws. The Jennings. 5 Club flats.
I also think you should compete in Rings next time. I doubt you'd have to put in much effort to do well, and it would go a long ways towards giving you a better shot at the overall championship. It'd be awesome if you could eventually get as good as Sergi Ignatov Jr. at pancake throws, backcrosses, and shoulder throws!
Posted by: Lachlan | August 18, 2006 06:50 AM
I agree that with Lachlan that you shold compete in rings. I mean just do your pirouette stuff that you do with clubs and you should get a nice score. Oh, and one or more backcrosses with 7 balls with be very cool.
Posted by: Erik Jernqvist | August 18, 2006 08:15 AM
I know you probably won't do this but try working on some ring juggling? When you so advanced at balls and cubs than rings should come fairly easy, then you could be the WJF overall chmpion!
Posted by: Carey Pickford | August 18, 2006 12:11 PM
i remember watching your 2005 WJF profile and you did a 5 club 5 up 360 right into a flash of 5 club crotch throws. if you could pull that off in the freestyle event or even in exhibition, that would be pretty sweet.
Posted by: Ricky Dimitrv | August 18, 2006 03:34 PM
Doing multiplexes with balls, especially in and out of other siteswaps would be awsome and not to hard to get down. You could be doing (8x,6) and do a couple multiplexes still keeping the initial look of the pattern. You could also multiplex 360 into some other siteswap which also be preety nice. Maybe you could run one round of 66661 with the 6's as shoulder throws and the one behind the back with five clubs. Also doing a 5 club (6x,4) with the 6x as a alternating backcross. I saw you doing this in an ilder video for two backcrosses, so it probably shouldn't be too hard. Also no one has done (4x,6) with clubs. Also if you get chin rolls down, you could do five club chin roll, but slow down your chin roll a lot so you still keep the siteswap 55555. As for 3 clubs try getting that bxx rev-bxx frontxx combination move you were trying at one of your WJF workshops this year. It looked like a preety awsome move.
Hope these are good suggestions.
Posted by: Arash Farhang | August 19, 2006 02:52 PM
To Arash:
Lots of people have done (4x,6), it isn't that much harder than (6x,4), I can run both equally well, and Vova has (4x,6) solid, if I remember right...
Posted by: Sneaky | August 19, 2006 09:05 PM
Hello Vova, well, like someone else said, 5 club flats would be a good pattern to fool around with during your juggling sessions. I don't see you do much lateral throws either (kinda like 4 club full shower throws)...It would be nice to see you do a 5 club shower or a 6 club triple/double with lateral throws. Probably easy tricks for you... but it would change the look of your routines a bit maybe 'cause 80% of the time, we see you facing sideways to the audience -wish is not a problem- but still, it would visualy diversify your routines if we could see you facing the audience a bit more often.
I think it's really nice you've been getting back to juggling balls. Lots of big tricks and fun with 6 and 7.Congratulations for being able to juggle 8 for more than just a qualifying run! What about 9 then? You could do it, other people can...;)
Finally, the impossible move, 5 clubs backx in SINGLES!! Lots of people can do it in doubles, some rare can over flash it in flats... Why not in really fast and puffy singles then? Maybe someone could do this trick. Maybe that someone could be you... Good luck man!
Posted by: Francis Julien | August 20, 2006 09:31 AM
Also Vova, I have never seen you do any overhead throws or and 5 club baxx 360's....
Posted by: carey Pickford | August 20, 2006 01:49 PM
Hey Vova,
I've always wanted to see you try a 5 club three stage where you throw one club kind of low, one club middle height, then three high, do a 360 and catch the first one, do another 360 and catch the second, then do another 360 and catch the last three.
Warren
Posted by: WARRANZZZZZZZZZZZZZ | August 20, 2006 07:36 PM
hey vova, you should try 7 club doubles or even singles
Posted by: Ben | August 20, 2006 09:35 PM
i have a slightly different request... juggle with your shirt off ;)
Posted by: Lindsay | August 21, 2006 12:09 PM
Flats. And that awesome reverse spin 6x4 variation.
Posted by: Brett Sheets | August 21, 2006 02:15 PM
SEVEN CLUB BACKCROSSES!!!
Posted by: Lars | August 21, 2006 06:43 PM
I don't know much about juggling, but what about throwing the clubs in the air while doing a summer-salt and then catching them when you come back up? CRAZY?
Posted by: david | August 21, 2006 11:42 PM
What is 'summer-salt?' is it a special type of salt you can only get in the summer?
Posted by: Ken | August 22, 2006 01:04 PM
6x, 4 with the 6 as a backcross, or 6, 4x with the 6 as shoulders. You could also try a six ball ca86411.
Posted by: Joe Showers | August 22, 2006 03:38 PM
Oh, and I just thought of this. Do a 744 with the left hand throwing all backcrosses for 7 and the right hand throwing all outside for 7. Also, when doing albert combinations, throw a 1 up 180, turn and keep doing the combination. Albert shower.
Posted by: Joe Showers | August 23, 2006 03:20 PM
try a 7 ball 2 stage, the siteswap would be 99bbbbb
Posted by: Anonymous | August 24, 2006 09:55 AM
you are sooo cute
Posted by: unknown | August 30, 2006 08:21 AM
Simple. 4 Club Body Throws.
Posted by: Clay Johnson | September 3, 2006 05:17 PM
How about (8x, 6)* in clubs? I know Toby has done this, but I've never seen it run a full cycle.
Also, I think 3 clubs overhead directly into reverse backcrosses (like in the Fatboy vid) would be a particularly nice combination.
Posted by: mathteacher1729 | September 4, 2006 09:48 AM
Are you going to try to break Anthony Gatto's 8-club record?
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