Sunday, 7 April 2013

How To Be a Good Juggler!

To become a good Juggler (and one that keeps improving their skills all the time), it is very important to set yourself some long term and short term goals, and in particular to decide on a standard that you want to reach, and then aim towards it. Perhaps this will be a a particular skill such as juggling, music or technical juggling or a particular discipline such as performing, comedy or routine writing. An example of this would be:

SHORT TERM GOAL - To develop the musical side of my juggling performances.

LONG TERM GOAL - Master 5 Ball Juggling along with a few 5 Ball Tricks.

Aim for a certain time each day to practice, or a certain amount of time each week. The best thing to do is to attend a Juggling Club regularly. To make the most of your practice time, try splitting it up into the following key areas:

Warm up and warm down

Jamming - mess around and just pick up anything

Practice individual tricks


Choreograph - try putting any new tricks you have learned in with other tricks and see what you can develop


Rehearsing - for any shows coming up


Have at least one or two difficult tricks that you keep coming back to.

Stand out from the Crowd - You are unique as a person, but how can you stand out from the crowd as a juggler? I spent part of August at Edinburgh Fringe, and when I watched the street acts, they always seemed to build up to the same grand finale which was to juggle fire or knives on a giraffe unicycle! Some of them even used the same jokes as the previous acts. What can you do to stand out from the others?

Pick some props to learn that are not widely used by jugglers.

Write some really good original comedy material.


For tips on using comedy in your juggling routines.


Picking songs for your act that aren't used by every other To become a good Juggler for their routines. Develop a unique character or onstage presence.

I hope that this article will help you to find a way of improving your juggling skills and developing as a performer.

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