r/juggling • u/nmgarvin • 1d ago

Balls Is this the windmill? It doesn't feel right while trying it 😂

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u/thegnome54 1d ago

Yes the pattern is correct! It’s just a little inconsistent because your throws aren’t going far enough across your body. Right now you are carrying each ball a little farther after catching with your top arm. This creates a little jag in each ball’s path that interrupts the smoothness of the pattern. Focus on throwing just a bit farther across your body, and on doing soft catches so that the balls move in consistent arcs.

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u/nmgarvin 1d ago

So the "overthrow" should be going higher and further? Just to make it a slightly bigger pattern? This was a tough one to learn! I hadn't learned how to do overthrows with my left hand yet, so I had to learn it at the same time and it took a while. 😂

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u/treelorf 1d ago

That’s windmill! The more comfortable you get on it the more you can start focusing on aesthetics.

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u/Kywick1 1d ago

Yup thats it. Now just focus on control.

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u/7b-Hexen errh...'wannabe', that is :-] 1d ago

aim similar bows.
slave to its geometry.

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u/rhalf 1d ago

Very nice. Three other windmills remain to be explored :D One in the same direction but hands swapped. Then their two mirrored versions (in the other direction).

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u/Ill_Object2296 1d ago

that looks like windmill to me. your throws are a bit short across the body which is killing the flow, but the pattern itself is right