Toss juggling

Toss juggling is the form of juggling which is most recognizable as 'juggling'. Objects, typically balls, clubs or rings, are repeatedly thrown and caught in a variety of different patterns and styles.

Cascade Pattern

The simplest form of toss juggling is the three ball pattern cascade. Most jugglers learn this as their first pattern. The balls are thrown with alternating hands. The left hand throws from the left side to the right side and the right hand vice versa. When the ball of the left hand is on its top most position the right hand comes into play. The cascade pattern is extendable to any odd number of objects. The only thing that changes is the frequency the balls have to be thrown. Most of the time also the height of the pattern increases with an increasing number of balls as a larger pattern allows a slower frequency.

Remark

The term "toss juggling" is only used by a very small subset of jugglers referring to "pure juggling" (throwing and catching juggling) in contrast to the wider range of circus skills usually associated with the term "juggling" like diabolo, devilstick, cigar boxes and more.