How do you do five?

Strangely enough, the pattern is just the same as with three. It is just that each toss is a little higher and each toss has to be very accurate (identical flight paths). Other than that, it is just a matter of practice :-)

One way to work up to doing five is to "flash" three. Using three bags/balls/clubs toss each one rapidly out you your hands so that you get all three bags in the air and have two empty hands for a split second. That extra beat of time does not come from no where, you must throw all the balls higher in order to get this gap. This is known as the 50505 or the 55500 in numbers juggling.

Another practice technique is to flash five. That is to rapidly toss each bag until you get all five of them out of your hands and into the air, don't worry about the catches just yet. You should hear them hit the ground 1,2,3,4,5, if you are throwing each with the same arc, along the same path, and with the same force.

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