2 Ball Windmill

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This pattern assumes that you already know 2-ball Chase, Tennis, and Under-arm.

This pattern has also been called False Shower, because the balls all go in the same arc.


There is one new, very odd toss to this pattern:

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It is an Under-arm toss that goes backwards
so the other hand catches Cross-arm.
Unless you've already learned Cross-arm, it will take some practice for both toss and catch.
For the toss, you have to flip the ball with your hand twisted way around.



This pattern is a 2-ball Chase, with balls and your arms supposedly whirling like a Windmill:

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One hand is always taking a Cross-arm catch, then tossing a normal Over.
The other hand is always making a normal catch, then tossing Under-arm as Reverse-Over.
The reverse toss is the hard part to do well: it should arc exactly the same -- but it won't.
Making that toss as the lead toss that you concentrate on, will help you get it across instead of straight up.

Do not spend any more time with two balls than it takes to "get" the motions:
it will be easier with three, as your arms swing around and around.
DO spend time doing this from the other side, for general training.



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