3 Ball Back Toss

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This is one Back Toss, with one ball:

To learn to do back tosses before you can juggle three balls, please see: 2 Ball Back Tosses.

This page presents a method of development that can be used for many other skills.

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To start with three balls, start with one Back Toss "on thirds":

Counting both hands, or one hand, catch or toss, it will be "one, two, Back, one, two, Back...."
Taking the catch immediately down will help get it back for the toss.
Returning your hand to the front in time and position to catch, is often harder.
Do not watch over your shoulder -- a good toss will be in view as usual,
...as usual, let a bad toss drop, and try again.

It is what you do with your arm, not your hand, that makes the ball go over correctly.
Releasing higher or lower, closer or farther behind, will be the main ways to vary
...and you won't know how is best for you, until you work on it.
Some do use a wrist flip, but that may be a poor tactic for more balls later. Work it out for you.

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A next drill is to make one hand always do a Back-toss:

Of course, do both hands equally well.

If you need more drill to do the speed better with good tosses, two together looks like:

This is a full round of Cascade to get ready, counting "one two three Back Back, one two...."

...and you can just eliminate one of those twice to get to:

...two Back-tosses together, whether you think of each hand doing two, or both hands doing one.
Either way, both hands are now taking a Back-toss into a Back-toss, so you are now ready...

...to go for it: Back Crosses, meaning all Back-tosses:

If you are straining anything, stop and recuperate -- this can cause real injury.
...and you want to be able to do this with clubs, don't you?

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