Triazzle
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The Triazzle is a three ball
pattern which uses a combination of Column, Cascade, and horizontal throws
to create a highly geometric trick. With the help of a quick underarm carry,
the balls form a triangle shape on each side of your body, making the
pattern very lopsided during any given cycle.
To begin learning the Triazzle, start with two balls in your non-dominant hand. Make
a normal Cascade throw from your non-dominant hand to your dominant hand
followed by a second Cascade throw from the same hand. After your dominant
hand catches the first ball, make a vertical Column throw with it from your
dominant hand, clearing space for your dominant hand to catch the second
ball. As the Column ball begins to descend back toward your dominant hand,
make a Cascade throw from your dominant hand to your non-dominant hand,
clearing space for your dominant hand to catch the Column ball. As the
Cascade throw made from your dominant hand approaches your non-dominant
hand, make another Cascade throw from your dominant hand (using the now
caught Column ball). Use your non-dominant hand to catch the first ball, and
then make a Column throw from the same hand, clearing space for your
non-dominant hand to catch the second ball. Then catch the Column ball in
your non-dominant hand.
Practice this on both sides. Notice how the step ends with a
vertical Column throw from your non-dominant hand. For the best practice,
you will want to make a Cascade throw from your non-dominant hand back to
your dominant hand, followed by a second Cascade throw using the Column
ball. This will set you up to repeat the entire step again, creating one
continuous two ball pattern.
Once you have the two ball pattern mastered, you will be
ready to add in the third ball. Start with two balls in your non-dominant
hand and one ball in your dominant. Make a Cascade throw from your
non-dominant hand to your dominant hand, and then follow it up with a second
Cascade throw from your non-dominant hand paired with a simultaneous
horizontal pass from your dominant hand. This pass will clear space for your
dominant hand to catch the first ball, which will then be thrown vertically
to clear space for your dominant hand to catch the second ball (these throws
should feel very familiar). As the vertical ball begins to descend back
toward your dominant hand, make a Cascade throw from your dominant hand to
your non-dominant hand, clearing space for your dominant hand to catch the
vertical ball. After that ball has been caught, make another Cascade throw
from your dominant hand, while simultaneously making a horizontal pass from
your non-dominant hand to your now empty dominant hand. Then catch the two
other balls with your non-dominant hand.
Practice this on both sides. As with the previous step, once
you have one cycle of this step mastered, you will want to do the pattern
continuously to maximize its instructional impact. Instead of stopping after
making the horizontal pass from your non-dominant hand (after which the
animation shown above simply catches the rest of the balls), you are going
to follow it up with a vertical throw from your non-dominant hand, allowing
the whole cycle to repeat again and form one continuous pattern.
As you may have noticed, this pattern contains all the throws
present in the full Triazzle, lacking only the side-to-side arm movements.
To add them in, perform the pattern shown above and then, as you make a
vertical throw from one hand, cross your other hand underneath the throwing
hand. As the vertical ball descends and the throwing hand tosses its other ball,
uncross your other hand and continue the pattern.
Practice this on both sides. To run the full Triazzle, simply
make those arm motions after every vertical throw. For such a simply
pattern, it may take a surprising amount of practice to achieve true
proficiency, since the pattern uses a wide variety of throws and movements.