84717113

From rec.juggling, here is a post by Will Pennman on an interesting siteswap he discovered:

Is fun to juggle. I'm a big fan of 6451, and this feels like an extension of it to me. You throw the first one as an 8 instead of a 6, and it gives you room to start two of the balls in a shower instead of just one, then do something fun with the extra 1, and add a small 3 to make the pattern work out right. And voila, 84717113. If you add a 4 at the end you make it symmetric, of course.

Does anyone else like this pattern?

Will Penman

So far, just one reply:

Just tried it in my room, but didnt have the ceiling to do see what could be done with the 1 1 3. Seems like a fun pattern though. I guess 845151 is an intermediate pattern between 6451 and 84717113.

Louis

I just plugged 84??? and 84???? and 84????? into the siteswap generator to see what other kinds of 4b "84" siteswaps are out there. It's not an area I have explored much. I have tended to stay away from throwing 8's, but I think I'm ready to see what interests me with "84" stuff.

Here is some of what I found that looked like it would help build "84" pattern throwing skills or looked like it would be plain old fun:

84??? Period 5

57/84 84017 440/530
57/84 84017 440/530
84233
84242
84413
84440
84512
84530

84???? Period 6

845124
845151
847131

84????? (exclude 0;11) Period 7

8413345
8413363
8413525
8413561

I only pulled siteswaps off the top of the list in the Period 7 group. There is a ton more and I'd like to see all of them in the generator.

If you are into siteswaps, the siteswap generator and transitions generator is essential for your learning. The basic fuctions are quite easy to use. You can find the generators here.

Another useful tool is JugglingLab. JugglingLab can be used offline to animate patterns you are working on in practice sessions.