Why juggle

When we become skilled at something, it becomes automatic. Whatever we see now is actually about milliseconds ago for the motor domain. These predictions help us get through daily life. When they fail, we look for explanations. We trip on the sidewalk, our brain gets this news milliseconds later, and we accusingly stare at the offending crack.

The surprise violated our model. When you first get on an escalator that has stopped working, you gingerly take a few steps. In the cascade, objects cross each other and land in the opposite hand.

Traced out, it looks like a figure eight tipped on its side. When my daughter gave it a go, her head was wildly snapping as she tried to monitor each scarf. But, as Heather Wolf had shown me, juggling is less about throwing individual objects than throwing to a pattern, like tossing to a little algorithm in the sky. Jugglers look to the apex of where things are thrown—that external focus again—and only ever have a peripheral sense of all those objects in flight.

Good jugglers can do it blindfolded. Back in my living room, I was having better luck with the scarves. I could now keep the three scarves aloft for a number of repetitions, or what jugglers call runs. We moved on to balls. First, Wolf asked me to just throw a ball, with a relatively high arc, from one hand to the other. Then she wanted me to reel off three of those throws, but let the balls simply fall. This would help me diagnose my throws.

In juggling, the throw is everything. With a good throw comes a nearly automatic catch prediction, again. I was struck by how fast it all seemed. Over time, she said, juggling would come to seem slower. And it did. As you sometimes hear a professional athlete describe it, I felt as though I had more time with the balls. The pattern was as clear as skywriting; the balls seemed to hang in the air. When we start out with a skill like juggling, he suggested, novices pay attention to everything.

And then another! Wait, I still have to throw another? What happened to that first one? Here it comes! Did I just mess up my third throw? Should this throw be with my left or right? Wait, how did I get two balls in one hand? Why am I doing this again?

The more things you have to pay attention to, the faster time seems to move. But as you get better, you learn what to pay attention to. You have a better sense of what to expect. Nine times out of ten, the people that say that are the first ones in the class to be able to juggle, no joke! Better coordination will make your daily activities easier and help prevent trips and falls especially important for senior fitness.

No one is able to juggle out of the womb. It takes practice! Remember that the act of learning how to juggle still burns calories, tones your body and boosts your brainpower.

And this is very interesting — JuggleFit has taught many athletes how to juggle, and they usually learn very quickly. Many are juggling balls in under 5 minutes. This makes perfect sense. Someone that must connect a racquet to ball, catch or hit a speeding baseball, or shoot into a basket for a living has developed a high level of coordination.

As a result, juggling comes easy. This is not to say that coordinated athletes cannot benefit from juggling — quite the contrary. By learning more challenging juggling patterns and moves, they can take their coordination to even higher levels. There is no ceiling with juggling — there will always be something even the best juggler in the world cannot do! Sedentary people, even those that have trouble walking from lack of activity, can also benefit from juggling. One can even learn to juggle while sitting down.

This also makes it a great senior fitness activity. JuggleFit has taught people in their seventies how to juggle. Seniors often comment on how they feel juggling can truly help them stay active and maintain their mental and physical health. He was juggling up a storm with the scarves! Juggling for just a few minutes can take your mind off that craving and give you a burst of energy to combat the need for chocolate, soda, or other food!

Try reaching for the juggling balls instead of the snack — they may just knock out that craving. Plus, there is no risk of a sugar crash later on! Smoking Many smokers have remarked on how JuggleFit has helped them quit smoking! Just like with food, juggling diverts your mind from the craving and absorbs you completely in the activity. And if you are trying to quit smoking and are worried about gaining weight, juggling will also burn calories — what a bonus!

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