WJF Video Competition I
Here’s my entry for the WJF Video Competition 1, which ended today. It was a "4 ball connection" competition. You couldn’t do anything "basic" like fountan, half shower or wimpy pattern. You had to connect patterns and had to repeat each one 2-3 times only. You had to be a WFJ Silver member or better to enter. I know I’m not anywhere near the level of a lot of other jugglers that might compete, but… why not.
Before this competition was announced a couple weeks ago, all I ever practiced were patterns that could be expressed as a single-digit siteswap! Also, you had to connect them. I never bothered to practice connections before this. This was a good reason to put together a "routine" and I improved a lot. When I watch this, I know it’s very basic. But it was still pretty challenging for me. I have new respect now for competitors that do way harder moves, connect them, and do it all in front of an audience! Anyway, here it is…
Here’s what I did: 5345345525525555055550555155514H4H4H4H. I wanted to get a couple 7531’s or 7333’s in there, but I just couldn’t get them solid enough in 2 weeks. So what I had was 534, 552, 55550 and 5551 in my arsenal. I did the 534 first because it gave me the most trouble and I could just get it over with quickly. Then I had the two easy patterns, 552 and 55550, to regain any consistency if I screwed up the 534. 552 and 55550 are probably on par with basic fountain difficulty, so I was pushing the rules there. Then finished with 5551. I got 5551 runs pretty solid by themselves, but I always practiced my routine with them at the end, so you can see I just let it fall apart a little because I knew no other connections had to follow. So, there it is.
Winners will be announced next week.
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