Learning to Juggle (as a total beginner) 

Who here can juggle? Perhaps you've wanted to learn for a while and are now tempted to give it a go? 🤹‍♀

This is such a fun video to watch. It's interesting because it's about what it takes to learn something new, but it's also fun because of the way it's filmed. And juggling seems like a fun trick

thank you so much for this video! it's so refreshing and motivating to see the emotions associated with the different steps of the learning process!!

Loved your perseverance. I laughed out loud when you were cursing, then cheered out loud when you achieved your goal! 😄 Well, done! 👍🏻❤️

I would love to learn to juggle! I've got the balls I just need the spark! I think you've given it to me! You're brilliant LT 👏

Thank you I'm learning to juggle & just got to the stage you were at - getting bits of it but not fluent. It took me 3 solid weeks to get to even that stage! You're video is very real and inspiring, some of us take weeks and many many hours rather than a day or two!

Wooow, is soo cool to see that you mentioned some of the creators that I admire the most. Mike Boyd, Mike Shake and Unlazyway. Plus now you're definitely on my list of favorite creators to follow and get inspired by.

I LOVE your attitude Laura. You are a real inspiration. I laughed out loud in this one - you are so honest - it is such a breath of fresh air.

So nice to watch your funny quirky keep on trying videos again Missed your colourful clothes, personality and positivity the most It's so interesting when you learn something unexpected Great effort too Charlie! 😺

I had full faith and confidence that you would dominate this as well, Laura! Well done!

I love how casually you mention motivational circus trousers like this is something that everyone owns 😂 Great to have you back!

Very happy to find you did a video on juggling. I've decided to learn juggling to help with hand / eye coordination as I learn to box. I saw Alexander Uysk use juggling as part of his training regime. I'm in my 40's so anything to give me an edge when sparring someone half my age lol.

Woohoo! Well done.🎉 And thanks so much for the video. I'm at the two ball stage and watching you get there is really motivational

Lovely to see you back Laura!

Interesting lecture on the maths of juggling by Matt Parker - I saw it live. Lovely to see you back, LT. Well done 😎

so happy to see a video from you! They always brighten my day. I feel like things click when we stop caring as much & we just get in the zone.

Aw this is amazing! I need some motivational circus trousers! Just started trying to learn to juggle a few days ago, very slow so far but enjoying it :) great video

Yessss! It s brain exercise and a meditation technique 🎉

Hey Big T. I love juggling, it's almost a form of meditation when your brain switches off and you get into the flow. Also remember when you're learning new skills, "comparison is the thief of joy".

cool! I always love seeing channels about people who love to learn new things.

Everyone learns at different speeds, you are awesome for showing us! I do think juggling is an excellent therapy for all ages.

Ive just started to study juggling today Tuesday July 30th 2024 thank you so much ❤

I will try this once the cold grip of winter hits here in Minnesota.

I found your channel after watching Beau Miles and have enjoyed several of your videos already. I also watch Mike Boyd. I appreciate that you credit and reference other RU-vidrs. That's such a cool thing to do.

Nice to have you back, LT! Now I can sit here vicariously doing all that self-improvement stuff I would be doing for real if I didn't have youtube to keep me busy.

Loved the of the bed bounce and catch @4.00. Juggling is so much fun, it teaches us so much about ourselves. That juggling at the end was so good 🎉🎉🎉

In the early 90s there was a well known paper in the journal Nature that showed that learning to juggle actually increases the size of your brain. Of course learning other activities will have the same effect, but it led to a craze in juggling in the UK. Juggling shops and clubs popped up in many towns. However, by the mid 90s there were so many good jugglers that beginners probably felt that learning 3 wasn't a very impressive skill and the craze ended. However, there were a few people like myself who continued in an effort to try to master the limitless possibilities regardless of how long it took.

You actually made that look alot easier than i thought it would be lol

Hi Laura ! I mean this can be considered as a kind of anti-stress therapy . In my case I'm learning how to keep and improve my balance on 1 wheel scooter to beat the Parisian traffic one day . Greetings from Paris 🗼

LT Congrats, that was awesome! You're inspirational

Amazing... It must have felt great to hit that 30 secondes Bell 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍.

Well done, for not stopping and keep on trying

I used the same video, It took me three days of consistent practice to reach 20 seconds of continuous juggling, then after I reached my goal I was basically able to juggle indefinitely. Good luck on your journey!

Welcome back - and well done! 🎉

That was great to watch! I recommend continuing with rings and then maybe clubs!!

omg laura what happen to you ...?,,!!! its been a long time dont coming here ..we missed you ''''''glad to see you again ....💞💖💕❤‍🩹....have a nice week love❤❤❤❤‍🔥

😂😂😂😂 brilliant well done! Dang girl your break has done you well! So fresh and so clean 💗

Nice to see you are doing Good! Much Love from the Philippines.

I'm watching this on my quest to learn to juggle. Can't seem to stop chucking them at my own head but I'll keep persevering! This was just what I needed to see, I'll report back when I get there!

I’m 56 , bought a spin bike, Giboard, and juggled some socks. Ready to buy some balls! lol I love your videos!

I started off watching your 7 day fasting video and now I'm on juggling. Since yesterday I managed to fast 21 hours. I will never attempt 7 days or even 5, but I enjoyed watching you do it. I think a 3 day one would be doable for me and hopefully would reset my digestive issues. Your challenges are inspirational. -Something I find when learning something new is that in the first few days or weeks, our brains become saturated with new information to the point where we don't know what we're doing anymore and often do everything all wrong. It can be frustrating to the point of tears, and that's when I allow myself to "give up", so I might go a day or two without doing "the thing". Then, when I come back to it, it's like my brain has assimilated everything and I have reached a new level. I find this is applicable to everything I have ever attempted to learn.

Thanks!

Started learning to juggle, nice to know it's not as simple as a few hours to master it

Awesome, well done. 😁

Awesome 😁 my best mate learnt to juggle at the Glastonbury Festival in about 1994 - I always wanted to learn, and he did try to teach me, but never quite got the hang of it - so well done 🙌👍

Road to 100k!

😀💕xx very well done Laura. That was such a fun video! But you obviously had to really persevere to achieve your goal.

Good on ya for setting the goal, persisting reflecting and documenting. As I see it, it is about mindfulness, once you loose concentration, and other thoughts come along,. Then the balls fall.

It’s never too old to learn something.

Three things I would love to share with you. 1. You are an amazing motivator. You have top notch skills in keeping people on track and not giving up. if you ever get a job with that in mind you will sore. ... O wait you have one. 2. All your sample videos are of males. Get some of females. Our brains are hardwired very differently. MRI scans have shown this fact. Males excel in spacial and tracking skills/hand eye. So we need to develop more. Other things come easier for us, like language and social skills. 3. For me, and I think for you too, the goal was distracting. Waiting for a certain thing tends to dominate the concentration and there is a certain desperation that accelerates as time ticks by. So if I can just recommend for any who wish to learn to juggle, Just do it. Then ever so often ------ Why I find Juggling so helpful. Watching you I saw the moment you stopped watching the ball by following it with your eyes and started seeing it in space. Then you said "something clicked". This skill is so useful. Hand eye coordination.. IT is all in the release, not in the catch. If pay attention to a good clean release the ball will be where you can find it. This skill will help you NEVER lose anything. You will start paying attention to when you release your keys, set your phone... and you will find them. The main reason we lose things is we do not pay attention to that critical moment because we are distracted, hurried by the next "ball" coming our way.

Well done friend,, brilliant. .......

you're so nice , well done!

Fantastic! Next: Juggle 2 Balls PLUS Charlie, while Charlie juggles as well!!! Congratulations 👏 LT!!!

Great video, learning to juggle can be frustrating! We have all been there, but what a great feeling when you finally crack it :)

5:23 is the reason you stuck with it. Great job. Super fun to watch.

A book I read by that Dave Finnigan guy said it would take about a month.... and it did (FYI practice after that even if you think you are through, a couple of times a year. If you try to start cold 5/10/15 years down the road its almost like starting from scratch)

I´ve been thinking about your channel few days back. And Voilà, here we go :D good on you Laura. Always love your vids!

🎉Congratulations 😄🎉

Great video....now I want to go learn how to juggle.

Top tip: When i taught myself to juggle, i stood over my bed so that when i dropped the balls i didn't have to keep bending down to pick them up off the floor!!

Yes i can juggle, haven't done it for a while though not sure if I can juggle for 30 seconds wil give it a go. You have inspired me to go & juggle. Thank you :)

Excellent. I learnt 3 balls in one afternoon when I was about 13 then barely juggled for over 20 years. Started again recently and 4 balls took me about 10 days to get 50 catches...just starting to learn 5 now..but 5 is so hard that I feel crap again😅

You are so awesome 🎉

Id love to see you try unresponsive yoyo or Spintop/trompo

Aah, I've been wanting to get some soft balls to learn to juggle with! Now You've motivated me more to get them and start learning 🥰 (I'm 51, this could take some time...😆)

Woohoo!! I've never managed to juggle either but now I feel I've got to 🤣.. well done!

congrats laura!

You are interesting. Thanks for sharing! 😊🌹

Juggling is a strange one, as a lot of the fine motor skills required to juggle are often learned young (if you are lucky enough to have had an upbringing that supports more complex cognitive motor skills). However, once you get it, you aren't necessarily better suited than others to progress faster, as the learned motor skills are so far outside of what we normally experience that it puts everyone on an even field. If you have the bug, and you enjoy progressing, that is far more valuable than any other 'natural talent'. The power of practice is real, the power of enjoyment is even more powerful. Keep at it, get that 3 balls, and hopefully, you'll ride that wave of progression much further down the juggling rabbit hole.

Yay!!! 🌟🌟🌟

you did it!!! awesome!!!

I came for the GREAT accent and stayed for the lessons.

Guess I've thought about learning to juggle for many decades now - just never sat down (or stood) to really try. Old friend of mine juggles which is why I've thought about it from time to time - he also coincidentally rides a unicycle :) Took part in a "world" unicycle basketball championship maybe 20 years ago when he was tripping around Europe. Managed to somehow did up enough unicycling ex-pat's to make up the official Australian team.

looks like you're filming back at your mother's house, good to see that, I can tell by the closet door with the cut corner on the top, but where was your mother ? like her in the videos too :)

Hello again! ❤

I’ve juggled for forty years. It’s not easy. I tought myself at 16. Always fun

congratulations

Next challenge juggling on a unicycle??

I started learning a week ago, and my personal best is 95 catches achieved on my 6th day.

Yeah ! Good job. Next up riding the unicycle and juggling at the same time..😁😁🤹‍♀

Here's a video idea for you - have you ever thought about learning to fly an FPV drone? (And did you know that only a very small number of women do it?) They are GREAT for videos - but actually difficult to learn. I'd be happy to try to coach you virtually and I could put you in touch with some pilots in the UK!

I've just watched you 30 day yoga video and it was inspiring! But I cant help saying that you look just like a very famous brazilian presenter called Xuxa when she was younger :)

Yay!🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

How funny, i wanted to learn juggling too ^_^. I challenge you to learn the abacus

Pro tip: juggling 5! Yes 5! Is the exact same as juggling 3. It seems impossibly fast at first but it’s the same cascade. Just need accurate arches. Accurate throws. People that can juggle 3, can juggle. People that can juggle 5 are jugglers. Also: much study has been done on three ball juggling. Because it uses left and right brain in a rhythm, it balances and increases the transfer of information and coherence between them. IQ tests performed before and after have shown over a 10% increase post juggling. It’s meditative and calming and sharpens the mind. Congrats. On a related subject. I’d love to see you ‘try’ some of the bigger normal fears. Not extreme fear factor madness but ….more social stuff like ordering in a language not your own, public speaking or stand up comedy. Applying and interviewing for jobs you are completely unqualified for! Lol

You are the number one juggler, all l need now is one extra ball and l will have a go.🍸🐿🐿

I started juggling 5 weeks ago with selfmade balls, then I bought me good ones 3 weeks ago and tried another 6 hours with the new ones. And now, after 2.5 half weeks 'in ' (the goal of 30secs) .... I already can approximately 8 tricks.. Cascade and Reverse, tennis and something simimar, halfshower, 2 balls 1 hand (round and straight), burkes sth .. and windmill If I knew that 4 weeks ago when I thought I am so untalented .. I would have enjoyed every fail and win even more because these uncoordinated but funny times of balls going everywhere and further are over

As someone who also wanted to learn how to juggle... and did. I could tell the difference between 7 days and 9 days for you. You were less tense when on day 9 compared to day 7.

I don't know why but I learnt how to say baa baa black sheep backwards about 30 years ago. Sheep black baa baa ,wool any you have 🤨❤

Yay!

Nice job 😁😂

This video is soooo cute 😂

Lovely skill to have ; )

That was so satisfying! I pumped my fist in the air. I'm hoping to get there myself! I'll keep trying in the meantime.

Great, now I want to learn juggling too :)

This is the cascade the basic juggling pattern there r more advanced patterns and u can also add balls 30% of ppl know juggling probably just basic stuff and less advance the befits of juggling r helps with depression, focus,memory, reading it also builds white brain matter which is used to make thing run better juggling burns about as many calories as a walk assuming ur doing basic lvl of juggling not harder stuff it also puts u in a zen state some ppl even use juggling in a form of meditation

My sister ❤

This is me trying to juggle the monthly family finances ....... balls everywhere.

Congratulations! Have you checked out any youtube tutorials by Taylor Tries? She is an excellent instructor.

Sorry, not to burst your bubble. But me, my brother and my cousin all learned to juggle one night at my grandma's. Maybe 1-2 hours and we got it. We learned with pool balls or billiard balls. I've since gone on to learn many more forms of juggling, the most balls I could do was 4, never quite understood how to do 5, although doing 4 is quite different than 3 and 5.