Tonight I spent about two hours practicing.
I’ve been able to pass 3 balls at a time for a couple of days so I focused on trying to go further than one cycle (3 passes). My friend Chris told me to target 30 passes, which sounds like a good goal (not easy but doable).
When I start with 2 balls on my right hand and 1 on the left, by the end of the movement I have 2 on my left hand and 1 on my right. For some reason I was not able to start or continue passing in this configuration. Tonight, however, I practiced starting with 2 on either hand many times and that made it possible to reach 4 passes a few times after about 40 minutes of trying.
It made me so happy I could hardly believe it. It finally felt like juggling. Up until now it felt more like a mechanical exercise, and while progress has been extremely exciting, now it actually looks like I can juggle when I’m trying.
After some success with 4 passes, I managed to reach 5. I was so blown away I stopped, though I probably could have gone further. I was very enthusiastic and proud of my success so I continued passing until I reached 6. Amazing!
I don’t know when I’ll be able to do this regularly, but I am so thrilled with the progress so far (and also how quickly I feel I have progressed against my original expectations) that I can’t wait for tomorrow’s practice.
