In the meantime, I would like to read more on rings on the net. I occasionally get good runs of five, particularly after I have worked on six for fifteen minutes or so. It feels like this would come with concentrated practice in about a week. I want to get up to a seven-ring flash this summer but don't want to practice bad habits. I have trouble controlling the releases from the four in the right hand, but I can't say I have worked on it enough to get discouraged.
Some basic questions have to do with arm position.
I recall Ignatov explaining that the arms go up and down with all props, as distinct from describing circles to achieve separation, but not where the arms are best held. I have seen some very wide five-ring patterns at conventions, but most videos are from the side and it is hard to tell if they are coming down narrow or near the shoulders. I have seen some seven-ring jugglers get the first three rings out very low and quickly and get slower and higher as they continue. In practice, the rings come down nearly perpendicular to the floor. The angles shown above must be thought of as being seen from above.