Body throws

Body throws are throws that go between the legs while both feet stay on the ground. This trick was invented by Morris Cronin and is most commonly done with 3 clubs in single spins, with the clubs going between the legs from front to back.
For a normal front-to-back body throw, a club starts in front of the juggler, and is brought back between the legs and thrown from this position behind the juggler, and then it comes forward over the opposite shoulder and is caught in front of the juggler.
In a back-to-front body throw, a club is brought behind the back, thrown between the legs from back to front, and caught in front with the opposite hand. These throws are often called "reverse body throws" or similar names, but they're not actually time-reversed body throws - a front-to-back body throw in reverse would be something like a blind catch.
thumb|right|480px|3 and 5 club body throw tricks by David Ferman
==World records==
Body throw world records with publicly available video evidence:
Front-to-back body throws
*3 ball body throws: 70 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2022 (video)
*4 ball body throws: 8 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2022 (video)
*5 ball body throws: 10 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2023 (video)
*3 ring body throws: 10 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2023 (video)
*4 ring body throws: 4 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2022 (video)
*5 ring body throws: 5 catches by Delaney Bayles in 2020 (video) and Kenshin Tomie in 2023 (video)
*3 club body throws: 5 minutes and 3 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2022 (video)
*4 club body throws: 8 catches by Kenny Cheung in 2016 (video)
*5 club body throws: 50 catches by Masahiro Takahashi in 2016 (video)
*7 club body throws: 7 catches by Masahiro Takahashi in 2020 (video)
Back-to-front body throws
*3 ball back-to-front body throws: 119 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2022 (video)
*4 ball back-to-front body throws: 22 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2022 (video)
*5 ball back-to-front body throws: 6 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2023 (video)
*3 ring back-to-front body throws: 24 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2022 (video)
*4 ring back-to-front body throws: 4 catches by Kenshin Tomie in 2021 (video)
*5 ring back-to-front body throws: 5 catches by Delaney Bayles in 2021 (video)
*3 club back-to-front body throws: 2 minutes and 36 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2020 (video)
*4 club back-to-front body throws: 10 catches by Masahiro Takahashi in 2016 (video)
*5 club back-to-front body throws: 10 catches by Delaney Bayles in 2021 (video)
Unverified claims:
*3 club back-to-front body throws: 499 catches by Ameron Rosvall in 2012 (claim)
thumb|right|480px|3 club body throw tutorial
==Alternative names==
One name commonly used for this trick is Alberts (named after Albert Lucas). In his 1987 book Juggling with Finesse, Kit Summers called front-to-back body throws Alberts, and back-to-front body throws Treblas. ("Trebla" is "Albert" spelled backwards.)
In 2000 Jason Garfield, who disapproved of people giving Albert credit for a trick he didn't invent, introduced a new name for the trick, crotch throws, and later the euphemism body throws (which is an ambiguous name, since some jugglers use the term "body throws" more generally, for any kind of trick throws that go around some part of the body).
A less common name for body throws is butterflies (which is also ambiguous, since that term has been used to describe several other tricks). Between the legs is a more descriptive and less ambiguous name.
==Variations==
*Crotch madness - Every third throw is a back-to-front crotch throw, and the rest are front-to-back.
*Blind catch
*Froggy style juggling
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