Halfshower

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</tabber>A halfshower is a pattern where one hand does outside throws and the other hand does inside throws.
It can be done in any 2-handed period 2 crossing siteswap that isn't a shower. If one hand throws higher than the other, that hand does outside throws.
: 5 ball halfshower 3 up 360 animation
: 5 ball halfshower 5 up 360 animation
Outside throws with rings and clubs are normally done with the props turned sideways (flat fronts). In a halfshower, the flat fronts can be thrown behind the other throws to avoid collisions.
You can transition from a 5 ball cascade to the synch halfshower (6x,4x) the same way you would transition to (6x,4)* - make two crossing throws from one hand in the cascade at 6 ball height: ...5555555555 6x56x1x (6x,4x)(6x,4x)(6x,4x)(6x,4x)(6x,4x)... (The 1x is a very short pause in the pattern while holding a ball in the hand that would have thrown next after the second 6x.) To transition back to the cascade, do a pair of (6x,4x) throws with the lower throw at 5 ball height: ...(6x,4x)(6x,4x)(6x,4x)(6x,4x)(6x,4x) (6x,5)(1x,5)! 5555555555... (The (1x,5) is just the first cascade throw, while holding a ball in the other hand a little longer than usual. The exclamation mark means that there is no empty beat after the synchronous (1x,5) pair.)
: Siteswap transition animation
The term "halfshower" is also sometimes used for crossing patterns where one hand throws higher than the other without doing outside throws. Some jugglers find this to be the easiest way to juggle an even number of objects, especially 6 clubs.
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3 ball halfshowerSiteswap: 3	
4 ball synch halfshowerSiteswap: (4x,4x)	
4 ball asynch halfshowerSiteswap: 53
5 ball asynch halfshowerSiteswap: 5	
5 ball synch halfshowerSiteswap: (6x,4x)	
5 ball 73 halfshower
6 ball halfshowerSiteswap: 75	
6 ball (8x,4x) halfshower	
7 ball halfshowerSiteswap: (8x,6x)
4 ball 53	
5 ball (6x,4x)	
6 ball 75
==World records==
Halfshower world records with publicly available video evidence:
Halfshower with outside throws
*3 ball halfshower: 1 hour and 17 seconds by Joshua Olayanju in 2025 (video)
*5 ball halfshower: 56 minutes and 12 seconds by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2024 (video)
*6 ball halfshower: 9 minutes and 29 seconds by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2024 (video)
*7 ball halfshower: 2 minutes and 15 seconds by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
*8 ball halfshower: 1 minute and 18 seconds by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
*9 ball halfshower: 86 catches by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2025 (video)
*10 ball halfshower: 29 catches by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
*11 ball halfshower: 15 catches by Luke Davies in 2017 (video)
*12 ball halfshower: 14 catches by Alex Barron in 2012 (video)
*5 ring halfshower: 2 minutes and 3 seconds by Luca Pferdmenges in 2020 (video)
*6 ring halfshower: 86 catches by Thomas Dietz in 2015 (video)
*7 ring halfshower: 55 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2008 (video)
*8 ring halfshower: 11 catches by Caio Stevanovich in 2022 (video)
*9 ring halfshower: 11 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2006 (video at 35:56)
*3 club halfshower: 29 minutes and 28 seconds by Alexandr Inozemtzev in 2024 (video)
*4 club halfshower: 5 minutes and 54 seconds by Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
*5 club halfshower: 3 minutes and 34 seconds by Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
*6 club halfshower: 54 catches by Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
*7 club halfshower: 13 catches by Stefan Brancel in 2021 (video)
*8 club halfshower: 8 catches by Moritz Rosner in 2024 (video)
Records with insufficient video evidence:
Unverified claims:
*5 ball halfshower: 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 9 seconds by Thomas Dietz (claim)
*6 ball halfshower: 24 minutes by Thomas Dietz in 2007 (claim)
*4 club halfshower: 6 minutes and 52 seconds by Rob Crites in 2009 (claim)
*4 club halfshower: 6 minutes and 34 seconds by John Caudrey in 2009 (claim)
Halfshower siteswap
*4 ring 53: 7 minutes and 32 seconds by Evgen Triastsyn in 2022 (video)
*5 ring (6x,4x): 3 minutes and 24 seconds by Alexey Isamukhamedov in 2020 (video)
*6 ring 75: 1 minute and 21 seconds by Alexey Isamukhamedov in 2020 (video)
*7 ring (8x,6x): 68 catches by Alexey Isamukhamedov in 2018 (video)
*8 ring 97: 33 catches by Aramis Gonzalez in 2023 (video)
*9 ring (ax,8x): 12 catches by Alexey Isamukhamedov in 2018 (video)
*10 ring b9: 11 catches by Rudolf Levitskiy in 2022 (video)
*4 club 53: 21 minutes and 6 seconds by Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
*5 club (6x,4x): 2 minutes and 22 seconds by Julian Kloos in 2024 (video)
*6 club 75: 1 minute and 39 seconds by Dominik Harant in 2024 (video)
*7 club (8x,6x): 20 catches by Wes Peden in 2016 (video)
*8 club 97: 18 catches by Moritz Rosner in 2023 (video)
Unverified claims:
*4 ring 53: 8 minutes and 30 seconds by Max Kuschmierz in 2022 (claim)
*4 club 53: 47 minutes and 20 seconds by Thomas Dietz in 2004 (claim)
*6 club 75: 3 minutes and 20 seconds by Thomas Dietz in 2007 (claim)
thumb|right|360px|7 ball halfshower by Rudolf Levitskiythumb|right|360 px|3 ball halfshower tutorial
==Siteswap exercises==
You can use these exercises to practice the same kinds of throws that are done in halfshower patterns, before you learn the full pattern.
Some of the siteswaps listed below are shortened to leave out parts where you’re not doing anything. Click on them to see animations of the exercises (without the outside throws).
You should practice doing these starting with your right hand and with your left hand, so that you will be able to do the pattern on either side.
4 ball halfshower:
Prerequisites: 4 ball fountain, 3 ball halfshower
Exercises to prepare for 53:
*1 ball 5
*3 ball 5
*2 ball 53
*2 ball 505
*3 ball 531
*3 ball 535
*3 ball 53505303
5 ball halfshowers:
Prerequisites: 5 ball cascade, 4 ball halfshower
Exercises to prepare for (6x,4x):
*1 ball 6x
*2 ball (6x,4x)
*2 ball (6x,0)(6x,0)(0,0)*
*3 ball 6x
*3 ball (6x,2x)(6x,4x)(0,0)
*4 ball (6x,4x)(4,2)
*4 ball (6x,4x)(6x,4x)(4,0)
Exercises to prepare for 73:
*1 ball 7
*3 ball 7
*2 ball 73
*2 ball 707
*3 ball 731
*3 ball 737
*3 ball 7370700303
*4 ball 73
*4 ball 7373
*4 ball 7373707303
6 ball halfshower:
Prerequisites: 6 ball fountain, 5 ball halfshower
Exercises to prepare for 75:
*1 ball 7
*3 ball 7
*2 ball 75
*2 ball 707
*3 ball 751
*3 ball 757
*3 ball 70707
*4 ball 75
*4 ball 7575
*5 ball 75751
*5 ball 757570752
*5 ball 757570757505
7 ball halfshower:
Prerequisites: 7 ball cascade, 6 ball halfshower
Exercises to prepare for (8x,6x):
*1 ball 8x
*2 ball (8x,6x)
*2 ball (8x,0)(8x,0)(8x,0)(0,0)*
*3 ball 8x
*3 ball (8x,2x)(8x,6x)
*3 ball (8x,4x)(0,0)
*4 ball (8x,6x)(2,2)(4,2)
*4 ball (8x,6x)(8x,6x)(0,0)(4,0)
*5 ball (8x,4x)(8x,6x)
*5 ball (8x,6x)(8x,6x)
*5 ball (8x,4x)(8x,6x)(8x,6x)
*6 ball (8x,6x)(8x,6x)(6,2)
*6 ball (8x,6x)(8x,6x)(8x,6x)(6,0)
==Variations==
*Crossing high-low patterns with the low throws as outside throws
4 ball inside-outside 53	
5 ball inside-outside (6x,4x)	
6 ball inside-outside 75
*Crossing high-low patterns with all the throws as outside throws
4 ball reverse 53	
5 ball reverse (6x,4x)	
6 ball reverse 75
*Tennis
*Reverse tennis
*Full reverse
*Statue of Liberty
*Pseudohalfshower
*High-low halfshower
*Shower
*7733
*(8x,4x)*
*534
*(6x,4)*
*(6,4x)*
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