Bounce juggling

thumb|right|360px|Ball bouncing tricks by Chris Hodgethumb|right|360 px|Ring bouncing tricks by Kip Huntthumb|right|360 px|3 club 423 with bounced 2s by Luke Burragethumb|right|360 px|Lift bounce tutorialBounce juggling is juggling by bouncing objects (usually balls) off of a hard surface (usually the floor). Some bouncing tricks can also be done with rings and clubs.http://ezine.juggle.org/2015/03/13/bounce-juggling-with-rings-and-clubs/ Bounce jugglers sometimes use portable surfaces to juggle on, since not all floors are suitable for bounce juggling. Objects can also be bounced off of surfaces tilted at different angles such as walls.
Since a dropped ball never bounces all the way back up to the height it was dropped from, maintaining a bounce juggling pattern requires the balls to be either lifted up with the hand after catching so they can be dropped from the same height every time, or thrown down at the floor to make them bounce higher than they would if they were just dropped. Juggling by lifting the bouncing balls is called a lift bounce, and juggling by throwing them at the floor is called a force bounce.http://www.juggling.org/bin/mfs/JIS/help/balls/bounce-faq.html?4#threezero
It's possible to do patterns where the balls bounce more than once before they are caught, but in the IJA Numbers competitions and in official world records, each ball thrown must bounce exactly one time before being caught. Since a stable pattern can be maintained by simply pushing the balls slightly to redirect them, without actually gripping them, any touch of a ball with a hand can be considered a catch in bounce juggling (as long as no catches have been missed yet).http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/files/2015/04/NumbersRules2015.pdf
Bounce juggling can be easier than toss juggling because the balls don't have to be thrown high,http://www.juggling.org/bin/mfs/JIS/help/balls/bounce-faq.html?4#onezero though numbers jugglers have been able to juggle more balls in toss juggling than bounce juggling. The highest number of bouncing balls that have been qualified (at least twice as many catches as objects) is 10, and the highest number of bouncing balls that have been flashed (same number of throws and catches as objects) is 12 (by Alan Sulc).https://web.archive.org/web/20120717065702/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm
==3 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|3 and 4 ball bouncing tricks by Eden ZakThe easiest way to bounce juggle 3 balls is a lift bounce version of the cascade. You can also juggle 3 balls in a force bounce cascade. Basic bouncing patterns are normally done with outside throws. In lift bounce patterns, the balls cross paths on the way down, and in force bounce patterns, the balls cross paths on the way up. The world record for the longest 3 ball bounce run with publicly available video evidence is 3 hours, 45 minutes, and 13 seconds by Bill Coad, using a lift bounce pattern. The unofficial world record (not validated by any world record organizations; no publicly available video) for the longest run of a 3 ball force bounce is 20 minutes by Fritz Grobe.
==4 ball bounce==
4 balls can be bounce juggled in a wimpy pattern (using crossing throws) or a fountain pattern (using non-crossing throws). For even numbers of balls, bounce jugglers usually use the wimpy pattern. The world record for the longest 4 ball bounce run on video is 2 hours and 1 second (of a lift bounce) by Bill Coad.
==5 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|5 ball bounce juggling tricks by Eden ZakThe pattern for bounce juggling 5 balls is an asynch pattern, like the pattern for 3 balls, but faster. The 5 ball force bounce world record is 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 37 seconds by Oscar Carrillo,(video) and the 5 ball lift bounce world record is 1 hour, 16 minutes, and 7 seconds by Stefan Hinterreiter.(video) The following people have also bounce juggled 5 balls for at least 10 minutes:
*Bronkar Lee - force bounce for over an hour(claim)
*David Nayer - force bounce for 59:30,(video) 1:11:08(claim)
*Liam Ryan-O'Flaherty 56:09(video)
*Jared Davis - 41:13(video)
*Luis Vale - 29:26(claim)
*Basile Pucek - 27:22(video)
*Tyron Colombaioni - 25:53(video)
*Robert Wood - 23:53(video)
*Jonathan Root - 15:00(claim)
*Michael Battipaglia - force bounce for 10:00(claim)
==6 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|6 ball bounce patterns by David CainA 6 ball bounce pattern is a faster version of a 4 ball bounce pattern. The 6 ball force bounce world record is 35 minutes and 19 seconds by Oscar Carrillo,(video) and the 6 ball lift bounce world record is 25 minutes and 44 seconds by Jonas Nürge.(video) The following people have also bounce juggled 6 balls for over a minute on video:
*Tyron Colombaioni - lift bounce for 11:32(video)
*David Nayer - force bounce for 9:57(video)
*Philippe Dupuis - lift bounce for 6:43(video)
*Leo James - lift bounce for 3:48(video)
*Emanuele Marchione - lift bounce for 3:03(video)
*Jonathan Root - lift bounce for 1:44(video)
*Robert Wood - lift bounce for 1:13(video)
Other people reported to have done over a minute of a 6 ball bounce:
* Werner Riebesel - lift bounce for 5:57(claim)
*Michael Battipaglia - force bounce for 5:49(claim)
*Jeff Clark - lift bounce for 4:00(claim)
*Russ Peters - lift bounce for 1:24(claim)
*Chris Hodge - lift bounce for 1:17, force bounce for 1:07(claim)
==7 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|7 ball bounce tricks by Michael BattipagliaL. A. Street was the first person to bounce juggle 7 balls.http://ezine.juggle.org/2013/11/30/the-origins-of-ball-bounce-juggling/ The Bounce Juggling World Records page listed the 7 ball lift bounce world record as 52 minutes, set by Antonio Bucci in 2001, but no video evidence was provided to verify that record.https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.juggling/n-iBftA85lg/iHE7tVgeC_EJ The longest run of a 7 ball lift bounce with publicly available video evidence is 19 minutes and 30 seconds by Jukka Sairanen, set in 2021. The 7 ball force bounce world record is 7 minutes by Konstantin Kulyak in 2021.(video) The longest 7 ball bounce run achieved in the IJA Numbers Championships (before the starting number for the Ball Bouncing division was raised to 8 balls in 2006)https://web.archive.org/web/20060712075902/http://juggle.org/festival/2006/2006numbers-rules.php was 350 catches by Malkenthin Hannes in 1995.https://web.archive.org/web/20130204012129/http://www.bouncepage.com/competition.html
Other people who have bounce juggled 7 balls for at least a minute:
*Tyron Colombaioni - 11:20(video)
*Michael Battipaglia - 10:19(video)
*Tersit Asefa - 10:15(video)
*Leo James - 3:17(video)
*David Nayer - force bounce for 2:15 (video)
*Tim Nolan - 2:09(Guinness)
*Pete Matthews - 1:25;(video) ~8:30(claim)
*Bronkar Lee - force bounce for 1:24(video)
*Mathias Ramfelt - force bounce for 1:22(video)
*Emanuele Marchione - 1:17(video)
*Jared Davis - 1:01(video)
*Jonas Nürge - 1:00(video)
Unverified claims:
* Patrick McGuire - 20:03(claim)
*Sylvain Garnavault - 6:00(claim)
*Mike Byington - 2:45(claim)
*Werner Riebesel - 1:27(claim)
*Chris Hodge - 1:05(claim)
Bouncing tricks that have been done with 7 balls include:
*Transition from lift bounce to force bounce and back (video at 41:10)
*Transition from lift bounce to toss juggling and back (video)
*Triple bounce (video)
*Column bounce (video)
*Duplex splits (video)
*966 (video)
*Force bounce 5 up 360 (video)
*Backcross 5 up 180 (video)
*7 up 720 (video)
*7 up back handspring (video)
==8 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|8 ball lift bounce run by Antonio BucciKathi Gultini was the first person to bounce juggle 8 balls, in 1910.http://ezine.juggle.org/2014/11/17/juggling-firsts-part-one-balls-and-ball-bouncing/ The Bounce Juggling World Records page listed the 8 ball lift bounce world record as 4 minutes and 30 seconds, set by Antonio Bucci in 1988, but no video evidence was provided to verify that record. Antonio did a run of 1 minute and 4 seconds on video in 2010. The longest run of an 8 ball lift bounce with publicly available video evidence is now 1 minute and 59 seconds by Tyron Colombaioni, set in 2019.
Tim Nolan was the first person to flash an 8 ball force bounce, in 2001.https://web.archive.org/web/20021211041242/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm Alan Sulc was the first person to qualify it - in a video from 2004 he does 40 catches before the camera angle changes. Alan broke the record with 114 catches in 2006,https://web.archive.org/web/20061207214921/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm and 208 catches in 2008.https://web.archive.org/web/20090420132528/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm(video) He set the current 8 ball force bounce world record, 4 minutes and 12 seconds, in 2011.(video)
8 has been the minimum number of balls used in the IJA's Ball Bouncing Numbers competition since 2006. The first person to qualify 8 balls in the competition was Fritz Grobe, in the first Ball Bouncing Numbers Championship in 1993. The longest anyone has bounce juggled 8 balls in the competition is 123 catches, achieved by Christian Kloc in 2004. In practice, Christian has bounced 8 balls for 218 catches.(video)
Other people who have bounce juggled 8 balls for over 100 catches:
*Jay Gilligan - 1000 catches(claim)
*Michael Battipaglia - 370 catches(video)
*Robert Mosher III - 325 catches(video)
*Eden Zak - 300 catches(claim)
*Tersit Asefa - 273 catches(video)
*Jonas Nürge - 224 catches,(video) 360 catches(claim)
*John Jones - 202 catches(video)
*Nick Jamesson - 174 catches(video)
*Tony Frebourg - 130 catches,(video) 1:49(claim)
Bouncing tricks that have been done with 8 balls:
*Duplex fountain (video)
*Crossing duplexes (video)
*Triplexes (video at 3:45)
*Columns (video)
*6 up 360 (video)
*8 up 360 (video)
==9 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|9 ball lift bounce run by Mathias RamfeltWhen the Bounce Juggling World Records page was created in 2001, Antonio Bucci was originally listed as the 9 ball lift bounce world record holder, having done 9 for 30 seconds in 1988, but no video evidence was provided to verify that record. In 2007, Robert Mosher III did 32 seconds on video.https://web.archive.org/web/20071027091357/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm Mathias Ramfelt did 35 seconds in 2011,(video) and 40 seconds in 2017.(video) Cao Kai did 53 seconds in 2017,(video) and set the current lift bounce world record in 2021 with a run of 1 minute and 7 seconds.(video)
Tim Nolan was the first person to flash a 9 ball force bounce, in 2001. His record of 9 catches was originally listed as the world record for that pattern on the Bounce Page, but no video evidence was provided to verify that record. Eden Zak broke the record on video in 2004 with 11 catches.https://web.archive.org/web/20041015005153/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm Alan Sulc broke the record with 14 catches in 2004,https://web.archive.org/web/20060623070348/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm(video) 15 catches in 2006,(video) 62 catches in 2008,(video) and 98 catches in 2016.(video) He set the current 9 ball force bounce world record in 2022, with 157 catches.(video)
Nate Seefeldt was the first person to qualify a 9 ball bounce in the IJA Numbers Championships, achieving 20 catches in 2001. Jonathan Root also did 20 catches in IJA competition in 2002. In 2003, the competition record was broken by Christian Kloc with 21 catches, and then by John Jones with 25 catches. In 2004, it was broken again by John Jones with 27 catches, by Nate Seefeldt with 29 catches, and by Christian Kloc with 30 catches. Christian won the 2005 Numbers competition with 37 catches, and did 49 catches in the 2007 competition. Christian won the bounce competition in the IJA's online Numbers Championships in 2021 with a run of 128 catches,(video) but that's not counted as the competition record since it wasn't a live competition.
Other people who have qualified 9 ball bounce juggling:
*Tyron Colombaioni - 214 catches,(video) 50 seconds(claim)
*Katya Nikiforova - 194 catches(video)
*Johan Wellton - 121 catches,(video) 40 seconds(claim)
*Tersit Asefa - 102 catches(video)
*Philippe Dupuis - 88 catches(video)
*Weam Rashed - 76 catches(video)
*Erkin Saralaev - 56 catches(video at 0:34)
*Tony Frebourg - 55 catches,(video) 46 seconds(claim)
*Ilja Smyslov - 41 catches(video)
*Darix De Bianchi Alvarez - 39 catches(video)
*Augustin Bells - 36 catches(video)
*Frida Brinkmann - 34 catches(video)
*Aldo Villacorta - 32 catches,(video) 48 catches(video no longer available)
*Nick Jamesson - 24 catches(video)
*Fernando Pose - 23 catches(video)
*Maria Markova - 23 catches(video)
*Jean-Baptiste Diot - 21 catches(video)
*Doug Sayers - 20 catches in competition
Unverified claims:
*Eden Zak - 75 catches(claim)
*Jeff Clark - 24 catches(claim)
*Chris Hodge - 22 catches(claim)
*David Nayer - force bounce for 20 catches(claim)
*David Granados - 18 catches(claim)
==10 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|10 ball lift bounce world record by Mathias RamfeltTim Nolan was the first person to flash a 10 ball bounce, in 1988. He did 14 catches of a 10 ball lift bounce, and his record was listed in the Guinness book of world records.http://books.google.com/books?ei=ji8aU7aZCsTn2wWIpoHoBw&id=lPb45rGVTDEC&dq=guinness+records+1988&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=tim+nolan When the Bounce Juggling World Records page was created in 2001, it listed Chris Ivey as the 10 ball lift bounce world record holder, with 18 catches, but no video evidence was provided to verify that record. In 2004, John Jones broke the record on video with 19 catches.https://web.archive.org/web/20040614182206/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm Eden Zak did 23 catches in 2005,https://web.archive.org/web/20050306143324/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm becoming the first person to qualify a 10 ball bounce on video. In 2007, Robert Mosher III broke the record during the IJA Numbers Championships, with 29 catches,(video) and later that year he broke the record again with 39 catches.(video) Mathias Ramfelt set the current world record in 2017 with a run of 51 catches.(video) In 2008, Robert set the current IJA competition record for ball bouncing with 31 catches of 10 balls.http://www.juggle.org/ija/championships/numbers-records/ Christian Kloc is the only other person who has qualified a 10 ball bounce in the IJA Numbers competition, which he did in 2009.(video) Alan Sulc was the first person to flash a 10 ball force bounce, in 2008.(video) The official force bounce record of 10 catches was equaled by Henrik Veres in 2013(video) and Tony Garcia in 2014(video) before Alan Sulc broke the record with 18 catches in 2017.(video)
Other people who have bounce juggled 10 balls for at least a flash:
*Cao Kai - 24 catches(video)
*Nate Seefeldt - 13 catches in competition
*Jonathan Root - 13 catches in competition prelims
*David Sosman - force bounce for 10 catches(video)
*Erkin Saralaev - 10 catches(video)
*Sampion Bouglione - 10 catches(video)
*Tyron Colombaioni - 10 catches(video)
*Aldo Villacorta - 10 catches(video)
*Erik Toll - 10 catches(video)
*Jason Kollum - 10 catches(claim)
==11 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|11 ball lift bounce world record by Eden Zak|link=Special:FilePath/2014In a video from 1990, Tim Nolan attempts a flash of an 11 ball lift bounce in a synchronous 12 ball pattern - (cx,0)(cx,cx)(cx,cx)(cx,cx)(cx,cx)(cx,cx)*. The Bounce Page listed this as a record of 11 catcheshttps://web.archive.org/web/20040806064923/http://www.bouncepage.com:80/records.htm even though Tim dropped while collecting, with the Bounce Page webmaster citing the fact that uncontrolled touches count as catches in bounce juggling according to the standard IJA Numbers rules.https://groups.google.com/g/rec.juggling/c/XbMxQVT7L2I/m/3wvKqfWs0YkJ However, the IJA rules also say the attempt is over when you drop while collecting, and no further catches should be counted after that, which would mean this attempt was not a successful flash. In a video from 2008, Alan Sulc attempts an 11 ball force bounce and makes 11 catches, but he uses his foot to start the pattern and only makes 10 throws with his hands, so that doesn't count as a flash either. Eden Zak was the first person to do at least 11 catches of an 11 ball bounce on video, getting 12 catches of a lift bounce cascade in 2014.
==12 ball bounce==
thumb|left|360 px|Force bounce juggling with up to 12 balls by Alan SulcAlan Sulc is the only person who has flashed a 12 ball bounce. He did 12 catches of a 12 ball force bounce in 2008.(video)
==See also==
*Bounce juggling category on Juggle Wiki
*Ball bouncing world records
*The Bounce Page
*Toss juggling
*Roll juggling
== External links==
*The Bounce Page
*The Origins of Ball Bounce Juggling on eJuggle
*Bounce Juggling with Rings and Clubs on eJuggle
==References==
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Category:Props
Category:Forms of juggling