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Difficulty: 1 - Basic Juggling
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Prerequisite Skills: Cascade
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Clawing is the act of catching a ball with your hand on top, by slapping down at the ball. Claws are used in many different tricks or can be used as a stand alone trick.
Instructions:
It's best to start out by clawing just one ball out of a 3-ball cascade. One ball is not hard, but it gets harder to do it on every throw. It's not the catch that makes it tough, it's the throw. To juggle the claw on every catch, you have to make all your throws from the claw position too, which takes some practice to get consistent.
One tip is to use soft bean bags when practicing claws. Bean bags will be easier to catch, and not bounce out of your hand (like a tennis ball would) when your palm swats down at it.
Variations:
You can add claws to almost any trick to add some pazzazz (and difficulty) to it. I use a claw catch and throw in my trick, Mangham's Mangle. Try adding the claw to columns, Mills Mess, or any other trick.
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