This is the first trick requiring two balls, and will need some attention. A ball should be taken in each hand, and the simple vertical fall performed with the right. Before this ball has descended, however, the ball in the left hand must be thrown in the air, as in [Fig. 7], so that the two balls are continually in motion. It is at this point that the juggler will find the advantage of being proficient in the use of both hands for the single vertical fall.
Fig. 7.—The double vertical fall.
Fig. 8.—Variation of double fall.
A variation of this double fall can be acquired in the following manner:—
Both balls should be thrown up at the same time, as in [Fig. 8], the hands being kept about two feet apart, care being taken that neither of the balls is thrown higher than the other.
The beginner must practice these thoroughly until perfectly accustomed to having the two balls in motion simultaneously.
7. The Double Inside Fall
This is a repetition of the outside and inside falls, but performed with two balls at once, and with both hands. The utmost care must be exercised to avoid a collision as they pass one another, and for this reason one ball must be thrown higher than the other, as in [Fig. 9]. Until proficiency is attained the balls should be thrown at various heights, and the hands well apart.