978

978
8 ball high-low-middle
Capacity	8
Period	3
Full period	45
Orbits	2
Composition	97 8
States	(Ground state) 11111111 - (9) 111111101 - (7) 11111111 - (8)
Ladder diagram
Stack notation	878
Dual	Self-dual

 978 is the 8 object version of 756. The 9s are about 1 1/3 times as high as the 8s, and the 8s are about 1 1/3 times as high as the 7s. All the 9s are done with the same three objects.

Video: 63 catches of 8 ball 978 by Tom Whitfield

Siteswap exercisesEdit

You can use these siteswaps to practice some of the same kinds of throws and sequences of throws that are done in 978, before you try the full trick.

• 6 ball 756
• 7 ball 867
• 7 ball 975
• 7 ball 948
• 8 ball 97

• 3 ball 978
• 3 ball 897
• 4 ball 978
• 4 ball 897
• 4 ball 8978

• 5 ball 978
• 5 ball 897
• 5 ball 89781

• 6 ball 9788
• 6 ball 8897
• 6 ball 8978
• 6 ball 978978
• 6 ball 897897
• 7 ball 9789781
• 7 ball 8978971

VariationsEdit

• a89

• 6789a