Blind juggling is juggling without being able to see the pattern. Like isolation, balancing, head bouncing, and spinning, this makes juggling more difficult by increasing the accuracy required.
Normally to demonstrate blind juggling, you need to wear a blindfold to show that you can't see the objects, but for some tricks, you don't even have to close your eyes to juggle blind. You can do blind overhead or behind the back patterns while looking straight ahead with your eyes open.
- Video: Joëlle Huguenin juggling 3 balls blind behind the back and overhead
Blindfolded 3-up
3 ball blind 3 up 360 by Haavard Hvidsten
5 balls blindfolded
5 ball blind qualify by Haavard Hvidsten
World Records
Blind juggling world records validated by Guinness or with publicly available video evidence:
- 3 balls: 22 minutes and 7 seconds by David Rush in 2016 (video at 64x speed)[1]
- 4 balls: 108 catches by Matan Presberg in 2017 ([1])
- 5 balls: 15 catches by Haavard Hvidsten in 2016 (video)
- 6 balls: 7 catches by Michael Hendriksen in 2017 (video)
- 3 clubs: 19 minutes and 29 seconds by Niels Duinker in 2015 (video)
- 4 clubs: 11 catches by Ameron Rosvall in 2017 (video)
Unverified claims:
- 3 balls: 40 minutes by TheLally in 2007 (claim)
Blind jugglers
Damian Pickering, who has been blind since age three, was taught by Barry Friedman to juggle 3 balls by bouncing them off his chest.
Nino Frediani has been legally blind his whole life, but prefers to be billed as a speed juggler rather than a blind juggler.
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkZKKXYbr0 - Validated by Guinness, but the Guinness page for this record has not yet been updated - http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-duration-juggling-three-objects-blindfolded