Box

This article is about the solo pattern. For the passing pattern, see Box (passing).

(4,2x)(2x,4)
3 ball box
Capacity	3
Period	4
Full period	4
Orbits	3
Composition	Prime
States	(1,1)(0,1) (4,2x) (1,1)(1,0) (2x,4)
Ladder diagram
Stack notation	(3,2x)*
Dual	(4x,2)*

 

(8,2x)(4,2x)(2x,8)(2x,4)
4 ball box
Capacity	4
Period	8
Full period	8
Orbits	4
Composition	Prime
States	(Excited state) (1,1)(0,1)(0,1) (8,2x) (1,1)(0,1)(0,0)(1,0) (4,2x)(1,1)(1,0)(1,0) (2x,8) (1,1)(1,0)(0,0)(0,1) (2x,4)
Ladder diagram
Stack notation	(4,2x)(3,2x)*
Dual	(6x,4)(6x,0)*
Anagrams	(8,2x)(2x,4)(2x,8)(4,2x)

 

(c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)(2x,c)(2x,8)(2x,4)
5 ball box
Capacity	5
Period	12
Full period	12
Orbits	5
Composition	Prime
States	(1,1)(0,1)(0,1)(0,1) (c,2x) (1,1)(0,1)(0,1)(0,0)(0,0)(1,0) (8,2x) (1,1)(0,1)(0,0)(1,0)(1,0) (4,2x)(1,1)(1,0)(1,0)(1,0) (2x,c) (1,1)(1,0)(1,0)(0,0)(0,0)(0,1) (2x,8) (1,1)(1,0)(0,0)(0,1)(0,1) (2x,4)
Ladder diagram
Stack notation	(5,2x)(4,2x)(3,2x)*
Anagrams	(c,2x)(2x,8)(4,2x)(2x,c)(8,2x)(2x,4) (c,2x)(2x,c)(4,2x)(2x,4)(8,2x)(2x,8) (c,2x)(8,2x)(2x,4)(c,2x)(2x,8)(2x,4)

 The box is a synchronous pattern with a shape resembling a box. In a 3 ball box, two balls go straight up and down on the sides, and the other is thrown back and forth horizontally at the bottom of the pattern.

Each time you throw, you throw two balls: The right hand throws a ball straight up, and the left hand throws another ball straight across into the right hand. Then the same throws are repeated on the other side, with the left hand throwing straight up and the right hand throwing straight across.

3 ball box Siteswap: (4,2x)*

The easiest kind of 4 ball box Siteswap: (6,6)(2x,2x)

Another 4 ball box (synch pseudoshower) Siteswap: (6,2x)(6,2x)*

4 ball high-low box Siteswap: (8,2x)(4,2x)*

The sprung 3 ball cascade, (6x,2x)*, is a 4 ball pattern equivalent to the 3 ball box seen as a sprung 2 ball fountain, but doesn't have a box shape.

The sprung 4 ball fountain, 5 ball (8,2x)*, looks more like a box.

5 ball synch pseudoshower Siteswap: (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,2x)*

5 ball high-middle-low box Siteswap: (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)*

(6,4x)* is a 5 ball pattern analogous to the 3 ball box (4,2x)*, but it doesn't look like a box.

The easiest 6 ball box pattern Siteswap: (a,a)(2x,2x)

[[Video:Box|thumb|left|640px|Box variations by Tsubasa Murakami]]

Siteswap exercises

You can use these exercises to practice the same kinds of throws and sequences of throws that are done in box patterns, before you learn the full pattern.

Some of the siteswaps listed below are shortened to leave out parts where you’re not doing anything. Click on them to see animations of the exercises.

You should practice doing these starting with your right hand and with your left hand, so that you will be ready to learn the full symmetrical pattern.

3 ball box:

Prerequisites: 3 ball cascade

Exercises to prepare for (4,2x)*:

• 1 ball 4
• 1 ball 2x
• 2 ball (4,2x)
• 2 ball (4,2x)(2x,0)
• 3 ball (4,2x)(4x,2)

4 ball box:

Prerequisites: 4 ball fountain, 3 ball box

Exercises to prepare for (8,2x)(4,2x)*:

• 1 ball 6
• 2 ball (6,2x)
• 2 ball (6,2x)(6,0)
• 3 ball (6,2x)*
• 3 ball (6,2x)(6,2x)(2x,0)
• 4 ball (6,2x)(6,2x)*
• 1 ball 8
• 2 ball (8,2x)
• 2 ball (8,2x)(4,0)
• 3 ball (8,2x)*
• 3 ball (8,2x)(4,2x)(2x,0)

5 ball box:

Prerequisites: 5 ball cascade, 4 ball box (8,2x)(4,2x)*

Exercises to prepare for (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)*:

• 3 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(2,0)(2x,0)
• 3 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,0)(0,0)(2x,0)
• 4 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(2,2)*
• 4 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,2x)(2x,0)*
• 5 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,2x)*
• 1 ball c
• 2 ball (c,2x)
• 2 ball (c,2x)(8,0)
• 3 ball (c,2x)*
• 3 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(2,0)(2,0)(2x,0)
• 3 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,0)(0,0)(2x,0)*
• 4 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(2,2)(2,2)*
• 4 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)(2x,0)*

Variations

• (6,2x)(2x,2x)*
• Double box
• Extended box
• Luke's shuffle
• N-box
• Upside-down box
• Sideways box

• (6,4x)*
• Sprung siteswaps