Box

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, but with the left hand throwing straight up and the right hand throwing straight across. In siteswap notation, the box is (4,2x)*.

It's also possible to do 4, 5, and 6 ball versions of the box. 4 ball "box" patterns include (6,6)(2x,2x), (6,2x)(6,2x)*, (8,2x)(4,2x)*, and (6x,2x)*, the sprung 3 ball cascade, which is equivalent to the 3 ball box seen as a sprung 2 ball fountain, but doesn't have a box shape. 5 balls can be done in a box as the sprung 4 ball fountain (8,2x)*, or the more boxy-looking (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,2x)* and (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 way to do a box with 6 balls is (a,a)(2x,2x). (a,2x)(a,2x)(a,2x)(a,2x)* and (g,2x)(c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)* are extremely difficult box patterns for 6 balls.

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

Siteswap exercises

Click on the numbers to see animations of the exercises. Both right-handed and left-handed versions of the asymmetrical patterns are shown in the animations. The full siteswap notation for each exercise is not always shown on this page.

3 ball box:

Prerequisites: 3 ball cascade

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

1. 1 ball 4
2. 1 ball 2x
3. 2 ball (4,2x) [ animate in Juggling Lab with (4,2x)(2,0)([2x2],0)* ]
4. 2 ball (4,2x)(2x,0)
5. 3 ball (4,2x)(4x,2)
6. 3 ball (4,2x)*

4 ball box:

Prerequisites: 4 ball fountain, 3 ball box

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

1. 1 ball 6
2. 2 ball (6,2x)
3. 2 ball (6,2x)(6,0)
4. 3 ball (6,2x)*
5. 3 ball (6,2x)(6,2x)(2x,0)
6. 4 ball (6,2x)(6,2x)*
7. 1 ball 8
8. 2 ball (8,2x)
9. 2 ball (8,2x)(4,0)
10. 3 ball (8,2x)*
11. 3 ball (8,2x)(4,2x)(2x,0)
12. 4 ball (8,2x)(4,2x)*

5 ball box:

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

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

1. 3 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(2,0)(2x,0)
2. 3 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,0)(0,0)(2x,0)
3. 4 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(2,2)*
4. 4 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,2x)(2x,0)*
5. 5 ball (8,2x)(8,2x)(8,2x)*
6. 1 ball c
7. 2 ball (c,2x)
8. 2 ball (c,2x)(8,0)
9. 3 ball (c,2x)*
10. 3 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(2,0)(2,0)(2x,0)
11. 3 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,0)(0,0)(2x,0)*
12. 4 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(2,2)(2,2)*
13. 4 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)(2x,0)*
14. 5 ball (c,2x)(8,2x)(4,2x)*

Variations

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

• (6,4x)*
• Sprung siteswaps