Clawing is a way of juggling with your palms facing down, with your hand on top of the ball. When you do a claw catch (also called a snatch), rather than waiting for the ball to come down and land in your hand, you reach up and snatch down at the ball from above.
3ball cherry picker variations
Variations of the cherry picker (half-clawed half-Boston mess) by Tsubasa Murakami
- Video: Clawing with 3 and 5 balls by Luke Burrage
- Video: 5 ball clawing by Thomas Dietz
World records
Claw catch world records with publicly available video evidence:
- 3 balls: 51 minutes and 43 seconds by Patrick Quin in 2018 (video)
- 4 balls: 9 minutes and 3 seconds by Patrick Quin in 2018 (video)
- 5 balls: 1 minute and 9 seconds by Patrick Quin in 2018 (video)
- 6 balls: 36 catches by Patrick Quin in 2018 (video)
- 7 balls: 15 catches by Patrick Quin in 2018 (video)
Unverified claims:
- 5 balls: 230 catches by Sondre Ribe Øverby in 2007 (claim)
- 5 balls: 1 minute and 18 seconds by Harry Hirsch in 2010 (claim)
- 5 balls: 1 minute and 40 seconds by Kukac in 2010 (claim)
- 7 balls: 13 catches by Sondre Ribe Øverby in 2007 (claim)
See also
- Back hand catches - another way to juggle with your palms facing down