Juggle Wiki
Juggle Wiki

A gap or hole is an object missing from a pattern that is otherwise the same as another pattern that uses more objects. In siteswap notation, a gap (a beat with an empty hand) is a 0. Patterns with gaps (e.g. 55550) can be used as exercises to prepare for the full patterns (e.g. 5).

Video (from 0:14 to 0:42): 4440 with balls, rings, and clubs
55550_~_Four_Ball_Siteswap

55550 ~ Four Ball Siteswap

5 ball cascade with a gap by Robert Wood

4 ball synch fountain with a gap
Siteswap: (4,4)(4,0)

4 ball wimpy pattern with a gap
Siteswap: (4x,4x)(4x,0)*

5 ball cascade with a two consecutive gaps (3 ball flashes)
Siteswap: 55500

5 ball cascade with a two nonconsecutive gaps (3 ball snake)
Siteswap: 50505

Sometimes if an object is removed from a siteswap to make a gap pattern, the new pattern takes more beats than the original pattern before it repeats. The notation for 534 without the ball that is always thrown as a 3 (504) is a period 3 sequence like the original pattern, but removing any of the other balls results in the period 9 pattern 534034530.

Variations[]

Siteswaps similar to basic patterns with gaps but with an object held in the hand during the pause (a 2) instead of having an empty hand (a 0):