3 ball reverse cascade (outside throws) |
3 ball basic cascade (inside throws) |
A basic 3 ball cascade is done with inside throws, where the balls are thrown on the inside of the pattern and caught on the outside. Each throw goes underneath the incoming ball.
In a cascade done with outside throws, the balls are thrown on the outside of the pattern and caught on the inside. Each throw goes over the top of the incoming ball. This pattern is called a reverse cascade or a full reverse, because this is what a video of a normal cascade looks like if you play it in reverse.
4 ball asynch reverse fountain |
4 ball synch reverse fountain |
5 ball reverse cascade |
A pattern where one hand does outside throws and the other does inside throws is called a halfshower.
3 ball halfshower |
4 ball synch halfshower |
4 ball asynch halfshower |
Other patterns that combine inside and outside throws include tennis (a basic cascade with an outside throw every third throw) and reverse tennis (a reverse cascade with an inside throw every third throw).
3 ball tennis |
3 ball reverse tennis |
5 ball tennis |
Outside throws with rings and clubs are usually done as flat fronts.
World records[]
Full reverse world records with publicly available video evidence:
- 3 ball reverse: 2 hours, 29 minutes, and 17 seconds by Jake Saye in 2018 (video)
- 4 ball reverse: 44 minutes and 49 seconds by Max Kuschmierz in 2020 (video)
- 5 ball reverse: 10 minutes and 28 seconds by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
- 6 ball reverse: 1 minute and 28 seconds by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2024 (video)
- 7 ball reverse: 216 catches by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
- 8 ball reverse: 72 catches by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
- 9 ball reverse: 23 catches by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
- 10 ball reverse: 10 catches by Enzo Nicolas Aguero in 2023 (video)
- 3 ring reverse: 1 hour, 53 minutes and 11 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2018 (video)
- 4 ring reverse: 19 minutes and 26 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2020 (video)
- 5 ring reverse: 4 minutes and 9 seconds by Alexander Kulakov in 2021 (video)
- 7 ring reverse: 51 catches by Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2021 (video)
- 8 ring reverse: 24 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2013 (video)
- 9 ring reverse: 9 catches by Caio Stevanovich in 2022 (video)
- 10 ring reverse: 10 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2001 (video)
- 3 club reverse: 34 minutes and 35 seconds by Alexandr Inozemtzev in 2021 (video)
- 4 club reverse: 5 minutes and 30 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2020 (video)
- 6 club reverse: 18 catches by Moritz Rosner in 2023 (video)
- 8 club reverse: 8 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2001 (video)
Unverified claims:
- 7 ball reverse: 1 minute+ by Daryl Sims in 1994 (claim)
- 4 club reverse: 7 minutes and 3 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2022 (claim)
- 5 club reverse: 61 catches by Jan Poolen in 2020 (claim)
- 8 club reverse: 8 catches by Moritz Rosner in 2023 (claim)