This is a list of juggling tricks where the objects roll across parts of the juggler's body or on other things.
Body rolling[]
- Chin rolls (video)
- Nose rolls
- Forehead rolls (video)
- Chest rolls (video)
- Head rolls (ball video, ring video at 6:30, club video)
- Pinball (video)
- Shoulder rolls (ball video, ring video, club video)
- Shoulder pads (video)
- Neck rolls (club video, ring video)
- Back rolls (video)
- Backcross rolls (ring video, club video)
- Lazy rolls (3 ring video, 4 ring video, 3 club video)
Surface rolling[]
Since gravity doesn't make the objects change direction after they are thrown, as it does in other forms of juggling, rolling objects on a horizontal surface requires other ways of making the objects return the juggler. Balls can be juggled by making them bounce off of something so that they roll back toward the juggler, by pushing them slowly enough that they don't roll out of reach, or by rolling them between multiple jugglers.(video)
Depending on the shape, angle, and rotation of the prop, different kinds of objects can travel along curved paths when rolled across a flat surface, which allows an object to roll out of reach and then return to the juggler by itself.(hoop video, club video, bowl video)
You can also juggle by rolling objects on angled surfaces(marble video, ball and ring video) or curved surfaces.(circle video, cone video, bowl video)