Slapbacks

Slap is Back

Slapback tricks by Iver Tronstad

Basics of Club Slapping

3 club slapback tutorial

Slapbacks are a trick where the clubs are under-rotated so that the shell end lands in your hand, and instead of catching the shell, you slap it to make the club rotate back in the other direction and catch it on the handle. Slapbacks were first performed by Bob Dupont in the 1940s.

Turnovers are a variation of this trick where you catch a club on the shell, then make it do a quick half rotation in the normal direction and catch it again on the handle.

Video (at 1:30): 4 club turnovers

Video 3 club reverse slapbacks by Ameron Rosvall

World records

Slapback world records with publicly available video evidence:

• 4 clubs: 203 catches by Kotaro Minami in 2022 (video)
• 5 clubs: 31 catches by Iver Tronstad in 2013 (video)
• 6 clubs: 6 catches by Eivind Dragsjø in 2016 (video at 9:15)

Unverified claims:

• 3 clubs: 10 minutes by Ameron Rosvall in 2008 (claim)
• 4 clubs: 260 catches by Iver Tronstad in 2020 (claim)
• 5 clubs: 60 catches by Iver Tronstad in 2020 (claim)