- For the columns pattern known as "spreads" or "splits", see Columns.
A split is a multiplex throw where some of the objects are thrown to the right hand, and some to the left hand. In the simplest case, a duplex split, two objects are thrown from one hand and split apart in the air so that one object lands in each hand.
Any split throw involving more than two objects contains at least one stack. A triplex where one object is caught in one hand and two are caught in the other hand is a split multiplex, but the two objects that are caught in the same hand are "stacked". In an "inside" split triplex, one object is thrown across to the other hand and the other two are thrown as a self stack, and in an "outside" split triplex, one object is thrown as a self throw and the other two are thrown as a crossing stack.
Any odd number of objects can be juggled in a multiplex pattern by throwing duplex splits with the right and left hands alternately at a constant height.
5 ball duplex splits Siteswap: [32T] or [54][22]2 or ([44x],2)* |
7 ball duplex splits Siteswap: [43] or ([66x],2)* |
7 ball triplex splits Siteswap: [32T2T] or [544][222]2 or ([444x],2)* |
8 ball duplex splits Siteswap: ([44x],[44x]) |
8 ball triplex splits Siteswap: [332T] or [554][222][22] or ([44x4x],[22])* |
9 ball duplex splits Siteswap: [54] or ([88x],2)* |
9 ball 4-plex splits Siteswap: [32T2T2T] or [5444][2222]2 or ([4444x],2)* |
10 ball triplex splits Siteswap: [433] or ([66x6x],2)* |
10 ball 4-plex splits Siteswap: [332T2T] or [5544][2222][22] or ([444x4x],[22])* |