In Part 1 of this series, we looked at very early bounce jugglers, who used both the floor and a wall to do angled bouncing. We also examined Rudy Horn’s bouncing of seven balls off an angled drum and the innovative use of a bounce triangle by Michael Moschen and those who copied him. In Part 2, we examined drum set ball bouncing, Greg Kennedy’s work with a V-shaped apparatus, and those who have taken that V-shape arrangement beyond what Greg initially did.
A newer trend is to do angled ball bouncing in multiple planes and directions or using a variety of angled surfaces. The following videos show some more innovations by various jugglers.
The Gandinis famously bounce juggled in a cube.
Stijn Grupping demonstrates some bounce juggling with two walls and a floor.
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Dirk Van Boxelaere and Fien Van Herwegen, AKA D’irque & Fien
Emile Carey included some “under bouncing” in his famous act.
The unnamed juggler below shows some wonderful work with four angled surfaces located below a central platform.
JP Deltell demonstrates some interesting wall bouncing in the following video.
Jorge Petit bounces balls off of a weirdly shaped set piece with many possibilities and variations.
Arron Sparks and friends created many interesting patterns with angled surfaces.
Mark Williams and Paul Klaassen explored bouncing off some curved surfaces with great success.
Some of the most complex angled bounce juggling has been done by Stijn Grupping, as you can see in the following videos.
Luke Burrage raised an angled surface up for the following routine.
As you can see, there are many options available to ball bounce jugglers than just a hard floor surface. After all, even the first ball bounce act didn’t limit itself to just floor bouncing, so we shouldn’t feel the need to do so.
David Cain
David Cain is a professional juggler, juggling historian, and the owner of the world's only juggling museum, the Museum of Juggling History. He is a Guinness world record holder and 16 time IJA gold medalist. In addition to his juggling pursuits, David is a successful composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer as well as the author of twenty-six books. He and his children live in Middletown, OH (USA).