A basic 3 ball cascade is done with inside throws - 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 with a combination of 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 normally done with the props turned sideways (flat fronts).

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World recordsEdit

Full reverse world records with publicly available video evidence:

• 7 balls: 90 catches by Jan Fichtner in 2006 (video)
• 9 balls: 11 catches by Pavel Evsukevich in 2011 (video)

• 7 rings: 33 catches by Pavel Evsukevich in 2011 (video)
• 8 rings: 20 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2008 (video)
• 10 rings: 10 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2008 (video)

• 6 clubs: 9 catches by Thomas Dietz in 2004 (video at 6:31)

Unverified claims:

• 3 balls: 49 minutes and 58 seconds by Michael Geddes in 2010 (claim)
• 5 balls: 7 minutes and 30 seconds by Robin Lövgren in 2009 (claim)

• 3 rings: 1 hour and 7 minutes by Ameron Rosvall in 2008 (claim)
• 4 rings: 11 minutes and 20 seconds by Ameron Rosvall in 2008 (claim)
• 5 rings: 60 catches by Alvaro Palominos in 2009 (claim)

• 3 clubs: 31 minutes and 17 seconds by Michael Geddes in 2011 (claim)