Outside throws

3 ball basic cascade (inside throws)

3 ball reverse cascade (outside throws)

A basic 3 ball cascade is done with inside throws, where 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 that combine 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 usually done as flat fronts.

Inside-outside-patterns

4 and 5 ball inside/outside patterns by Paul Lind

World records

Full reverse world records with publicly available video evidence:

• 3 balls: 40 minutes and 20 seconds by Oscar Lindberg in 2016 (video)
• 7 balls: 90 catches by Jan Fichtner in 2006 (video)
• 8 balls: 13 catches by Luke Davies in 2015 (video) and Luca Pferdmenges in 2015 (video)
• 9 balls: 12 catches by Luke Davies in 2015 (video)

• 5 rings: 214 catches by Jp Deltell in 2016 (video)
• 7 rings: 33 catches by Pavel Evsukevich in 2011 (video)
• 8 rings: 24 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2013 (video)
• 10 rings: 10 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2001 (video)

• 6 clubs: 12 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2001 (video)
• 8 clubs: 8 catches by Nikolai Gerasimov in 2001 (video)

Records with insufficient video evidence:

• 7 balls: 110 catches by Daryl Sims in 1994 (the whole pattern isn't continuously visible in the video)

Unverified claims:

• 3 balls: 42 minutes by Zdeněk Bradáč in 2006 (claim)
• 3 balls: 44 minutes and 17 seconds by Doyen Dean in 2007 (claim)
• 3 balls: 49 minutes and 58 seconds by Michael Geddes in 2010 (claim)
• 5 balls: 7 minutes and 32 seconds by Thomas Dietz in 2004 (claim)
• 7 balls: 1 minute+ by Daryl Sims in 1994 (claim)
• 9 balls: 13 catches by Haavard Hvidsten (claim)
• 9 balls: 15 catches by Peter Bone in 2014 (claim)
• 9 balls: 25 catches by Ethan Brain in 2015 (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: 500 catches by Marco Bonisimo (claim)

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

See also

• Reversed patterns
• Flat fronts
• Slam
• Lid
• Columns