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This article is about the solo pattern. For the passing pattern, see 2-count.
51
51 200
3 ball shower

Capacity

3

Period

2

Full period

6

Orbits

1

Composition

Prime

States

(Excited state)
1101 - (5)
10101 - (1)

Ladder diagram

51

Stack notation

31

Dual

Self-dual

 

71
71 200
4 ball shower

Capacity

4

Period

2

Full period

8

Orbits

1

Composition

Prime

States

(Excited state)
110101 - (7)
1010101 - (1)

Ladder diagram

71

Stack notation

41

Dual

Self-dual

 

91
91 200
5 ball shower

Capacity

5

Period

2

Full period

10

Orbits

1

Composition

Prime

States

(Excited state)
11010101 - (9)
101010101 - (1)

Ladder diagram

91

Stack notation

51

Dual

Self-dual

  In the shower pattern, one hand does all the throwing, and the other hand does all the catching. The throwing hand throws objects across to the catching hand, and the catching hand passes the objects back over to the throwing hand.

A shower can be represented in siteswap notation by either an odd number followed by 1 (e.g. 51, 71, 91), or an even number with an "x" followed by a 2x in synchronous notation (e.g. (4x,2x), (6x,2x), (8x,2x)). Either way, the two numbers in the siteswap should add up to twice the number of objects in the pattern.

Animation: Three ways to transition from a 5 ball cascade to a shower and back
Animation: Transition from (6x,4)* to a shower and back
5 ball shower 3 up 360 animation
5 ball shower 4 up 360 animation
5 ball shower 5 up 360 animation

World records[]

Shower world records with publicly available video evidence (only the high throws are counted):

Unverified claims:

  • 5 ball shower: 15 minutes+ by a Tongan girl in 1773 (claim)
  • 9 ball shower: 9 catches by Dave Leahy (claim)

Hiko and Nagedama[]

Juggling in the shower pattern is a traditional activity in the Pacific Islands, most notably in Tonga, where juggling fruits or nuts is part of a traditional game for girls called Hiko. Showering 5 or 6 objects used to be commonplace among Tongan women. There is video of a Tongan woman juggling 7, and there have been reports of Tongan and other Polynesian jugglers showering up to 10 objects.

Until the mid-20th century, there was also a traditional game for girls in Japan that involved juggling in the shower pattern, sometimes with up to 4 or 5 beanbags. This activity is called Nagedama, which was one version of the game Otedama.

Siteswap exercises[]

You can use these exercises to practice the same kinds of throws that are done in shower patterns, before you learn the full pattern.

Some of the siteswaps listed below are shortened to leave out parts where you’re not doing anything. Click on them to see animations of the exercises.

You should practice doing these starting with your right hand and with your left hand, so that you will be able to do the pattern on either side.

3 ball shower:

Prerequisites: 3 ball cascade

Exercises to prepare for 51:

4 ball shower:

Prerequisites: 4 ball fountain, 3 ball shower

Exercises to prepare for 71:

5 ball shower:

Prerequisites: 5 ball cascade, 4 ball shower

Exercises to prepare for 91:

Variations[]

Shower_pattern_juggling_tutorial

Shower pattern juggling tutorial

Shower tutorial

3ball_showers

3ball showers

3 ball shower variations

I_love_shower

I love shower

5 and 6 ball shower variations

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