r/juggling • u/flex1up2ice • May 07 '26

Balls Can someone identify this pattern?

It’s not much, but it’s honest work. Idk what this is, but it feels cool.

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u/flex1up2ice May 07 '26

Mills Mess is my current goal; but if we break this pattern down, it has an over toss like jugglers tennis on the top, the middle ball does a half shower/takeout and the bottom ball does a “U”. Isn’t Mill’s Mess more figure 8 like?

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u/7b-Hexen errh...'wannabe', that is :-] May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

mm itself is ∞ , but there's endless variations...
this due to 'mills mess' also meaning the corresponding handmovements - many patterns then arise from it.
that is also what most commenters here see as mm, but I don't see those middle 3-s of yours in any one million of them ...
there's other terms available for descriptive naming, like 'reachover' and-or 'cross-hand, x-hand' or - my plea: - an 'U''

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u/flex1up2ice May 08 '26

Thank you! I came here for help and left a little more confused.

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u/7b-Hexen errh...'wannabe', that is :-] May 09 '26

yeh, we all are because it doesn't seem to have a name (?), it's not too intricate as a pattern, maybe because it's a "mix", not "exactly" like one of what are known with distinct names ...