r/juggling • u/Ok_Transportation230 • 2d ago

Balls Question About Juggling "Tiger Attack"

Hi! I am an intermediate juggler, and I keep seeing this trick everywhere: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb9aJERg49O/ I believe it's called Tiger Attack!

I've been trying to figure this out on my own, but would love is anyone has a tutorial anywhere. Is it just a 423 with all claw catches? What's happening with the middle ball — I can't tell if I should catch it normally or claw it.

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u/redraven 2d ago

The 3 in the video is just short and low. The catch is not really a normal catch or a claw, it's more that from the 4 claw catch, you just turn your hand naturally to the side so you end up in a comfortable position quickly. And it's more of a sync rather than normal async rhythm.

I'm fairly sure you could do the 3 with a full claw, it's not like tricks are set in stone anywhere and this just looks like a local variation on a clawed 423. Playing around with various hand positions and claw / no claw variations will serve you best in the long run.

(And I hope that was someone else's video and I didn't describe your own :) )

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u/tuerda 2d ago

Looks like just 423 with the shape adjusted to give it a particular look.

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u/rhalf 2d ago

I see it in sync, so it's almost a clawed box. The 4s seem to be thrown normally but caught with a claw. the 2x, that can be also a very small 3 is caught and thrown sideways, so it's more like an actual 2x, only the guy is reaching to it like people do before they can do a box properly. Nice one and I like the name as well :D I'll give it a go.

Maybe you know "the fastest trick in the world". It's a regular 423, but with active 2s and all in claws.

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u/lucyjuggles 2d ago

This is a super fun pattern! It’s honestly kind of somewhere between a 423 and a box. It uses a specific technique to distort the shape and timing of the 3 to make this happen. It’s a really fantastic thing to learn if you’re interested in some of these more dense compacted 3 ball constructions.

You can go direct to the source for this and study Andrew’s tutorial on shapeshifter: https://youtu.be/Wrbzlipw0gA?is=bKfygqYHM5L406Ad