1. Siteswap Notation Trivia
Lao Alovus

2. Don’t Drop the Ball! 100 200 300 400 Just the Basics Changing patterns
What’s in a number?
Handy!
Beyond the Basics
100
200
300
400

3. What can make a pattern feel rushed?
High throws thrown too low
Low throws thrown too high
Neither
Both
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4. In basic siteswap notation two throws are sometimes caught at the same time just not in the same hand.
True
False
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5. How is a 16 shown in basic siteswap notation?
(16) G
1/16 F 16
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6. What two things do you know about a single number in a siteswap pattern?
If it is thrown with balls or clubs or rings & if it crosses or not
If it is thrown with your right or left hand & relatively how high it is thrown
Relatively how high it is thrown & if it crosses or not
None of the above
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7. What happens after you finish a siteswap pattern?
You keep repeating it
You change to another pattern
You go back to the base pattern
(ex: 3 ball cascade)
Any of the above
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8. What happens if you add a 4 to the end of the pattern 5551?
It becomes two sided
It becomes one sided
Nothing
That’s impossible
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9. What happens if you add a 3 to the end of the pattern 522?
It becomes two sided
It becomes one sided
Nothing
That’s impossible
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10. What happens if you add a 3 to the end of the pattern 7531?
It becomes two sided
It becomes one sided
Nothing
That’s impossible
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11. The siteswap pattern 55140 has 5 ________?
Periods
Objects
Different throw heights
All of the above
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12. The siteswap pattern 46131 has 4 ________?
Periods
Objects
Different throw heights
All of the above
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13. What makes 2’s especially unusual in siteswap notation?
They can be…
stalled or caught
bounced or thrown
caught or held
held or thrown
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14. What is one difference between a 5 and a 7?
The 7 is about two feet higher
The 7 takes two beats longer to come down
One is a crossing throw, the other is a column
The 5 is used in 5 ball patterns, the 7 in 7 ball patterns
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15. Hands are required to perform siteswap patterns.
True
False
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16. How do you know if your right or left hand to supposed to make a throw?
It doesn’t matter, throws can be done with either hand
Even numbers are right hand throws, odd numbers are left hand throws
You always start with your dominate hand and then alternate hands
Patterns always alternate hands, it doesn’t matter which starts
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17. Which of the following patterns only requires one hand to perform?
111111
3333 80
None of the above
All of the above
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18. Which of these 3 object patterns requires two throws in a row from the same hand?
45141
45501
66111
73131
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19. All ball juggling patterns can be shown using siteswap notation.
True
False
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20. Chocolate Multiplex Vanilla Synchronous
Siteswap patterns where throws alternate hands and only one object is thrown at a time is called_______.
Chocolate
Multiplex
Vanilla
Synchronous
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21. Chocolate Multiplex Vanilla Synchronous
Siteswap patterns where multiple throws can be made at the same time from the same hand is called_________.
Chocolate
Multiplex
Vanilla
Synchronous
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22. Chocolate Multiplex Vanilla Synchronous
Siteswap notation where throws can be made at the same time from different hands is called_________.
Chocolate
Multiplex
Vanilla
Synchronous
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