A quick update about a good practice

Before I forget, I just want to make a note of how good backcrosses felt during my practice last night. I was getting four or five or six in a row that all felt relatively steady. It is excellent progress since last time. Shuffle is starting to feel more solid, and my machine/carry variations are just beginning to leave the stage of "very shaky." My four ball shower was feeling good too, as I had several runs in which I got a good half a dozen or so tosses before losing control of it. :)

A calm practice

It was calm, but I was feeling pretty tired by the end of it. Not many people came to the skill training practice today, and that might actually have something to do with it. Although I like to focus on my own stuff, having other people there can give me a small distraction when I need to take a little break. I was feeling mentally exhausted only halfway through my normal practice routine. Back-crosses are feeling better though, which is excellent. I wonder how long it will be until I can do them reliably. I am trying to get some variations on columns, carrying one, and machine/robot. If I can, I want to work some more hip-hop style movement into a few patterns, in preparation for the show. It was a good day outside of juggling too though: I got a bunch of organization work done on my thesis. Hopefully next practice I will have a bit more energy so that I can spend more time on the challenging tricks, like five balls and shoulder tosses.