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How Juggling Works
BY JONATHAN STRICKLAND
Juggling Physics
Airflite juggling clubs
Airflite juggling clubs
©2007 HOWSTUFFWORKS
The physics of juggling involves parabolic arcs, speed, velocity, acceleration, air resistance and the force of gravity. With clubs and similar props, you can observe the center of gravity. While jugglers tend to rely on instinct to tell them how hard and high to throw a prop, it's the physics behind it that really determines what works and what doesn't.
The most important force for jugglers is gravity. Without gravity, juggling would be impossible. Apart from the fact that the juggler would be floating lifeless in the cold emptiness of space without gravity, he would also lose all his props once he threw them (though that would help propel him in the opposite direction). Gravity makes juggling possible, but it also limits what jugglers can realistically accomplish.