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Diabolo

Diabolo is another fun circus activity, it takes hand eye coordination, (as does juggling) and as long as you stay focused (not like juggling) you can do it! Start by placing on of the sicks in

each hand,  and then place the diabolo (the colored spool like things) on the bottom of the sting that hangs from the two sticks. Start rolling the diabolo on the floor, left, then right. After you get the speed going, slowly raise the two sticks.  With your dominate hand make fast up and down movements. Your diabolo is doing to get some speed and this is when you can do some tricks! Yet another thing I haven’t mastered but I do like messing around with it. One of the easiest tricks for me to learn isn’t even a trick really. All you do is take the hand that your jerking up and down and flick  it under your other hand. (This hand should be as still as possible.)

The next thing to learn is just plain and simple, throwing the diabolo in the air. This is really easy but can look cool when you throw it up high. You do this by pulling the two sticks apart, fast! The diabolo will jump in the air and, if done right, come back down and land on the string so that you can keep it going. The faster and harder you pull the sticks apart, the higher the diabolo will go. Also if you get the diabolo going really fast it will work better. Your going to have to stay a bit more focused than you do with juggling, just don’t over think it.

Have Fun!

I of course don’t expect you to do any of these things at first, but here’s a video that might get you a little more exited about what you can do with a lot of practice!