Newsgroups: rec.juggling Path: news.cs.indiana.edu!chico!djward From: chico!djward (David J. Ward) Subject: (none) Message-ID: <9111242014.AA19058@chico.uccs.edu> Sender: daemon@news.cs.indiana.edu Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University Date: Sun, 24 Nov 91 13:14:14 -0700 Lines: 143 Jugglers, The following information concerns the record list in which I am compiling. If you would like to include your records in this list (sent in another posting) you must belong to a juggling club, have access to this a network in which you can mail your records from, and provide the information in which I request. Detailed information follows for the new people reding rec.juggling. First of all I would like to clarify what records I am intersted in. I already know that there are people like Gatto, Ignatov, Lucus, and others out there that have world records. Although many people who read this list are good, it is doubtfull that any could compete with these professionals. Therefore, I would like to compile a list of records that come from juggling clubs directly associated with this list. I am not interested in records that have been listed in Jugglers World, or are collected by the IJA. I am especially not interested in records collected by Guiness. The whole idea of this project is for individuals somehow connected to this newsgroup to see how they compare with others in similar situations. This record book will exist just for us. These records should be compiled for the club in which you belong and shouldn't contain your personal bests. As a general rule, records can only be set on normal club meetings. That way, someone who never misses a meeting will always have a chance to protect their records. It would be no fun to find that Fred sat at home one weekend and broke you 3 ball endurance record when you didn't have a chance to compete with him or even see him break it. Of the records submitted, some of them have been in this form: 5 ball cascade Jo Blo over 10 minutes This is incredibly uninformitive and for many situations will not do. This format makes one wonder what type of recording was done if any. Rather, I am interested in records such as: 4 ball in right hand Jill Hill 1/21/91 01:12 This information leaves no doubt as to what condition the records are in and how accurate they are. As for the type of the record keeping you do at your club, the first rule is to be organized. Following is the record sheet which our club uses. Print it out, copy it and put them in some sort of bound folder. Consider this your ticket to record breaking hall of fame. ------------REMOVE EVERYTHING ABOVE AND PRINT OUT--------------------------- Juggling Club Official Record Sheet |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Description of Feat: | | |----------------------------------------------| | | | | |______________________________________________| | | | | |______________________________________________| | | | Picture | |==============================================================| | | Signatures of |# of catches| | | Name |Recorder & Witness | or time | Date | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |------------------|-------------------|------------|----------| | |___________________| | | | | | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| ------------REMOVE EVERYTHING BELOW AND PRINT OUT--------------------------- Here are some more comments for those people involved in clubs that want to get their names in the record list. First of all, don't be discouraged. You probably never realized how long a minute was until you tried to break a record. Try breaking a record a couple of times and if you don't succeed, rest and try again later. When I decide that I want to try to break a record, the first thing I do is to decide on how many tries I'm going to give myself to complete the task. This keeps me from getting frustrated if I can't break a record that day. Usually I'll decide on anywhere from 2 to 10 tries depending on the trick. If I don't do it then I'll either try a different record or do something completely different. Record all of the records set in your club. Each club should have their typical records like the 3 ball cascade even though it isn't enough to get into this record list. Remember that this list is a compilation of all the records from all different clubs. Comparing our 3 ball record of 10 minutes to the network record list proves this point. Even though our record doesn't compare to Dan Johnsons 2 hours and 1 minute it is still significant. Our 10 minutes is respectable since even the better jugglers don't want to try for fear of getting 9 minutes and dropping. I have said this before but I want everyone to understand it so I'll mention it again. All the records should be set at normal club meetings. The records should be recorded with lots of information as given in the record sheet posting. Records set in your club that didn't beat the records in my list should be recorded for your club anyway. So.... Send me your records. Please mail them to djward@chico.uccs.edu not djward!chico cause it goes somewhere else. The latest record list (version 6) has been posted with this. _____________________________________________________________________________ David Ward Record keeper but not holder. o Colorado Springs Juggling Club o o djward@chico.uccs.edu "To be a juggler, you must juggle." ----------------------------------------------------------------------o-----o-