The Best Coordination and Independence Beat Juggle Pattern for Beginners

Beat Juggling requires excellent attention to our left and right hands and how they coordinate. All 10 root movements of beat juggling require varying degrees of hand independence. Hopefully, you will inevitably learn how to achieve hand freedom as you go. But what if we told you there is a way to fast-track this essential skill? The Fundamentals of Beat Juggling Course does precisely that. 

Root Move #4: Offset Backspin

Tutorials like the “Offset Backspin” (Root Movement #4) will help you strengthen the relationship between both hands, how they work together, and how they work independently.

The independence exercises in this tutorial suit both beginners and experienced beat jugglers alike. Beginner jugglers usually struggle with level 2 (performing a baby scratch at the “and of one” while simultaneously backspinning the opposite turntable to restart the pattern). 

Experienced jugglers typically find level 4 (having enough speed to land two kickfills at the top of the pattern and sound clean) challenging. Failure to go beyond level 1, the core “offset backspin” hand choreography, will cause a plateau as a beat juggler. To avoid this, learn these skills and implement them in the future.

What You Will Learn

The “offset backspin” (root move #4) is the most efficient hand independence builder tutorial. You will find exercises that get you to perform different tasks with each hand on the record simultaneously. You will also practice hand explosion. These concepts will be applied when starting the pattern from the left turntable and the right.

To stream the lesson, please visit the Fundamentals of Beat Juggling course and watch the Offset Backspin tutorial.

Final Note

Always remember that every student is different. Everyone learns at a different pace and puts a different amount of practice into their learning. As a result, it is difficult to measure how long it will take you to master every level of the “Offset Backspin.” So pace yourself and ensure you’re allowing the number of practice hours you need to complete this tutorial.