Russian ball. Different types of Russian juggling balls

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There is wide range of juggling balls, but Russian ball are differ a lot from normal juggling balls, also due to the fact that they are partially filled comparing to solid balls.

Biggest difference in russian ball is that when partially filled, centre of the gravity is lower and it is easier to balance, juggle and catch the ball. Russian ball called because of famous Russian jugglers, who made this type of the ball world known and popular.

One of the well known juggling teachers is teacher from Kiev National Circus academy - Yuriy Pozdnyakov, his students are world famous jugglers making great impact on juggling community around the world. One of his students Grigory Lovygin, A.Koblikov and many others. If we will look back in the past, Russian ball is actually well known already in 1800s, this type of ball was used for balancing and juggling by number of jugglers, most of them in their act used balancing tricks where half filled ball would make this trick way easier during balancing or tossing.

There is still disputes going around if Enrico Rastelli used Russian balls during his performance.

Lot’s of variations are used for juggling balls, one of them is soft russian ball, however we consider that Russian ball is a hard type juggling ball. There is few impact factors to consider when buying Russian balls, one of them is a filling of the russian ball juggling, there is high density and low density fillings, different materials used for fillings of the russian ball, here is few of them: liquid silicone, micro glass bids, chromite sand. It is better to use low friction material for the best effect, one of the most suggested materials is chromite sand, but other materials work well depending on your routine and preferences.

Another factor to consider is ball shells here is few types of shells used in russian balls: PVC, TPU,EVA, HDPE.

At Red Circle Shop you can purchase different types of ball, one of the best is Radfactor balls, called premium Radfactor Russian balls.

Another factors such as grip and weight are personal preference. Usual weight of russian balls juggling is around 100gr. from 95 to 150gr. per ball.

Russian balls are great choice, they are durable, lower price balls and great choice for students, beginners and professional jugglers.

Red Circle Shop offers high quality, affordable prices and great choice of Russian balls and also other types of circus props. If qualified, circus schools and groups, amateur groups, novice artists and artists in need can receive great deals by Red circle shop.