{"id":4458,"date":"2025-01-06T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:54:25","slug":"teaching-juggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/teaching-juggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Juggling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve done a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/scotnery.com\/learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teaching juggling<\/a>. Someone asked on facebook about teaching a group of 7yos. Here&#8217;s my answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main focus with teaching is to reduce anxiety so that students can access their bodies. Make sure that everything they do is a success. You could teach a class with juggling knives, depending on how you teach it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people try to teach by getting very cognitive and telling where to place feet and arm position and stuff. 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