Juggling: From Start to Star »

Dave, Dorothy, and Ben are father, daughter, and son in the famous juggling Finnigan family. All are amazingly talented at juggling, and all have performed their craft before audiences throughout the country.

Dave Finnigan is the former education director of the International Jugglers Association (IJA) and was the first-ever recipient of the IJA's Excellence in Education Award. He is also the author of The Complete Juggler and The Joy of Juggling, and a prolific showman and highly respected instructor. Since 1976 he has visited more than 2,000 schools and taught more than a million people in 41 states and 12 countries to juggle. Dave is well known for incorporating a variety of teaching styles and uses those techniques to help children learn, while at the same time encouraging a positive self-image.

Dorothy Finnigan, at age 16, is one of the most accomplished female jugglers in the United States. She has personally taught thousands of children and adults to juggle in her travels. She was also the winner of the Most Promising Woman Award from the IJA in 1997 and in Montreal in 2000 was the first female ever to receive a medal in the IJA junior competition.

Ben Finnigan, age 12, is also an up-and-coming star in the world of juggling. Ben claims to be as good a juggle at 12 as his father was at 36, or is at 59. Although he is a member of a juggling family, Ben always reminds everyone that he is “just a regular kid” and living proof that anyone, young or old, can learn to juggle with the right instruction.

Have you always wanted to juggle but never thought you could learn how? Now you can with Juggling and the help of the famous Finnigan family. Dave, Dorothy, and Ben explain and demonstrate their techniques and secret tricks to develop juggling ability.

The most fun and instructive guide to be published on the topic, Juggling progresses from basic skills for newcomers to more advanced techniques for experienced jugglers. Specifically, the book will help you learn these skills:

• Scarf juggling
• Three-ball juggling
• Four- and Five-ball juggling
• Ring juggling
• Club juggling
• Devil sticks
• Diabolos
• Plate spinning
• Ball spinning
• Box spinning
• Hat spinning

More than 250 photos show the proper techniques, individual and partner juggling, and fun-filled juggling games. You'll soon be performing skills you never thought were possible.

Juggling provides you with the extensive juggling knowledge of the Finnigan family, who has traveled worldwide teaching juggling to more than one million people. Now, with the help of Juggling, you can learn all the tricks of the trade in the comfort of your own home-and soon be entertaining friends and family with your amazing new talent.

About the Authors:

Dave, Dorothy, and Ben are father, daughter, and son in the famous juggling Finnigan family. All are amazingly talented at juggling, and all have performed their craft before audiences throughout the country.

Dave Finnigan is the former education director of the International Jugglers Association (IJA) and was the first-ever recipient of the IJA's Excellence in Education Award. He is also the author of The Complete Juggler and The Joy of Juggling, and a prolific showman and highly respected instructor. Since 1976 he has visited more than 2,000 schools and taught more than a million people in 41 states and 12 countries to juggle. Dave is well known for incorporating a variety of teaching styles and uses those techniques to help children learn, while at the same time encouraging a positive self-image.

Dorothy Finnigan, at age 16, is one of the most accomplished female jugglers in the United States. She has personally taught thousands of children and adults to juggle in her travels. She was also the winner of the Most Promising Woman Award from the IJA in 1997 and in Montreal in 2000 was the first female ever to receive a medal in the IJA junior competition.

Ben Finnigan, age 12, is also an up-and-coming star in the world of juggling. Ben claims to be as good a juggler at 12 as his father was at 36, or is at 59. Although he is a member of a juggling family, Ben always reminds everyone that he is "just a regular kid" and living proof that anyone, young or old, can learn to juggle with the right instruction.