“Juggling is a Snap!” Website Unveiled @ http://www.jugglingisasnap.org/

ARDMORE, PA, USA – 1/8/07 – A veteran juggler has created a website to teach juggling skills using cutting-edge sport psychology. “Juggling is a Snap” (http://www.jugglingisasnap.org/) draws on the experience of expert jugglers and the research of leading sport psychologists from around the world.

“Anybody can learn juggling skills – or any skill, for that matter – using these new techniques,” said website creator Joseph T. Havlick, a Ph.D. candidate in sport psychology who has been juggling and teaching juggling for 35 years. The website is part of Havlick’s dissertation research at Temple University.

“Juggling is a Snap” (http://www.jugglingisasnap.org/) has many features designed to promote learning and curtail anxiety in the absolute beginner. It identifies and methodically takes the participant through 8 steps of learning to juggle. For example, participants learn to organize their juggling using only one bean bag, which is easier to control than three. A snap of the finger takes the place of a catch for the other two bean bags while the learner gets up to speed. People who sign up for the website will take a sport psychology pretest, followed by the instruction, a sport psychology post-test, and some qualitative questions. Participants learn at their own pace. They can log off and return to the same point when they log back on. Verbal explanations and videos accurately portray the skills in the process. Audio rhythms accompany instructive animations. Sport psychology is taught and referenced liberally throughout the program to enhance skill acquisition. The finger-snapping method is an original and recent outgrowth of the findings of a group of Dutch motor behavior scientists focusing on juggling. It helps create time in the juggling pattern. After completing the program, participants may enter a sweepstakes to win equipment from Dube (http://www.dube.com/), a leading juggling equipment firm.

Early participants – including a select audience of jugglers and sport psychologists – have called the website “great” and “fun.” Here are other testimonials:

http://www.jugglingisasnap.org/testimonials.htm

The site can be found through many Internet search engines, including www.google.com and www.yahoo.com. To experience “Juggling is a Snap!,” visit http://www.jugglingisasnap.org/.

CONTACT: Joseph T. Havlick, jhavlick@temple.edu