Chopabout

The Chopabout is similar to the Roundabout, but the (as the names says) chops are involved ;) You should be able to do the roundabout first, before trying this pattern.

Here is what to do when the pattern is running and you start at the same position in the patterns as in the Roundabout when person A and C each had two clubs and A normally walks in front of C to do a 'fast'.

In the Chopabout, A still faces C, hand their right hand club to C. Person A then does a hand-across and faces B.

B at this point already throw a 'half chop', i.e., a chop that the person in the middle can catch roughly at head height. Person A at the same time holds the club in the right hand at the bulbd of the club behind him, so that C can just take it. B now throws a 'pelf', A does a hand-across, takes the 'pelf' and hands a clubs back to A's left hand.

Now, A turns around and C already threw the next 'pass' as a half-chop. This time A hands the other clubs to B. A turns around one more time, steals another 'pelf' from B, keeps rotating anti-clockwise and steps next to B.

At this time B steps into the pattern and the pattern continues.

When starting the pattern, two people just do 4-count and whenever the person in the middle gives a sign, the person facing the one in the middle start the pattern by throwing the next normal pass as a half-chop.

The three positions do the following (positions taken from the above description:

Juggler A:

• (just walking into the middle)
• hands a club to left hand of the person they were standing next to (C)
• faces A, catches a half-chop and hands a club behind him to C
• hand-across extra club from left hand to right hand
• does an exchange with B after a 'pelf'
• turns anti-clockwise
• catches another half-chop and hands the club behind him to B
• turns anti-clockwise
• takes a 'pelf' from B and steps outside
• puts one club (holding it at the bulb) at their hip which B takes

Juggler B:

• after A gave a clubs to C, throws a half-chop
• throws a 'pelf'
• takes a club that A is holding behind him
• throws another 'pelf'
• takes the club at the hip from A

Juggler C:

• takes a club from A (when A is walking in)
• takes another club from A (which A is holding behind them)
• throws a half-chop
• starts passing to A, who now steps out of the middle

Similar patterns - Roundabout - Dropabout

More complex patterns with more people: - Scrambled B on Toast