Roundabout

The Roundabout is a 3 person pattern where two people are passing (say person A and B) in a 4 count and the third person (C) is standing in the middle between them with one extra club.

In a single rotation of the pattern, the person in the middle (C) swaps with one of the outside person (say A).

The beginning of the pattern is slightly different then when you are running the pattern. In the following we describe how to start the pattern and then end with how it works while the pattern is running.

To start the patterns, C steals a pass from B with their left hand, hands the extra club they are holding in their right hand to A and does a hand-across of the new club from the left to right hand. Person A then immediately throws a 'pelf' (a combination of a self and a pass, i.e., a non-spinning self) from their right hand. Person C also steals this club and, turning clockwise, steps next to A. While spinning, C start holding the club in their right hand at the bulb at hip height. Person A does another pass to B, throws a left-to-right self and takes the club at the hip from C.

Now, we are almost done one rotation of the pattern. However, this is where things are a slightly different than when starting as above. A and C both of two clubs and B has three (whereas when we start the distribution is 3/3/1). Person A now steps in front of C and does what we call a 'fast' here in Berkeley, i.e., an extra exchange of clubs with C. To do this, A flips both clubs over, hands the right club to C's left hand who is forced in throwing a self. At this point A does a hand-across, C then throughs a pass from their right hand before catching the self. Person A intercepts the pass right away and carries this club over and gives it to B. This clubs is the same as the first steal in the above description, so B immediately throws the self, etc.

Simpler version of this: - California cool

More complex patterns with 3 people: - Dropabout - Chopabout

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