Any place is a good place, as long as you start somewhere.

Wooden cups won't take the beating of a metal one, so don't expect to get any hard core busking use out of them, but they'll do nicely for a more elegant dining table routine.

Any cups that stack well, have adequate "attic" space between cups, and have a comfortable size and weight, will work. For some, Dixie cups work. For others, mega heavy hunks of copper are the way to go.

For me, heavier balls are easier than light ones as they don't "dance" out of your hands or off your table when you're trying to use them. I'd use a size of ball where your cup fits over three of them with just a little room to spare. For me, bigger is easier as I don't have to "clinch" my hand to hide one of them. A 1 1/4" ball allows me to finger palm it and still keep my hand relatively open. Of course, that also means I'm one of the mega heavy copper cup users too. It sort of goes with the territory. Here's a pic of five of my cup sets. They all work well, but for different purposes. The largest can take a softball load, the smallest, a golf ball.

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Hi tannerjade, I have to say that pat page has a very practcal impromptu cups and ball routine on one of his videos. I don't remember the name,but it should be easy to find. perform anywhere with any cups and he uses balled up paper money for the balls. there is also a one cup 3 ball routine that is fantastic by a magician named terry guyatt. not sure about the spelling. this is also a no nonsense direct and smart routine. I learned it from a video years ago(again,don't recall the name). don't know if there is a text, but I have used it over the past 6 or 7(i am not full time) years with great fun and reception. if you can track these two routines down I think you will be inspired to make them your own as they are both excellent real world geared routines. joey

Material from Al Schneider is also very good. He sells a routine with all moves very well explained. You can buy a CD with a pdf and a CD with movie clips. He also has a nice bundle with his Zombie routine that I bought recently. You can find it at: http://www.worldmagiccenter.com
steven

Wow, thanks so VERY much for all the help guys, it is unbelievably helpful!

Thanks!

Magically,

Tanner J