Dear all,

first question is John Rogers still among us ? (if so where may I contact him, if not ouijah board works? ).

I ve been playing with his Walrus 3 balls routine, that involves sl**ving in a horseshoe street setting and keep having people on the side catching me on the sleeving. I m not Rocco with his great misdirection but I m wondering if the routine is actual not more meant for stage with better angle ?

thoughts ? advices ?
thanks

I saw John perform the routine several times at conventions, in a parlor-style setting. The audience was in front of him, but there were spectators to the side, and we never saw sleeving.

Thanks for sharing that piece of live information.
I m sure I don t reach him to the ankle but I cant figure out how to do it naturally for the ball not to be seen from a side angle.

I recommend watching the DVD again (a few times) and focus on the part where John teaches sleeving. The when and the how work in unison and as part of a natural gesture rarely gets noticed.

I also recommend wearing your sleeves slightly longer (maybe 1/2 to a full inch past the wrist) will help. Cupping the ball with the first and pinky slightly raised and the thumb held close will help hide the ball as it rolls off the second and third fingers.

sleeving is a lot like thumbtip work. You know what you are doing so you broadcast guilt. You gotta do it enough to not think about it and just do it. AND assume someone catches a glimpse of the action every time you do it. Just carry on as if they didn't see a thing.

I've performed this Rogers routine pretty much surrounded on the street and no one ever shouted out that they saw the sleeving action. Even if they did most don't know what they are seeing forget it as I move on to another routine. I found that going back to using a net and two spectators plays bigger, involves the spectators, and helps hide any slight I might use. John's is an elegant routine and is fun to do.

I don't know if John is still with us or not. He closed his website and business in 2016. I've log ago lost his email address.