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Ball Pen Tricks

Perform tricks with a ball pen to relieve boredom, impress people or improve dexterity. The following tricks are a form of contact juggling, meaning the pen stays in contact with your body the entire time. Make these tricks easier to learn by practicing with an unsharpened wooden pencil. The greater length makes the pencil easier to manipulate.

Exercise
- Exercise your hands before performing these tricks. Begin with your hand in a fist. Open the hand as wide as you can and flex the fingers. Do this a few times with both hands.
Thumb Around
- Hold the pen between the middle finger and thumb, keeping the index finger out of the way. Push forward with your middle finger to spin the pen around your thumb, and catch it in the same position you started in.
23 Charge
- Position the pen between the ring and middle fingers while holding the end with the thumb. Push the middle finger forward as you move the ring finger backward. This applies pressure on the pen. Release the end of the pen with your thumb, allowing the pen to do a full spin.
23-12 Sonic
- Hold the pen between the ring and middle fingers, holding the end with your thumb. Apply pressure on the pen by pushing the middle finger forward and the ring finger backward. Release the end of the pen with your thumb. As the pen gets halfway around its full spin, pinch the index finger and ring finger together as you push the middle finger forward. This causes the pen to jump from between the ring and middle fingers to between the index and middle fingers.

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