5c not-why
Patterns to do Before This One
(just as in 5c Why-Not)
This is a good pattern to practise heffs in the beginning.
The more stable these things are the more they will make it easier for you to learn the pattern - but heffs in passing patterns combine them with passes, often making them fly more to the front than intended, so a stable 4 club fountain alone won't let you immediately do these passing patterns.
solo:
- stable 3 club cascade
- 423
- 441
- "practicing 4 clubs" - i.e. you are at at least trying to learn 4 clubs with doubles and are getting some catches
passing with selfs and passes:
- At least 5 club 1-count
- Probably n-count series.
Prelimnary exercises (thrown once as a trick in a different pattern):
- throw 441 (heff, heff, zip) into a 4-count or 5-count pattern instead of 3 selfs
- throw 42 (heff, flip) into a 3-count or 4-count pattern (the flip can be skipped for a hold)
- in 5-count, 4-count or 3-count, steal the pattern by throwing repeated heffs like a solo 4 club pattern for 4-5 throws
Companion Pattern
5-club Why-Not - this is of similar difficulty. It's good to practice both patterns. The 5-club Why-Not is probably the more common pattern than its "not-why"-brother.
The sequence one person has in 5c-Why-Not was "P S Z H Z" (see on its wiki page), and here it is "P H Z Z S" (see below). So it's quite similar, just mixed up!
Pattern
Sequence: A starts and has straight passes, B has crossing passes.
A 1|2: P H z z S B 0|2: z S P H z
P=pass
z=zip
H=heff
B can start one beat later, which will maybe feel more intuitive. Then they have one club in each hand in the beginning and react on the incoming pass doing the self.
