1. PASSAGE OF A BALL THROUGH THE KNEE
With Solid Balls Only
Two balls are required: one held openly between the thumb and fingers of the right hand, the other in the regular palm in the same hand. Show the left hand empty, take the visible ball with the left thumb and fingers, and, making a turn to the right, execute the change over palm with the concealed ball.
Show the right hand empty and repeat the change over palm in turning again to the left, thus bringing the balls back to their original positions in the right hand. Take the visible ball between the tips of the thumb and fingers of the left hand and place the hands, one on each side of the right knee, the backs of the hands to the front. Make a motion of throwing the ball from the left hand through the knee and tap the ball on its side. Repeat the action, quickly palming the ball by bending the fingers upwards, and a moment later produce the ball in the right hand by letting it roll into view at the tips of the fingers.
Place both knees together and, by reversing the movements, pass the ball from the right hand through the knees into the left hand. Finally show the right hand, holding the visible ball only; take the ball with the left hand, executing the change over palm with the duplicate ball, and show all parts of that hand.
With Two Balls and a Shell
In this method you have a ball covered with a shell in the right hand and a single ball in the left. Hold the balls in each hand between the forefinger and thumb on each side of the knees. Make a throwing motion with the left hand and palm the ball in that hand in the regular palm; at the same moment lift the ball from the shell with the right second finger to show, apparently, two balls in that hand.
Repeat the movements in reverse fashion by pulling the ball back into the shell with the right middle finger and allowing the ball in the left hand to roll to the fingertips again, showing one ball in each hand. This is another easy but effective move that performers very often ruin by overdoing it.
Through the Knee and Leg Downwards
This trick is done while seated. Place a chair well down and on the right of the platform and seat yourself well forward, with the knees about a foot apart.
Show the ball between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, in position for the French drop sleight. First actually take the ball in the left hand and show it. Replace it in the right hand and show the left hand empty. Take it again with the left hand; but this time execute the sleight and raise the left hand, closed and puffed out as if it held the ball. Crumble the fingers together a trifle; then strike the fist sharply down on the left knee, opening the fingers at the last moment as if to force the ball into the knee. Lower the right hand at once, but not hurriedly, to the left ankle; nip the lower front edge of the bottom of the trouser leg between the thumb on the outside and the fingers inside; let the ball fall to the fingertips and push it up inside the trousers leg as you turn the hand over toward the front. Retain the ball inside the cloth by the part pinched between the thumb and fingers. Move the left hand down; show it empty; and with it turn back the bottom of the trousers leg, letting the ball drop out into the hand.
When this trick is neatly performed, the effect is that the right hand is used merely to turn back the cuff of the trousers to enable the left hand to take the ball out more easily. The trick is well worth the practice necessary to do it perfectly.
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