Diabolo

Diabolo ( clutter from the ancient Greek διαβάλλειν / διαβάλλω ( diabállein / diaballo ), throw over / I throw over ) is a gaming device, which allows you to juggle.

Description

It consists of a usually made ​​of plastic, rubber or wood, more rarely also made ​​of metal or even glass -made double cone or double - hemispherical shells ( opening outwards), which is connected in the middle with a metal or wooden axle. The pellet is set to a rope which is secured at its ends to two hand poles. By moving the rope the pellet is set in rotation about its longitudinal axis. Due to the centrifugal movement, the Diabolo is stabilized, so you can toss it back and catch on the rope, throw other players or perform other tricks.

High throwing and catching is one of the easier tricks with a diabolo. There is much more difficult. So you can play simultaneously in a string, for example, with several pellets (two to five).

There are different types of supplements for pellets, such as sets of weights that increase the pellet weight, broad axes to rotate the diabolo on the fingers and for less friction when " Sliden " ( rotate the diabolo on the floor), Ultraleichtkits with which the weight is reduced, or additional LEDs that illuminate the diabolo. There are also fire pellets of metal. In each of two conical halves located in the middle of a wick. This is usually impregnated with paraffin, a liquid fuel or the like and then ignited. Is thus possible to achieve impressive effects in the dark. Diabolo sticks are usually made of wood, but are also made of carbon fiber, aluminum, acrylic glass or fiberglass.

Accessories

Various leading pellet manufacturers offer in addition to the basic equipment such as sticks, string and Diabolo at such, a number of accessories.

Normally, the following accessories are available

• Width roller: An axle that is wider than originally built. The length of the shaft can vary from 5 mm to 35 mm.
• Wide hubs: a part which is located on both sides between the roller and the half-shell. The increased width of the friction of the line is reduced at Diabolo Diabolo and get a stable run.
• Weights: two metal rings, which are incorporated into the shell of the pellets. They give the Diabolo better guidance and smoother running. The weights can be difficult from 6 g up to 12 g.
• Lighting Packages: battery-powered LEDs are built into one of the two or both shells of the pellets. This interesting and exciting effects can occur at night. Some Diabolo types also feature translucent shells.
• Cord: There are a myriad of string types, all of which have different adhesion, which can extremely affect the play. It is, for example, very difficult to play with two diabolos, if you play with a cord that has very little adhesion. Moreover cord in many colors that do not actually affect the gameplay available.

History

The Diabolo is one of the oldest known juggling props. Thus, there are traditions, according to which it BC diabolo players were in the Shang Dynasty in 1766. Make finds from the Stone Age suspect that even in ancient times a game of this type was known ( Diabolo from bone or wood, sticks of wood, string from plant fibers, tendons ). It was introduced in 1794 at the time of Emperor Qianlong of the English ambassador to China, Lord George Macartney, to Europe. In France, where the game was very popular especially in the first half of the 19th century, it was called since 1812 " le Diable " - the devil (because of the derivation of the word for " devil " in the Romance languages ​​(it: diavolo, span. diablo, diable French ) from the same Greek word as the game today, it was in these countries like "devil" called ). In China it is called Kouen gene ( let the bamboo whistle ) or ( Dǒu ) ZHU Kong ( empty ( vibration ) - Bamboo (Chinese (斗)空竹) ) and was ( like sticks Diabolo ) or embossed metal since time immemorial of bamboo ( Diabolo ) made ​​. During the rotation in the air, the diabolo double cone or double panes of bamboo buzzed due to high speed and holes on the outer edge. With appropriate speed and design also Diabolos metal or plastic can surren.In Southeast and East Asia producing the whirring is sought as the first learning goal before the actual game tricks the double hollow bodies ( cones, hemispheres ) will aneignet.Während in Europe used are preferred in China double concave discs known to a slightly longer axis, also known as "Chinese yo-yo ." Beginning of the 20th century created the French publisher Gustave Philippart and Briton Charles Burgess Fry the word " Diabolo". In France, the Diabolo game has since been re- applied. Until the 1950s it was widespread in Germany. Since the 1980s, it is played again increased.

The diabolo should also have been already long played by the Inuit. They made the necessary utensils made ​​of bone and tendons of animals. Several of the historical information was derived from the standard work by Todd Strong.

Tricks and trick Categories

Most people limit their Diabolo play on the high throw and catch it again. In the diabolo scene but a variety of different tricks are known. Perhaps the best known and simplest trick is the so-called Keystone. In this case, the diabolo is swung about a wand that it is wrapped caught again on the string. In addition to this simple trick, there are many more. The various tricks can be divided into different categories:

Suns or world travel: Tricks where the diabolo is swung round in a circle around or between the bars.

String tricks: If these tricks is with the cord a pattern formed during this diabolo is on it. These tricks are based heavily on the yo-yo.

Body Tricks: The Diabolo is at these tricks thrown or swung over or around various parts of the body such as the arm or leg.

So-called suicides: These tricks one or both rods are briefly released and then caught again. For this, there are very many different ways. The simplest is the Chinese Suicide. In this trick you will first run through the harness and then throwing the loose bar once around the other rod and catches it again. There is also the integral of Suicide. These are tricks that have become very popular lately. It is made with the cord a loop around the diabolo, where you then the pellet holds while the two rods either in the same direction (normal) or opposite (Butterfly ) rotate around the diabolo. The Genocides the diabolo leaves the string and is collected again, by releasing a bar and swings around the diabolo.

Game modes

The Diabolo is brought into a vertical position and so maintained by continuous rotation of the body in turn. Many tricks of the above categories are possible in the vertical game. Many tricks with 2 and 3 diabolos Vertax are possible ( Alexis 123 Vertax ).

• Low: the pellets are thrown in circles on each other also by their own weight to some extent. Again, many tricks of the above categories are possible. ( Record: 5 Diabolos "low" on a string, for example, Robin Spinelli in The Black Sheep).

• High: the pellets are, however, thrown up in the circle. In contrast to the low- games there is always only one diabolo on the string. Thus, several pellets are possible. The record is five pellets.