Reversals

Reversals open up a huge number of possibilities! There are three types of reversals:

Hand-reversal

With a hand reversal, the hand returns to the point it came from previously, without changing the prop’s direction of spin. Relative to the center point, this changes a prospin to an antispin and vice-versa.

This is the simplest and least disruptive reversal. We’ve already used it in the previous examples.

Prop-reversal

With a prop reversal, the hand continues to the next point while the prop reverses direction. This reversal also changes a prospin into an antispin and vice-versa.

Since a prop reversal is less intuitive, an “R/R” is shown in the corresponding color on the pictograph to indicate it.

Full-reversal

With a full-reversal, the prop and hand retrace their paths and return to their previous position, as if going backwards in time.

Because this contains a prop reversal, the “R/R” draws attention to it. This succinctly indicates to the performer that something unusual is happening.