CUPS AND BALLS (Silver) - MAGICAL PRODUCTION

This is a superb additional start to the basic Cups and Balls routine described earlier, which apparently shows the three balls magically appearing one at a time under each cup!

For this routine, you will need the three cups and the four matching balls. Before the performance, stack the cups, mouths upward, with one ball hidden inside the bottom cup and one ball hidden in the middle cup. The other two balls should be placed in your right pocket.

To perform, hold the three cups mouth-up and take the bottom cup (with the hidden ball inside), turn it mouth-down and place it on the table to your left. Make sure the motion of turning the cup mouth-down and placing it on the table is smooth, so the ball doesn’t fall out before the cup reaches the table.

Take the next cup (with the second hidden ball inside) and, turning it mouth-down, place it to the right of the first.

The last cup is now placed mouth-down to the right.

You now have two balls secretly hidden under two of the cups, and you are ready to begin a very magical production.
Reach into your right pocket and grab one of the balls. Take out your hand, keeping the ball hidden in your fist. Pretend to show an invisible ball held between your thumb and index finger.

Pretend to throw this invisible ball at the first cup. Then, with your left hand, lift up the far-left cup to reveal the ball underneath. This is a startling production!

Place the cup onto your right hand (on top of the hidden ball) then, with your left hand, pick up the ball from the table. As you display the ball in your left hand, casually replace the cup back onto the table, allowing the secretly hidden ball to remain under the cup.

This is called ‘loading’ a ball, and is a secret move for placing a ball under a cup. Do not draw attention to this move. Everyone should be looking at the ball in your left hand, which you have just magically produced.

To finish the production of the first ball, place it on top of the far-right cup.

To produce the second ball, you are going to repeat the entire procedure once more. Reach into your right pocket and grab the remaining ball. Take out your hand, keeping the ball hidden in your fist. Again, pretend to display an invisible ball held between your thumb and index finger.

Pretend to throw this invisible ball at the middle cup. Then, with your left hand, lift up the cup to reveal another ball. This is the second production!

Place the middle cup onto your right hand (on top of the hidden ball) and then, with your left hand, pick up the ball from the table. Again, display the ball in your left hand as you casually replace the cup back onto the table, allowing the second hidden ball to remain under the cup.

To finish the production of the second ball, place it on top of the middle cup.

To produce the third ball magically, you can ask a spectator to pluck an invisible ball out of the air and throw it at cup on the left. Then you can ask the spectator to lift up the cup slowly to reveal the final ball, which you can then place on top of the third cup.

Once all three balls have been produced in this magical manner, you are now all set (with an extra fourth ball concealed under the middle cup) to perform the Basic Cups and Balls Routine described earlier.