The Tricks List

Click on the trick name for more details, a description and in most cases a video clip. Most of the videos are in mpeg format as that seems to be the easiest for anyone to view.

Rolling a hat along your arm.

Throw the hat, bend over and catch it on your back

Rolling the hat across your back from one side to the other.

Bend forward and roll the hat across the back

Tumble the hat down your back and then up again

Throw the hat behind your back, and catch it on your head.

A pair of throws and catches that Mike discovered while sitting in the back of a car.

Swing the hat round at arms length - and make it look good

Literally flipping your lid!

Spin the hat down the arm, across the chest and out along the other arm

Throw the hat up to an upstretched hand

A surprising little trick where the throw and the catch are made from the same hand

A fancy way out of the coatpeg.

A nice variation on the Coatpeg drop.

Pinch the top corner of the crown and flick the hat round to catch the opposite corner

We all have a little trick we use to link everything else together - and this is the one Dan the Hat uses, where he rolls the hat down the back of his arm.

The hat is thrown and lands at your fingertips, and rolls to a stop on your head.

Tumble the hat up and down the arms without it leaving your hand

Spin the hat on you finger as if you are spinning a ball.

Yet another way to throw a hat and catch it on your head!

A neat way to recover a dropped hat.

Throw the hat from one foot to the other

Throw the hat from the foot to the head

Roll the hat on it brim from the hand to the elbow.

Grip the hat by the back of the crown and flick it over.

With the hat on the floor, you can forward roll into it and stand up all in one movement.

Tumble the hat without letting go

Twiddle the hat off the head and back on. It's got comedy potential too! allegedly

Drop from the chest to a last second catch

Spin the hat on the front of the crown and catch it blind above the head.

Twiddle the hat as it swings in front of your face

Roll the hat from hand to hand along outstretched arms

A subtle little move where the axis of movement changes half way through.

How to hold the hat!

Spin the hat on and around your palm.

Balance the hat on your head, then drop it back to your heel

A three hat juggling pattern where each hat is thrown to the head.

Drop the hat from an upstretched hand and catch it blind on your heel.

A variation of the Screwdriver which takes place horizontally.

Throw the hat up in the air, and jump into it.

Kick the hat up after a drop

Throw the hat under your leg and catch it on your knee.

Knock the hat from the head to the foot

Knock the hat off the head so that it bounces on the knee and then lands on the foot

Tumble the hat over your leg

The hat "magically" levitates and travels across your arms

Swing the hat behind your back and "lose" it

The Void performs his newest trick on stage after having just invented it. Thanks to Brian for providing the footage.

Tumble the hat over both forearms in turn

A little hands-free diversion

Tumble the hat along the arm from the head to the hand and back again

A one handed version of the forward tumble

The hat keeps tumbling, in your hand, continuously, infinitely, forever, or at least until you stop.

Take the hat of with the pinky finger and flick it round the back of the hand onto the head again

Throw the hat from above the head to the foot with a reverse spin

A simple, elegant way of getting the hat to the foot.

A classic of hat manipulation with the hat twiddling between the fingers as it is taken off and on the head

An extension of the Screwdriver

A Screwdriver variation that transfers from hand to hand

Throw the hat over your shoulder and catch it again.

Twiddle the hat off and on the head sideways

A nice easy flourish with the hat as you take a bow.

A rather souper twist move... (named in honour of the genius of Fry & Laurie)

Reshape a bowler to form a trilby or stetson. Play it up and this can be really funny allegedly.

Catch the hat with yor arm tangled around your legs...

Struggle to put the hat on the head, and see it fly away when you finally succeed - hilarious! allegedly

If Superman did hat manipulation, whilst flying, this would be his trick.

Twiddle the hat as it swings in front of the body and back to the head

Another three hat juggling trick - this time it's the half shower

Makes your leg just dissapear! (And come back again... of course!)

Juggling 3 hats in a cascade, throwing them as you would rings

Throw the hat to your foot as if it was a hatstand

Throw the hat from your hand to your head

Spin the hat around your thumb

Tumble the hat over the back of the hand

Tumble the hat round the leg to a stall on the knee

A trickier but nicer version of Big Circles

Tumble a hat from hand to hand

Get a laugh by whacking the hat onto the head upside down - and having it stay there

Twiddle the hat directly above the head

Twiddle the hat above the head.

Turn around while the hat stays still above the head

A handy little move for when you're desperate for a laugh

A nice simple trick where the hat tumbles over both the forearms

Lift the hat off so that it is left on the forearm

Lift the hat off your head with one arm, and allow it to roll down the other!

Roll the hat on it's brim up over the back of your hand and wrist.

An interesting way to swap hands