Editing Devil sticks (section)

{{Short description|Gyroscopic juggling prop}}
{{See also|Juggling club}}
[[Image:Wfm devil sticks.jpg|thumb|Children learning 'the pendulum']]
[[File:Devilstick combination.jpeg|thumb|Manipulating 2 devilsticks simultaneously]]

The manipulation of the '''devil stick''' (also '''devil-sticks''', '''devilsticks''', '''flower sticks''', '''bâtons fleurs''', '''stunt sticks''', '''gravity sticks''', or '''juggling sticks''') is a form of [[gyroscope|gyroscopic]] [[juggling]] or [[equilibristics]], consisting of manipulating one stick ("[[Baton (twirling)|baton]]", 'center stick') between one or two other sticks held one in each hand. The baton is lifted, struck, or stroked by the two control sticks ('handsticks', 'sidesticks', or 'handles'), stabilizing the baton through gyroscopic motion.<ref name="BurgessFinelli1976106">{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=Hovey|last2=Finelli|first2=Judy|author-link1=Hovey Burgess|author-link2=Circus Center|title=Circus techniques: juggling, equilibristics, (+) vaulting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fty1AAAAIAAJ|access-date=8 September 2012|year=1976|publisher=Drama Book Specialists|isbn=9780917643002|page=106}}</ref>

Manipulating devil sticks is one of the [[circus skills|circus arts]] and is sometimes called devil-sticking, [[twirling]], sticking, or stick juggling.