Rings are, along with balls and clubs, one of the traditional juggling items. Enrico Rastelli juggled with as many as eight way back in the twenties. Rings are more stable than balls and clubs which means that its easier to juggle with more. The current world record, held by Albert Lucas is thirteen rings whereas the most clubs juggled is "only" nine. So if you are a serious numbers juggler, then rings are for you. On the other hand, there is a recent trend with jugglers using small numbers of rings in entirely new and imaginative ways. Since there are not a lot of creative ring jugglers around, there must be a huge number of tricks to discover. In general, Many professionals use rings because of their greater visual impact.