In our dojo there are a few large excercise balls(about 2.5 ft in diameter and made from rubber) which we use to learn newcomers how to roll; however me and a few friends have tried frantically to try to lay or sit perfectly still on top of them as kind of a balance excercise. untill now noone has succeeded which has led me to believe it is impossible to do so
Am I right or am I wrong?
And why am I right or wrong?
2006-08-01 08:43:48 · 11 answers · asked by peter gunn 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
just to clarify we try to keep perfectly still on the ball trying to adjust your balance to the ball would ignore the entire idea of our excercise
btw I practice Aikido
2006-08-01 08:52:38 · update #1
We went through this in the Paqua I studied. You know the chinese acrobats use rather large balls... which makes it easy. The way I went about learning it was with a bowling ball. And I discovered the secret was really pretty much what your Aikido teachers probably tell you. You have to draw your energy down to your Tan Tien (the spot a few inches under your navel).... lightly tuck your hips under, let your backbone hang under your head as if a thread were holding you up from the crown of your head.
You know this drill... it's 'standing' meditation. While standing on a a ball what has to be overcome is the nervousness that you will not be able to do it. Calm the mind and keep the center of your weight directly over the center of the ball.
I found that when I finally got it, and was able to stay on the ball for extended periods of time, it began to feel less like I was standing on the ball, and more like I was suspended from that thread and that was holding the ball steady beneath me.
Patience, um, little grasshopper.
(;?)
2006-08-01 09:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would be very hard to balance on a rubber ball. When you go off balance you need to push on the ball to move your center of gravity back to the center of the ball, but the act of pushing on the ball causes you to sink in farther because it a rubber ball. You can do it if you only swing your arms to regain .
2006-08-01 08:48:54 · answer #2 · answered by Grant d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you balance a nickel on a quarter, and then a dime on top of the nickel? It's a great way to kill time while sitting a bar wondering what Jessica is doing now. She left me for another guy.
2006-08-01 08:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hm, it's possible, I have a ball like that in my room and can balance on it...but maybe it's a bit flattened because there isn't enough are in it...just out of curiosity, what kind of sport do you practise in the dojo?
2006-08-01 08:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it's possible, I have one and after lots of practice I can sit cross-legged on it! yay, pointlessly fun.
Although whats really fun is seeing the looks on peoples faces when they try (and fail) to do it....mwa ha.
2006-08-01 08:52:10 · answer #5 · answered by Pea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of atheletes use the stabilization balls. I can sit on one for a couple of minutes.
One of my trainers can do squats while standing on one of the balls.
2006-08-01 08:49:28 · answer #6 · answered by cirestan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WTF AAA you ain't taking part in in no triple A babyyy. and you do no longer want a good looking heavy bat to hit bombs you may desire to have speedy bat velocity, i could advise the rip it- AIR or the Demarini voodoo
2016-10-01 08:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by hyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acrobats do it, so do little dogs at the circus.
2006-08-01 08:48:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is possible. I would love to see this done, however!
2006-08-01 08:47:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can
2006-08-01 08:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by neonmikey2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋