Jacobs Balanco Manual Del Usuario página 10

Balanco
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2. Getting started:
If you have no difficulty standing on one leg with your
eyes closed, even on a soft surface, you are ready to
start using the Balanco.
Do not focus on the ultimate goal of your training
session at the start: always start with simple
balancing exercises. These can be varied and made
more difficult by adding in new elements.
Make sure you always observe the instruc-
tions on how to use the Balanco safely and the
correct method of getting onto it.
• Stand upright and relaxed on Balanco with your
knees slightly bent.
• Rock the Balanco backwards and forwards and
from right to left, keeping your upper body upright
and moving the Balanco mainly with your legs
and hips.
• Now add a circular movement, first to the right
and then to the left.
• Now try to jerk the Balanco round a quarter of
circle, half a circle and a full circle.
• Crouch down carefully and stand up again.
• Clap your hands (fast) in front and behind you
without losing your balance.
• Throw a (tennis) ball into the air and catch it while
standing on Balanco, without losing your balance.
• If you now feel relatively safe on Balanco, you
can try some of these exercises with your eyes
closed. If necessary, use a support at first.
• Practicing with partners or a group makes using
the Balanco even more fun and provides more
opportunities to vary the exercises.
• For example, you can throw a ball backwards
and forwards to your partner or around a circle,
varying the direction and the distance between
your Balanco.
• Stand close enough to your partner or the other
people in the circle that your hands are just touching.
Now try to make your partner/neighbour lose their
balance by pushing them, without losing your
own balance and having to get off the Balanco.
Perhaps you would even read your newspaper whi-
le balancing on Balanco...
In any case, you should now start to use the inserts
to vary your exercise patterns.
Practice regularly, use your imagination, try out
new exercises, combine the Balanco with other
training equipment and other exercises.
Think up your own ideas!
D. The Balanco inserts
The Balanco is supplied with a variety of inserts that
are easy to change. They provide a range of dif-
ferent exercises and levels of difficulty for different
requirements and different target groups so the
Balanco can be adapted to individual needs.
Labyrinth, red
(Please use 1 hard rubber ball)
This exercise requires steady circu-
lating movements, with variations in
the speed at which users shift their
weight. The aim is to move the rubber ball along
the spiral track from the edge to the centre or vice
versa. This tracing exercise enhances coordination
of movement from right to left and backwards and
forwards, thereby improving control, spatial orien-
tation, balance and the ability to control the applica-
tion of energy. In addition, moving the ball around
the outer track requires vigorous and extremely
rhythmic circular movements.
Figure of Eight, blue 
(Please use 1 hard rubber ball)
This is another tracing exercise
designed to enhance kinaesthetic
perception and adaptability. The
basic principles are similar to the Labyrinth but the
exercise is more complex because it requires a
constant ability to change direction, i.e. the inter-
action of the two sides of the brain. This makes it
particularly significant for training psychomotor con-
trol and for cognitive and behavioural applications of
kinesiology. Successful completion of this exercise
requires rhythmic movement of the hips and legs,
ensuring steady and if possible rapid movement of
the ball to ensure that it remains on track, especially
at the point where the two loops of the figure of eight
meet.
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