6 Responses to “BJJ is a Balancing Act: Stability Ball Research – Part 1-”

1. Pat says:

   December 2, 2008 at 2:15 am

   I’ve been wanting to buy a stability ball to try out the drills I saw on the videos you posted. I went to a sports store and they have three sizes: 55cm, 65cm, and 75cm. Just wanted to ask what size would you suggest I get and what brand. Thanks!

   – Pat

2. Roberto Torralbas says:

   December 2, 2008 at 2:21 am

   Hi Pat,

   My best advice is to buy all 3. The 75cm will be the easiest to master, and also the most fun! I believe the one in the video is a 65cm. The 55cm will be harder to master, but can be accomplished very easily after you master 75cm. I will try to do a video on the subject when i have a chance. The smaller the ball gets the harder to do the same movements as you have less surface area / less room for mistakes and need to be faster and more accurate with the movement ( the ball makes a full rotation faster).

   Thanks for the good question,

   Roberto

3. Pat says:

   December 2, 2008 at 2:56 pm

   Thanks Roberto! I appreciate the reply. Guess I’ll be getting the 75cm first and see how it goes. Thanks for sharing all this info.

4. Cacela says:

   February 6, 2009 at 9:04 am

   Thank you for sharing. I came to this site to read how things really are

5. Anders says:

   July 25, 2010 at 11:02 am

   I believe this is a great excerise to become fit for almost no cost. There’s a lot of TV-shows recommending people to get all kind of strange equiment. Great entry.

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