Balance and Pivot Drill Book

Mat Manual companion guide to "Falling Out of Your Kicks." Print it, take it to the mat, and test before you train. Balance is a system with parts. This book measures the parts, then trains them in the order they fail.

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Safety First

• Test and drill near a wall or a partner for the first weeks. Close enough to touch, far enough to work.
• Bare feet on the mat you actually train on. Slippery floors change every number in this book.
• Ankles and knees stop the session when they hurt sharply. Balance drills load them quietly and constantly.
• Spotting and spin drills cause real dizziness while you learn them. Short sets, full stops between repetitions, sit down if the room keeps moving. Never drill spins tired, and never drill them at the edge of the mat area where a fall out travels into other students.
• Children wobble more and that is development, not failure. Shorter holds, more games, same order of work.
• If you fall in training outside these drills, in ordinary class, more than once in a while, tell your instructor. Repeated unexplained falls are a medical conversation, not a drill prescription.