Re: Balancing questions - actually about balancing this time

On Sep 6, 4:58 am, Little Paul <use...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
You make several references to "looking at the center of gravity" don't
bother with that, look at the top of the object.  This gives you more
time for corrections, and it's more tolerant of over correcting (which
you'll do a lot of as you're learning)

Hmm. Interesting. I heard from someone that looking at the center of
gravity was the best place to look. I tried changing to looking at the
top of the object, and after a little getting used to, that works OK,
except that now I can't balance a club on the large end, since the
knob moves more than the center of gravity, which causes me to over-
correct a little. I'll try this a little more to see if it helps more
once I get used to it.

When balancing stuff on your chin, your stance and posture are very
important.  I was having terrible trouble balancing until someone pointed
out to me that I was leaning forwards and up, which reduced the amount
of movement I could make.  Taking a step forward so that my body was
*under* the balance helped a lot - but to give you good advice on this
I'd really need to see what you're doing.

Yeah, the posture is pretty difficult for me to get down. For some
reason, even though I feel like I can move my head around a bit before
I put the mop handle up there, for some reason I seem to freeze up
once its up there and I have it vertical. I don't know if it's an
issue of my posture, or just that I'm afraid of making movements too
big, or just that I can't actually move my head very far in that
position, but I'm still having to shuffle around on my feet a bit to
move my head at all effectively.

So - try the finger circle tip and let us know if that makes things
a little easier for you.

It helps a little. I'm getting it up there for a second or two (and
once four seconds or so) now before it starts falling too far for me
to correct for it.

Apart from that, 5-10 minutes twice a day (morning and evening) is more
productive than a single 20 minute session - start with a broom handle
and get that solid (so that you're not moving your legs) - then cut
an inch off it and re-learn.  Keep that up, and within a couple of months
you'll be balancing a teaspoon on your nose.

I'll see if I can keep this up consistently. I've got a lot of things
I'm trying to work on.

Also, some of the best balance tricks involve tossing a club (or other
object) up into a balance.

Learn to crawl before you start trying to dance a fandango.

Well, I can generally balance pretty well on my hand, a club, or my
forearm, so I wanted to try doing something a little more with these
points.

Thanks for the advice! I've checked out some of the older threads for
advice now, too. I'll keep practicing, and hopefully be able to do the
chin balance eventually.

-- Brian
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