Balance Drills for BJJ, Grappling, and MMA
Here are some good balance drills for BJJ, Grappling, and MMA using a stability/exercise ball:
http://www.youtube.com/v/MuuanZoKsfs
Notice how he doesn't really have a set plan, maybe a few starting positions to restart from, but it's all just one big flow drill. I suggest that you do the same, as in think of possible starting top positions (ie- knee on belly mount) and go from there.
These balance drills will do wonders for your transitions and maintaining dominant positions from the top, so I strongly suggest you putting in the time and effort to do them. Not only that, your core will thank you for it. As a matter of fact, I'm absolutely sure that if I hadn't done exercise ball work when I was younger, it would have taken me a lot longer to learn basic grappling skills.
Also, here is a video of Frank Shamrock doing his fitness routine- about 1 minute into it, you see his balance drill work on the stability ball as well as the medicine ball.
http://www.youtube.com/v/C_jz-t6_GBg
7 comments:
I have seen this Frank Shamrock Vid before and have been meaning to give it a try. I bet it is much harder than it looks.
Those things are great for taking to the beach. I would get one but I am afraid my dog would pop it with his teeth and choke to death.
Good post. I was actually going to buy a stability ball for some exercise, but these two videoes gave me new ideas.
I have say the first one looked like contemporary dance though. :)
I don"t have money for that, can I do it with a soccer ball??
they cost about 20 dollars-
It's very difficult to do these exercises on anything other than a stability ball, but you could technically do certain ones on a soccer ball, especially the rotation ones.
Thank"s brother, I don2t live in the US and are not popular here just as grappling.
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