Elite athlete Timi Zajc on Balansas' foam balance board, training for inrun stability and controlled squat

How Slovenia’s Best Ski Jumpers Train Balance to Stay on Top of The World

Balance Training at the Highest Level This summer, I had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s best athletes — Slovenian ski jumpers. Over six dedicated training sessions, we focused on one fundamental quality that connects all elite performance: balance and its many sub-skills. Using slacklines and Balansa’s new foam balance board, we […]

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Video presentation of exercises on the Woodie

In this video you’ll see what kind of exercises you can do on the Woodie and why they are so beneficial and fun at the same time. A fast-moving base is essential, requiring us to stabilise our joints well and maintain our balance at all times. Stabilisation increases muscular strength and responsiveness, while balance increases

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The importance and secrets of balance training

Author: Miha Škof, slackliner and a balance teacher With balance training we improve the feeling of our body in space and time, or proprioception, body stabilization, muscle and brain responsiveness, concentration, fluidity. If we dig a little deeper, we can train also intuition and some other skills that are really versatile and we never come

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