Balance Drills for BJJ, Grappling, and MMA
Submitted by Punck Kick Choke Blog
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
