Product Description
Bal-A-Vis-X is a series of Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises of varied complexity, most of which are deeply rooted in rhythm. These exercises require full-body coordination and focused attention. The Bal-A-Vis-X program utilizes racquetballs, sand-filled beanbags, balance boards, and multiple principles from Educational Kinesiology. It demands cooperation, promotes self-challenge, fosters peer teaching. It is school-friendly and just plain fun. Part One, THE STORY… More >>
Bal-A-Vis-X : Rhythmic Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises for Brain and Brain-Body Integration
#1 by R. Taylor on January 29, 2010 - 10:16 pm
…Bill Hubert was an elemntary and middle school teacher who “Over time…concluded that all of his students who struggled academically tended to exhibit similar physical characteristics:
-an inability to control eyes
-an inability to focus attention
-an inability to sit or stand without moving
-graceless, often illegible handwriting
-stiff/locked posture while sitting, standing, walking, or running
-limp/supportless posture while sitting, standing, walking, or running
-rhythmless gait while walking or running
-rhythmless cadence while talking or reading aloud
-apparent ambidextrousness, which was often neither-handedness
-general clumsiness
-mental and /or physical apathy”
…sorry, thirty years observation in an elemntary school classroom doesn’t qualify as substantial evidence for such a conclusion…and as if that weren’t enough of an intellectual “leap of faith” he then claims after “two decades of trial-and-error discovery” he found a therapy: “Bal-A-Vis-X”…and while juggling balls while standing on a balance board may, in fact, enhance mental faculties in some fashion, there is not a shred of scientific evidence that it does…the concept of “educational kinesiology” falls under the category of “applied kinesiology” which itself was founded by a chiropractor named Goodheart about forty years ago…and neither “educational kinesiology” nor “applied kinesiology” have any more scientific merit than chiropractics — i.e. none…but Mr. Huber does have something — he’s got a lot of stuff to sell to you…why, he’s got books, videos, seminars, demonstrations — all available to order from his website…heck, you can even order the beanbags and balance boards from him!…if your kid’s got some learning inadequacy you would probably do just as well buying him a skateboard or a gameboy as hounding him with the activities in this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Caroll Hermann on January 29, 2010 - 10:19 pm
One of the best basic, self explanatory guides, I have used in a long time.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Mrs. K. O'RAFFERTY on January 30, 2010 - 12:39 am
This is an interesting and informative book. It is written in the style of a thesis, so some of the detail feels like reading an M.ED. If you can get through that, the content is facinating and has changed my view of learning and teaching profoundly. I would love to learn how to teach BAL-A-Vis-X as a result and I am learning to juggle!!
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Emjay on January 30, 2010 - 2:29 am
I find this book fascinating on two accounts: First, that the age old question of whether the mind and the body are separate has been answered – dualism is not supported. And second, that there are educators so dedicated to helping those kids who typically fall through the cracks of our system of education. Bill Hubert takes the reader through his journey of exploration to help the 20% of kids who simply don’t learn to read with conventional methods. What accelerates their learning? Exercise! Using old-time balance boards and juggling stimualtes the brain in rhythmical patterns which seem to provide the necessary neurological maps for their brains to begin the sojourn toward more disciplined thinking. Awesome book! Recommended for anyone in education or even coaching of younger children.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by J. Cary on January 30, 2010 - 4:22 am
I’m just ordering this book to reinforce what Bill taught at the three-day workshop at Western State in Gunnison, Colorado. It was fast-moving and invigorating. Everyone who wants to REALLY DO Bal-A-Vis-X exercises needs to be trained by BILL to SEE and HEAR the exercises. I would recommend it to all… I foresee that I will probably buy his new DVD set in order to remember exactly how to do the exercises.
Rating: 5 / 5