Learning to surf can be highly frustrating, but once you’ve caught your first wave you’re hooked! Balance plays a key role in the development of surfing performance and enjoyment, there are many factors to take into account while developing sports balance and once you understand and develop these factors development can take place at a faster pace!

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Why should I use balance training for improvements in surfing performance?

• Enhances co-ordination, balance and neuromuscular function and functional athletic movements.
• Develops and keeps sensory feedback systems sharp and well trained. This translates to neuromuscular training that increases movement efficiency regardless of activity.
• Helps to develop balance and stabilising strength that will result in improved posture and better endurance during surfing movements.
• Helps create a new sense of body awareness, position and movement confidence.

• Proprioception: This is the ability to sense joint positions and to be aware of body positioning and body movements. 

This overlaps with kinaesthetic awareness and provides a sense of body symmetry or necessary balance and positioning between body parts.

It specifically refers to a sense of joint position. Proprioception, as mediated by sensory organs like muscle spindles located between muscle fibres, represents the ongoing or normal awareness of the position balance or movement of the body or any of its parts, this can be clearly defined during advanced surfing movements.

• Kinaesthetic Sense: This is the ability to prepare or feel movement, weight shifts, and body position.

This feedback mechanism allows you to be aware of how the body is positioned at any particular moment. Kinaesthetic awareness is the ability to know where your body parts are in three dimensional spaces; DEEP INSIDE A BARREL .

Balance training Kit

The Indo Board

The Indo Board is a multi-functional fitness tool that will increase core strength, leg strength and balance coordination.  Although simple to learn, the Indo Board has plenty to offer the experienced surfer.

The Indo Board was developed by Hunter Joshing, a passionate surfer with over 40 years of experience in the world oceans. Originally designed to train surfers out of the water, Hunter quickly discovered from a growing crowd of Indo Board enthusiasts that the apparatus was much more than a surfing simulator. Users reported increased leg strength, flexibility, and core fitness while having fun on the board.

Remeber Balance Training Kit is unstable so take care!

The Bosu Balance Trainer

The BOSU Integrated Balance Trainer is a truly unique balance, core stability and proprioception training device that can be integrated with all types of fitness training, or stand alone as an outstanding functional tool.

The BOSU can be used for or with: Sports Conditioning (both aerobic & anaerobic), stabilization, agility training, strength, stability and flexibility training for the trunk and strength for the entire body.