PDFE #6

In last night's class we did a lab in which we got into groups and we performed different balancing tasks. Each tasks was timed for each individual member. There were six different timed tasks that each member was required to perform. They consisited of the stork stand, the diver’s stand, the heel stand, the sideward leap, the bass stepping-stone, and the book-balancing walk. Once we, as a group, had finished the tasks we ranked everyone to see if anyone got number 1 or first in all of the assignments. However, we learned that while there were some who were consistently in the top, no one was able to be first in all six tasks. We figured out that most of the people that were consistently good at these balancing skills, have had some sort of background in which balance was required. For example, I am a cheerleader or more specifically a flyer therefore I am required to have excellent balance skills. Yet there were still task that were abnormal for me and so I only performed well in some of the tasks. Then there were other people who had excellent posture so they could balance the book better or they participated in sports that required lots of focus. They did better in balancing as well. There were also other people who have not been active in balance requiring activities therefore they did not rank as well as those that had. The point being that even though there are people who are exceptionally well at balancing, no one is good at every single activity.