What is Your 2017 Balance and Performance Resolution?

It’s far too simple to be resolute about becoming better. The real challenge is parlaying that resolution into action. For me and most of us amateur athletes, increasing athletic performance means beating the pants off my brother Shane at the local public golf course (not often) or striking him out (much more often) at the many rag ball tournaments we have had over the years. Simply put, performing better athletically isn’t really that critical. Sure, I can brag it up a bit but it’s not putting bread on my table.

For you professional athletes this strikes a bigger and louder chord. Performing better athletically literally means a bigger paycheck. It means more playing time, more face time, more chances for recognition, more marketable opportunities. The real question is; how does one better performance. Yes, it’s understood that practice and coaching can help. But, really, most athletes are literally doing all they can to get as far as they can on their natural abilities. What else is there?

It is here that Balance Etc LLC has established a niche. The answer is to let science help. Balance Etc is a business developed to revolutionize human balance and human performance. Balance Etc cannot help anyone run faster, throw harder, skate better, hit a ball farther, etc. But, Balance Etc can improve balance and can improve reaction time. I guarantee it!! I have never seen it fail. I have successfully performed this protocol on far too many people to discount it. Most people will see a 20-30% improvement in reaction time. This improvement has been shown to last up to 72 hours but slowly taper over that same time period. Research is ongoing in this area in an effort to verify if the decay is linear and, if not, when it begins to decay exponentially. 

Let’s get specific. You baseball athletes and coaches out there. Put yourself in the box and hit that 98 mph fastball. Now, move that pitcher back a bit and try it again. That is what improving reaction time can do. Physics are physics and no amount of wishing and hoping are going to slow that fastball down. But having the ability to react to that fastball sooner can help tremendously.  It’s that microsecond that allows the hitter to square one up instead of popping it up.  Subsequently, reacting quicker to that screaming line drive down the line can turn that double into an out. I have read many articles in which sports physicists have been quoted as saying that even microseconds can mean the difference between success and failure. An outfielder reading the ball off the bat and taking the most efficient path to the ball. A catcher reacting to that ball in the dirt. And so on. I will leave you baseballers with this to consider. In 24 AB’s one hit is the difference between hitting .250 and .292, being able to square just one more pitch up every week can mean earning .300 money instead of .250 money. That’s what Balance Etc LLC and its performance protocol can do.

In the athletic world, being able to react a fraction of a second quicker is crucial. Getting to that serve, reading and going up for the rebound, getting off the line. Being first means making them catch you. Without taking that first step…that first breath…that first bit of ATP use…you are forcing your competition to catch you because you reacted first. In the football world, breaking from the line of scrimmage first and/or getting to that inch first is the difference between gaining ground and losing ground. It means getting a hand on that punt block instead of missing it by a fraction. In the world of racing the start is all about reacting to stimuli. This start sequence is literally exactly how Balance Etc collects its control set prior to performing the protocol. A client is tested by measuring how quickly he/she reacts to stimuli. The best improvement to date has been 37% and I am positive that being 37% faster out of the gate is going to help elapsed time. In the fight game, boxing and MMA, that split second would mean getting hit with a glancing shot instead of one right on the button. In turn, it would mean connecting with that cross instead of having it glance off your opponent.

You goalies can obviously see the benefit of being able to react quicker. It means moving the shooter back. It means moving that deflection back. It means controlling that rebound instead of leaving that puck on the doorstep. But, it also means reacting to a play quicker as well. Offensively it can mean winning that faceoff, deflecting that point blast or knocking an errant pass down. Let’s consider save percentages and use 25 shots per game as a simple example. The difference between having a .940 save percentage (ridiculous) and a .900 save percentage (below average) is one save per game. Reacting faster to control that one rebound can mean winning and losing. 

There are countless benefits to being able to react faster. Simply having better balance is a benefit itself. Human balance is tremendously improved by speeding up the bodies ability to detect and react to stimuli. These stimuli are all around at all times and these reactions occur subconsciously. As we age three very critical things begin to happen within the human body; the ability to feel stimuli decreases, reaction time decreases and muscle mass is lost. As all three are crucial to human balance it should not be so surprising that there is a falling problem among the elderly. Humans are living longer and its very clear that help is needed in this area. Balance Etc can help here as well. This protocol is designed to hyper-stimulate the proprioceptors throughout the body to allow the body to feel stimuli quicker and react to said stimuli quicker. How many have aging parents or grandparents that just cannot get around like they used to. Or perhaps just have an overall feeling of unsteadiness all the time. Let this protocol work for you, be it athletically in increased performance or life in better balance.

Balance Etc LLC is a family owned business that was started with a very simple plan, help as many people as possible with human balance improvement. As the research developed this plan grew a bit helping with human performance as well. While our target audience grew with the new plan, our fundamental plan of helping others grow naturally has not wavered. It is still January and what have you done to better yourself so far? Let science and Balance Etc LLC help you achieve your health and performance goals going forward. Direct questions and inquiries to the comments below and I will reply to your LinkedIn profile as well.