There’s really no reason a balance beam has to be high off the ground.

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There’s really no reason a balance beam has to be high off the ground.

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  2. waychanger Avatar

    Hmm the dismount is an important part of the routine though and you need height for that.

  3. DaddysFriend Avatar

    It adds to the balance. If they put it on the floor it’s easy because your brain sees it as low risk. Once off the floor the risk increases making it harder to balance

  4. Drink15 Avatar

    So how to you expect them to do the dismount? That’s part of the routine. Not to mention the height it has allows them to do certain moves.

  5. alphaphiz Avatar

    Many training beams are only 1 foot, much less expensive

  6. Carlos-In-Charge Avatar

    I could crush some tricks (in my imagination lol) if it all was just a painted line on the ground. I imagine the element of danger and possible tooth loss that could rally a crew to hold up signs letting you know your score

  7. iC3P0 Avatar

    What about when they do like single leg squats with the other leg extended downwards?

  8. DarthChefDad Avatar

    They wouldn’t be able to do the leg-swingy/crotch-rubby trick or the hand-walky spinny-like-a-top thing they do if it was too low.

  9. DesolationsFire Avatar

    I’m pretty sure that’s what makes it interesting though.

  10. DaBigadeeBoola Avatar

    The height is for tricks. What kind of thought is this?

  11. Underwater_Karma Avatar

    Training beams are ground level, but competition ones need the height for clearance and dismounts

  12. FrostRvnFox Avatar

    I mean, who decided that balancing on a narrow beam should also come with a side of vertigo? I’d prefer my balance challenges to be at a more ‘grounded’ level—like balancing snacks on my belly while watching TV!

  13. jakeyb01 Avatar

    Keeping our balance has a lot to do with our vision of the wider flat surface we’re walking on – try walking an imaginary tightrope down a hallway with your eyes closed.

    It is in fact harder to walk on an elevated balance beam, because the floors distance from us compromises the visual aspect of our balance system.

  14. arbitrageME Avatar

    Some mounts you need a vault for, and dismount needs room to jump

  15. TheFungeounMaster Avatar

    That’s exactly what I said when I was 10 feet in the air with tears in my eyes.

  16. angelirebeli Avatar

    That thought only stems from not actually performing these moves. It is critical to have height to perform the moves on the beam. A simple google would have helped you

  17. dreadful_name Avatar

    Depends on your sense of interior design. I can understand why if you have adequate clearance that you’d have a balance beam high up in your flat given the cost of property these days. Got to think about how you use that space.

  18. netflixnpoptarts Avatar

    What everyone else is saying, but also just the spectacle of it