IMAGES COURTESY: GETTY & SHUTTERSTOCK
Balancing Act
Many sports require the athlete to have
TASK:
excellent balance – none more so than the
Research and write a definition for both types of
extreme sports snowboarding,
balance.
wakeboarding or high diving. But
STATIC BALANCE is
different sports require different types of
balance. Some require both STATIC and
DYNAMIC balance.
DYNAMIC BALANCE is
Which types of balance are shown in the photos?
Wakeboarding/Snowboarding
High Diving
JANUARY 2009 : SPORT IQ 14-16 19