MMA and me; day 183

Yesterday was a very cool day at the gym, because we worked entirely on balance, and pressure. We each got a big bouncy exercise ball, and began by trying to balance on top of them on our knees. We then worked on balancing on one knee, with the other leg straight out. This was a good way to help calm your center of gravity, and really sink your hips in to stay connected. From there we balanced from our butts with legs straight out in front of us. We then moved on to rolling forward and rolling back, keeping the ball in tight to our chest with our arms and knees, and then rolling sideways with a quick re roll. I tried to do the backflip roll, where you start on your butt with your feet on the floor, walk forward and then slide your hips over your head while staying in constant contact with the ball, landing on your feet. Next, we tried to actually stand on the ball, and while I was getting close, I never made it up freely. It's a good thing we had the boxing ringposts to hold ourselves up, because I would have fallen pretty dang hard on my behind, several times, if not. I still got very close though. Our next couple of drills involved standing behind the ball, passing the outside leg over the top, and dropping that same side hip directly onto the ball, and bouncing straight up to stand behind it again. We also jumped up splitting both legs out, bouncing off the ball with our butt back to standing. We followed that up with sprawl drills, with our partner rolling the ball towards us, and sprawling our hips down and back to catch the ball with our chest. Keeping our arms in behind it for under hooks, and dropping our hips all the way to the ground, and bouncing right back up.Lastly, we worked rolling forward to a push up position with the ball under our feet, then raising up to a head stand position with the ball between our legs, and holding it there. This was a little tough, but of all the drills we did, I felt I did best at this one. We finished with fifteen minutes of rolling, and though it's getting better, I still need to improve my pressure from the top side. An awesome class, that really made me work!