Balance Board Glossary - Balance Board Balance Training Glossary of Terms

Aerobic training - Training protocol that produces energy using oxygen, carbs and fat.

Anaerobic threshold - The point at which the energy pathway begins to burn fuel without oxygen

Anaerobic training - Training protocol that produces energy using carbs and fat without oxygen.

Balance Ball - Static balance training device (also known as a Swiss ball or a stability ball.)

Balance Boarding - the act of standing on a board placed on top of a fulcrum for fun or sport.

Balanceboardology? - The science of Vew-Do Balance Boards.

Balance Equipment - A broad term used to describe balance training devices such as balance boards, wobble boards, teeter/rocker boards and balance balls.

Balance instincts - The natural ability of the human body reacting to being out of balance

Balance recovery - The act of going from an unbalanced state back to balanced or stable again.

Blunt Stall - A trick performed on a Performance Model Vew-Do where the rider ollies out of the rocks groove and lands back onto the top surface of the rock while balancing on the tail of the board.

Balance Training- Balance training is training for the ability to recover balance or base of support (BOS) from postural sway (body movement over your BOS) following a destabilizing stimulus caused by objects, self-motion or the environment.

Calorie debt - The deficit created when one burns more calories than they consume.

Deck- This is the balance board component that makes contact with the rider's feet and spans the rock. The deck can be flat, concave or designed with turned up nose and tail

Dynamic Balance - Balance while in motion.

Fulcrum - See " The Rock ."

Grip Tape Strips - The grip tape strips appear on the bottom of the decks and or sub-deck and allow for increased friction between the deck and the rock.

HDPE - High Density Poly Ethylene Plastic used in the production of Vew-Do's bomb-proof sub-deck.

I-Beam Rail System - The I-Beam is a system of 2 end stops and a rail that is attached to the bottom of Vew-Do's contact and mini series boards which allow the deck to maintain contact and alignment with the rock while balance boarding.

Kickflip - A trick performed on a Performance Model Vew-Do where the rider performs an ollie with a complete 360 degree rotation of the deck while in the air above the rock and lands back into the ? inch groove of the rock.

Ollie - A trick performed on a Performance Model Vew-Do where the rider and board both leave the rock and proceed to land back into the 3/4 inch groove of the rock.

Original Bongo Board - The Stanley Washburn Bongo Board which was the first commercially successful balance board. Produced from 1952 to 1980.

Performance Balance Board Riding - The act of performing tricks and stunts on a specially designed board placed on top of a multi-directional fulcrum.

Perturbation Training- Training for the ability to oppose and counter an equal or greater weight or force and maintain or recover balance. This is also referred to as "Dynamic/Static Counterbalance."

Plyometrics - The activity of rapid alternation of lengthening and shortening of specific muscle groups while resistance is continuously being applied to them.

Proprioception - A part of the Somatic Sensory system that allows you to sense the positioning of parts of the body in relation to other parts of the body using external sensors in the feet and the hands and internal sensors in the joints.

Rocker Board - "See Teeter Board ."

7-ply and 9-ply zero void Maple Plywood- A highly durable and superior production technique used in building most Vew-Do Decks.

Shuvit - A trick performed on any balance board where the rider jumps up in the air while having rotated the board and rock 180 degrees under his feet before landing back on the board.

Static Balance - Balance that is stationary.

Sub-deck - The "bomb-proof" injection molded component that appears on the bottom of the Performance series models and allows for increased durability and trick potential. These sub decks are made of High Density Poly Ethylene.

Superior Traction Surface (STS) A brush able water base sandpaper-like finish material applied to the surface of many Vew-Do models The STS allows for increased friction between the riders feet and the top surface of the deck.

Tapered rock - A rock (Roller) with angled or radial shaped ends that allows a rider to experience toe and heal motion as well as for and aft.

Teeter Board -A static balance training/rehab device with an elongated centrally located component that allows the rider to tilt in only two directions.

The Rock - Sometimes referred to as the roller, the rock sits beneath the board and rolls back and forth on the ground.

Wobble Board - A static balance training/rehab device with a fixed central point that allows the rider to tip in all directions yet does not have for and aft motion.