THE COMPANION BALANCE PROGRESSION

The following group is a set of popular double balance stunts that are good for exhibition work. The balance of the body is probably controlled more by the position of the head than by any other factor. As the top man works higher in the air, he will have a tendency to look down and overbalance forward. Instead of looking down, the head should be kept up with the eyes straight ahead. The eyes help to maintain balance by communicating to the brain the relation of the body to the various horizontal and vertical lines of the environment.

Anyone can walk a two-foot walk in the garden. But if this same walk were suspended high in the air, few people could maintain their balance and stay on it. This is because they would have no horizontal and vertical lines with which to check their balance.