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Cerebellum Exercises

1) Balance on one leg.


2) Balance on one leg, and kick the other leg forward, to the side, and to the back.
3) Balance on one leg, bending the knee slightly. Reach forward and let other leg go back.
4) Do the above, but go all the way to the ground.
5) Do the above with a ball or object, touching it to the floor, then bringing it up to your chest,
and over your head.
6) Balance on one leg, and jump forward several times.
7) Put on and tie a shoe while leg is in the air.
8) Throw a ball or object in the air while sitting, and catch it with one hand.
9) Catch a ball or object while standing on a Bosu balance ball, balance board, or other tipping
surface.
10) Use two different-sized balls and throw continuously, at all heights, left and right.
11) Bounce a ball on a slanted surface.
12) Bounce two balls at once.
13) Put letters on a ball. Say what letter is coming at you as you catch it.
14) Throw a beanbag or object in several different ways: up and down with one hand, from one
hand to another, over your shoulder or head to catch with other hand behind you, etc.
15) Juggle two or three objects or balls.

The Cerebellum
The librarian of the brain, cross-referencing information and indexing skills
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_function_of_the_cerebellum: The cerebellum is involved in balance,
equilibrium, muscle tone, and the coordination of voluntary motor movement.
The Cerebellum: http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/cerebellum.jsp
The portion of the brain that coordinates movements of voluntary (skeletal) muscles. The cerebellum contains about
half of the brain's neurons. It operates automatically. Motor impulses from the cerebrum are organized, then transmitted
to the muscles. The muscle tissue responds, sending sensory information back to the cerebellum. Thus, the cerebellum
adjusts speed, force, and other factors involved in movement. The overall effect is a smooth, balanced muscular
activity. If the cerebellum is injured, an activity like walking becomes spasmodic: the muscles involved contract too
much or too little and operate out of sequence.
The Cerebellums Role: pharmpedia.com/Physiology_And_Pathophysiology_text_book/Brain_function,_locomotion_and_disorders
Also termed the motor autopilot. Helps regulate movements and posture, influences muscle tone, eye movements and
balance. It is concerned with the timing of rapid muscular activities. Motor learning is programmed in the cerebellum.
The cerebellum controls the sequence of movements, and makes corrective adjustments just like an autopilot.
Brain Timing and Reaction Times
In order for the brain to become more efficient in processing information, the processing speed must be faster.
Smooth, coordinated movements are the result of precise timing and good integration between the two sides of the brain.
Rigidity and uncoordinated movements are the result of bad timing and faulty integration and are indicative of
poor brain processing ability that can manifest itself in learning problems, learning disabilities, poor academic
performance and other struggles. Studies have also shown that slow brain timing is a critical factor in attention
difficulties like ADD/ADHD as well as in Central Auditory Processing Disorder.
The inefficiencies that result from poor brain timing or slow reaction time are improved by performing activities
that refine and repair the timing processes in the brain. Because balance therapy is so foundational to efficient brain
processing, balance activities that improve brain processing lead to significantly improved performance in both academics
and athletics.
Dr. Edward Hallowell: http://www.drhallowell.com/blog/breaking-news-%E2%80%93-learning-breakthrough/
By stimulating the cerebellum through physical exercises, like standing on a balance board, juggling, standing on
one leg with your eyes closed, and a variety of others, you can actually bring about improvement in concentration
and reading fluency, by taking advantage of the connections from the cerebellum to the front parts of the brain.
Learning Breakthroughs: http://www.learningbreakthrough.com/theory-behind-program
Balance activities that incorporate increasing levels of difficulty on a balance board have the effect of constantly
building and creating more extensive neural networks. Because the neural networks that are created in this process
are the same ones that are responsible for the efficiency of the brain's visual, auditory, motor, and sensory
processes, balance activities improve the efficiency of the brain.
Spatial awareness: http://www.learningbreakthrough.com/brain-processes-targeted
Studies have suggested a link between a well-developed sense of spatial awareness and artistic creativity, success in
math and analytical skills that are brought to bear on all problem-solving tasks. It can also be important in the
development of abstract thought. The ability to organize and classify abstract mental concepts is related to the
ability to organize and classify objects in space. Visual thinkers, in particular, tend to use their visual imagination to
organize abstract thought.
Musicians and Non-Musicians: Anatomical Dierences in the Human Brain: Andy Sarro
www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~sarroff/assets/documents/Sarroff-Other-Sp09a.pdf
Hutchinson et al. (2003) studied cerebellar volume of musicians and non-musicians. They found that the cerebellar
volume of male musicians was signicantly greater than non-musicians, and correlated to average intensity of
practice throughout life. This wasnt so among females, but since their cerebellums mature earlier, effects on female
musicians brains may be distributed to outside of the cerebellum.

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