Baoding balls, Chinese iron exercize balls, howto roll #2

Finally bought some of these chrome-with-inner-chime balls tonight, plus had fun with some singing bowls.

Just checking out videos, thanks for your video. I like your demo of the 3 plus one on top, very cool looking!

Haha, I can only roll one way ! I love rolling those things aorund. Thansk for putting the vid on !

I've had the same steel health balls for years and never really learnt good techniques - only knew how to roll using my thumb. Great video - solid instruction. You have pretty amazing dexterity.

Thank you for kind words!
I hope you will enjoy some of my other movies as well and there will be more posted in the future.

Wow, and I thought I was good, well done.

Using your fret hand to roll the balls will help you develop finger dexterity for consecutive note passages. You won't notice a difference if all you play are power chords, but by all means, give it a go if you have the chance.

What size would you recommend for a beginner?

And what size are the chrome and jade ones you've got?

It would depend on your hand size. As a rough guideline I would say half the width of your hands for the ball diameter.

My hands have a width of approx. 95 mm. And the balls I use here have a diameter of 45 mm (and a weight of 150 gr). These are the first balls I ever used and I have practiced with these a lot.
The jade ones have a diameter of 40 mm and weigh about 110 gr.

I would recommend chrome balls for a beginner because jade tends to get a rough surface when rubbed against each other.

Okay, thanks for the info ^^ I think I'm going to order a pair of 40mm chrome ones. I got a pair already but they are way to big for my hands and I can hardly spin them around.

i just picked up a novelty pair, but i feel myself relaxing every time i use them.... i always enjoyed oriental therapy techniques.