Balance boards help you train for the possibility that you won’t have stable footing when you have to physically defend yourself. A number of USCCA staffers actually have these at their desks for use throughout the day when standing, it’s good for a core workout, too.
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Not being funny, I practice falling. Due to back, hip, knee, and overall damage to joints I know if I am unstable I am going to fall. So I practice that.
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Can you say PLF?
(hint: its an Army training acronym)
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I’m going to guess and say it doesn’t mean Palestinian Liberation Front.
But instead refers to Parachute Landing Fall, or Pounds per Lineal Foot?
EOD are trained in both HALO and HAHO, just FYI.
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I figured you would know what it was, the hint was for others.
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My cousin, who trained me, anytime he thought I might be getting to big for my britches, would use me to demonstrate a technique and throw me all over the gym.
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I actually thought about EOD but at the time the BEAR program offered me a SRB multiplier of 4 to go into Atomic Demolitions and Munitions.
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Funny but true. I joined to be an ATC (Air Traffic Controller) One of my CC was the first Photographers Mate to pass BUDS and become a SEAL. Anything on SEALS from late 70’s to early 80’s he probably filmed it. He used to bust our chops about how none of us could even pass the entry for SEAL school.
Of course that meant I had to prove him wrong. I took it the first time, failed on upper body strength. Spent the next 6 weeks doing full Mo Tours and eating my Dr. ordered 4k calorie a day meals. Took it week before boot ended and passed.
He calls me into his office last week of boot and asks me why, I said because you told me I couldn’t. So he asks me about long term plans, and after awhile. He told me I should go for EOD. More Civilian applications.
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during dry fire - drawing from holster from kneeling position.
Recently my Instructor spent few extra minutes with me and showed me how to draw and shoot from lying position (on side and on the back). I have to add it to my dry firing practice routine.
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Love it. Practice makes perfect, especially non-routine such as this. Kudos.
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That is a legit thing to practice! We would do falling drills in Tae Kwon Do a lot - especially in winter.
And just to embarrass myself and give you another reason to train how to fall correctly, a couple of weeks ago I was out with my daughter and we decided to take a short cut instead of going the long way around (long story) and had to climb over a 3.5-4 foot barrier. I’m like, I can do that no big deal… and then I proceeded to fall from the top of the barrier and land on my right side. I was bruised and sore for weeks - and I fell “correctly”. Yes, my daughter laughed at me for about 30 minutes after she determined that I was OK and proceeded to tell everyone we talked to for the rest of the day what I had done. 
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That was a smart man.
The military is the best part time job you can ever have as it only takes up part of your life. If you live that long.
Cheers,
Craig6
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Between him, my cousin and my FIL, they taught me more of what it took to be a man than anyone.
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This looks awesome @Dawn Never seen one of these, will have to pick one up and add it to my dry fire practice.
Does this look like what you are using? https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/bcg-wobble-board#repChildCatid=166856
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That would definitely work, @Fred_G!
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We trained a new instructor a year or so ago, very humbling as he had more training and firearms experience than us. Anyways, he was experienced in martial arts. He did a demonstration for us, pointed a sirt tool at him, he took it away in a nano second, and actually hurt the demonstratee. Wow!
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