Editorial Review
Bal-A-Vis-X is a series of Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises of varied complexity, most of which are deeply rooted in rhythm. These exercises require full-body coordination and focused attention.
The Bal-A-Vis-X program utilizes racquetballs, sand-filled beanbags, balance boards, and multiple principles from Educational Kinesiology. It demands cooperation, promotes self-challenge, fosters peer teaching. It is school-friendly and just plain fun.
Part One, THE STORY, is a narrative, experiential account of this program's evolutionary development over 20 years in public school classrooms. The reader is a silent witness to one teacher's trial-and-error journey, in grades 1 though 8, FROM an uninformed, intuitive grasp of some link between physical and mental (in)abilities TO assimilation of the most recent brain research and theory, especially as applied to physical movement's crucial connection to cognitive function. Along the way the reader will encounter, with him, the many people and ideas which lead to understanding, then point the way to Bal-A-Vis-X.
This is also a story of hundreds of students, in particular the Lab Kids of Hadley Middle School in Wichita, KS where the Bal-A-Vis-X program was born in 1997. Both annecdotal and "hard" test data accompany their collective/individual stories.
Part Two is a series of accounts by educators and parents who have personal experience in the use of Bal-A-Vis-X.
Part Three consists of step-by-step instructions for the more than 200 Bal-A-Vis-X exercises.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent 
2006-11-10
One of the best basic, self explanatory guides, I have used in a long time.
Very Interesting 2006-08-30
This is an interesting and informative book. It is written in the style of a thesis, so some of the detail feels like reading an M.ED. If you can get through that, the content is facinating and has changed my view of learning and teaching profoundly. I would love to learn how to teach BAL-A-Vis-X as a result and I am learning to juggle!!
Bal-A-Vis-X 
2006-07-17
This book has good information, but, as parent I need more visual information, Pictures and step by step information.
Bal-A-Vis-X 2006-07-03
There are lots of books (and providers of services) out there for exercise programmes to assist "learning challenged" children. Before you spend much money on something more expensive - this is a great first step. We have been there, done that when it comes to spending money in all directions. Another to first open your mind is the Smart Moves book by Carla Hannaford. We have also personally had much success with diet changes (low grain, no sugar, gluten, dairy, processed foods) and improving speech by implementing a yeast eradication programme. None of the milestones our kids have personally achieved have come overnight - so perseverence is the key.
The Bal-A-Vis-X book gives the reader a very hands on approach whilst showing some results Bill was able to achieve for his students. My kids personally think the programme will be fun - although to get them started is awkward and difficult. To implement the exercises in this book the reader will need a buddy board, balls and bags. The cost for the home starter kit is around $118 US plus shipping (if you can access it for free, great). If you wish to restrict your spending, maybe this is not the book for you.
Finally - help for the teacher 2001-08-05
Bill Hubert's "Bal-A-Vis-X" finally gave me answers to many of the questions I've had over the years concerning those students who just can't seem to learn. I now have "hands-on" remedies for all my students. The kids love the exercises and they provide me with information about the kids I couldn't have gotten any other way.
Bal-A-Vis-X Workshop 2008-07-10
I'm just ordering this book to reinforce what Bill taught at the three-day workshop at Western State in Gunnison, Colorado. It was fast-moving and invigorating. Everyone who wants to REALLY DO Bal-A-Vis-X exercises needs to be trained by BILL to SEE and HEAR the exercises. I would recommend it to all... I foresee that I will probably buy his new DVD set in order to remember exactly how to do the exercises.
Bal-A-Vis-X : Rhythmic Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises for Brain and Brain-Body Integration 2007-12-12
Very valuable input and helpful to us as we struggle with learning for our son. Product was received in excellent condition and we are looking forward to implementing all of the ideas in the book.
Yet another example of "pop psychology"... 
2007-08-26
...Bill Hubert was an elemntary and middle school teacher who "Over time...concluded that all of his students who struggled academically tended to exhibit similar physical characteristics:
-an inability to control eyes
-an inability to focus attention
-an inability to sit or stand without moving
-graceless, often illegible handwriting
-stiff/locked posture while sitting, standing, walking, or running
-limp/supportless posture while sitting, standing, walking, or running
-rhythmless gait while walking or running
-rhythmless cadence while talking or reading aloud
-apparent ambidextrousness, which was often neither-handedness
-general clumsiness
-mental and /or physical apathy"
...sorry, thirty years observation in an elemntary school classroom doesn't qualify as substantial evidence for such a conclusion...and as if that weren't enough of an intellectual "leap of faith" he then claims after "two decades of trial-and-error discovery" he found a therapy: "Bal-A-Vis-X"...and while juggling balls while standing on a balance board may, in fact, enhance mental faculties in some fashion, there is not a shred of scientific evidence that it does...the concept of "educational kinesiology" falls under the category of "applied kinesiology" which itself was founded by a chiropractor named Goodheart about forty years ago...and neither "educational kinesiology" nor "applied kinesiology" have any more scientific merit than chiropractics -- i.e. none...but Mr. Huber does have something -- he's got a lot of stuff to sell to you...why, he's got books, videos, seminars, demonstrations -- all available to order from his website...heck, you can even order the beanbags and balance boards from him!...if your kid's got some learning inadequacy you would probably do just as well buying him a skateboard or a gameboy as hounding him with the activities in this book.
Great information, just takes time to get to it! 
2007-01-11
I was expecting something that would cover how to set up a bal-a-vis-x program, but what I ran into was the complete history and impetus for creating the program. It took longer to get to the meat of how the program works, but by having the cronicle of how it all came about, I was even more encouraged by the program. I am going to buy more of these books for my son's school's teachers.
Increase Your Ability to Learn and Concentrate--Simply 2006-11-12
Over the last few years I have been involved in the education field. During that time I have heard many good comments about the difference that Bal-A-Vis-X has made in the learning potential for a child. It DOES NOT INVOLVE DRUGS OR A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. The book takes you through the learning process that Mr. Hubert experienced to adapt and create Bal-A-Vis-X for children in our public school system that were experiencing difficulty learning. It shows the statistical positive change that each student experienced by doing the Bal-A-Vis-X exercises. The exercises involve hearing, seeing, using rhythm, and balance. It is something that can be adapted to many different types of students, including students with physical challenges. It is said to help students with Dyslexia and more over it is a fun activity that the children want to participate in.
If there is a con to the book it would be that I was expecting more of a how-to book, but the history, background, testimonials, and statistics helped to create a picture of what Bal-A-Vis-X had to offer for students with learning difficults.
