Balance training cut ankle sprains by about a third across pooled trials of athletes.
J Athl Train review ↗01 · Born coordinated
You were born coordinated.
Every toddler is a balance athlete: wobble, fall, laugh, go again. Thousands of tries a day, and nobody calls it training.
02 · And then
Then desks happened.
Chairs, screens, one strong hand doing everything. The wobbling stops, and so does the practice.
03 · Meet Blobby
A goofy companion to get less goofy.
Blobby is a training game for your body. Short drills for balance, reaction, hand–eye and your weaker side, with a gummy coach who cheers every round. He never talks. He doesn't need to.
04 · The drills
Three drills. Ten minutes.
Borrowed from the people whose jobs depend on it. Each one has four steps and a clear challenge to clear.
- Single-leg stanceBoxing · dance · physio
- Self-drop catchBoxing gyms
- Wall tossEvery ball sport, week one
- Off-hand wall tossSurgeons · musicians
- Two-ball exchangeJuggling
- Split-stepTennis · padel · squash
- Light Board 30Formula 1
- Tap SprintDrummers · neurology clinics
05 · The habit
Don't break the drop.
One drill keeps your streak alive. Every week in a row earns a freeze for the days life happens. Blobby sends one gentle nudge a day, and never on a day you trained.
06 · Honest science
What we know. What we don't.
Racing drivers who trained on light boards for six weeks scored better on lab reaction tests. Driving on track was not measured.
Horváth et al. 2022 ↗Training one limb makes the other a little stronger too. That is about strength, not fine skill.
Meta-analysis, 31 studies ↗You will get better at these challenges. We don't promise more than that, and we'll tell you what we learn.
07 · Party mode
Bring friends.
Up to five players, one phone. Pick a colour, pass the phone, fight for the podium.
The beta
Be one of the first hundred.
Blobby is in a small beta for iPhone and Android. Leave your email and we'll send you an invite.