Found this at Sports Authority, $25. It's a hand held Gyro ball. There are several ways to get the gyro started, the basics are spin it with your thumb or palm of hand. I couldn't get either to work. Maybe with practice. The next way is with the pull string which worked. You can get a pack of spare strings or different motorized starters. Although learning to kick start it would make sure you could always use it. It does pick up speed and resistance to movement as you manipulate the ball. The idea is that it creates constant resistance that you work against. It builds up very high speed, the web site has other models that go even faster and you can get a meter on some models that shows speed etc. Good for all sorts of sports and therapy. They get pricey but look at the options before getting the low end model. Thought I'd better add this. Don't set this thing down when the gyro is spinning. It will probably jump around uncontrollable. I imagine that with strength and dexterity you would get this going dangerously fast and better be able to hold onto it. I hope the faster ones have goood grips on them. I did try setting it down while spinning and as soon as I took my hand completely off it just sat there and spun down.
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Found this at Sports Authority, $25. It's a hand held Gyro ball. There are several ways to get the gyro started, the basics are spin it with your thumb or palm of hand. I couldn't get either to work. Maybe with practice. The next way is with the pull string which worked. You can get a pack of spare strings or different motorized starters. Although learning to kick start it would make sure you could always use it. It does pick up speed and resistance to movement as you manipulate the ball. The idea is that it creates constant resistance that you work against. It builds up very high speed, the web site has other models that go even faster and you can get a meter on some models that shows speed etc. Good for all sorts of sports and therapy. They get pricey but look at the options before getting the low end model. Thought I'd better add this. Don't set this thing down when the gyro is spinning. It will probably jump around uncontrollable. I imagine that with strength and dexterity you would get this going dangerously fast and better be able to hold onto it. I hope the faster ones have goood grips on them. I did try setting it down while spinning and as soon as I took my hand completely off it just sat there and spun down.Tags: None
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I've got a low end one that I don't think will support the meter. I took it to work and let a co-worker try and he kept it going even if it slowed down which I'd been having a hard time doing. He wants to work on upper body strength so this should be good and hopefully will help with arthritis. i think it will improve speed bagin.
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