Table IV shows the results for the Willknox
wobble board test, which was used as a measure of proprioception and the Bass test, which was used to measure dynamic balance.
He also told how he invented the
wobble board "by accident" in 1959.
Wobble board fun: Rolf at Birmingham Symphony Hall with Washwood Heath Primary School pupils.
The star spoke at length and with confidence about his rise to fame, launching into lengthy tales about his first BBC audition in 1953 and the invention of his
wobble board.
He wanted to see The Cavern first, so we piled into my Morris Minor, Rolf on the back seat with my wife Yvonne, who had charge of the
wobble board. Brian Epstein was in Mathew Street, and after plunging down the stairs, Rolf was soon invited on stage to wave and chat to the fans.
They might involve standing on one leg with my eyes shut trying to repeat the times table or throwing bean bags while walking in a straight line and watching the bags or standing on a
wobble board with my eyes closed.
"And it is a lot cheaper than a
wobble board. They cost in the region of pounds 35 to pounds 40 whereas the price of a cushion will be somewhere between pounds 15 and pounds 25."
The play area, which features an adventure trail with monkey bars, stepping stones, and a
wobble board, was funded by the rugby charity Wooden Spoon.
And his
wobble board as a spineless Leader of the Opposition.
The part of the brain implicated in making skills automatic - the cerebellum, rather than the frontal lobes of the thinking brain - can be stimulated through simple exercises like balancing on a
wobble board or throwing a bean bag from one hand to the other while looking at it in flight.
He made his name in 1960 with the first of his novelty songs, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, accompanied by his "
wobble board".
The a la carte line-up is displayed on one big card (a bit like a Rolf Harris
wobble board) and, split into starters, mains, grill, pizza, sides and desserts, it's all very easy to negotiate.