It is traditionally popular to record children (especially girls) āfor balletā. This is fully justified: if you do not make professional dancers out of them, then such classes will have a very beneficial effect on the child. He develops just perfect posture, there is never a scourge of our time - excess weight, and besides, discipline takes off to unprecedented heights. However, for the high efficiency of training, sooner or later everyone has to think about how to install a home ballet machine in the apartment. Without it, even daily training will not give the desired result. And here a lot of questions arise.
Options for choreographic machines: which is more convenient for home?
They differ both in configuration and in the method of attachment. Let's start with the first one. First of all, the ballet machine can be single-row (with a single handrail) or double-row (one is located higher, the other is slightly lower). The second is suitable only for specialized halls, where groups of different ages are engaged. For home exercises, one-story is usually chosen. However, if you expect that the ballet will captivate your child for several months, keep in mind that the child is still growing. If you donāt want to install a new ballet machine every six months or a year, choose with telescopic racks or with several levels on which you can rearrange the slats parallel to the floor.
How to fasten?
The next important parameter: how to fix the ballet machine? The most reliable is the fixation in the floor and in the wall. If the walls are unreliable - the equipment is attached only to the floor, but over time the racks can become loose, and it will become uncomfortable to deal with. If the apartment has strong (brick or concrete) walls and, for example, expensive flooring (the same parquet made of natural wood), you can fix the ballet machine only on the walls. However, with heavy loads on it, there is a chance that over time screws or dowels will loose, which can also lead to injury.
If you regularly travel somewhere for a long time (to the summer cottage), but do not want the child to stop studying, then in this case you will have to make sure that the ballet machine is mobile. Such a variety is placed on stable "legs", however, it is desirable to additionally fix it horizontally in a new place.
Selection options
Many parents, faced with the need to purchase the appropriate equipment, make standard mistakes. This is natural, since choosing a ballet machine is quite difficult. A person who is not professionally connected with dancing, simply does not know how to "correctly". And wherever you take the ballet machine intended for your child - you made it yourself, ordered it in a special workshop or bought ready-made - you need to consider the following recommendations.
First of all, the height of the beam. In order not to correct the defects of posture and learned movements later, remember: it should be at the level of the dancerās lowest rib. The next requirement: no cheap stuff! Neither in the selection of materials, nor in the selection of a finished choreographic machine. Chinese options usually contain easily evaporating inclusions that simply poison your child in a confined space and severe stress. āEnvironmental cleanlinessā is the motto of caring parents!
No less important: the ballet machine should include only wooden handrails. And while not varnished. A sweaty hand will glide over metal or varnished, which very often leads to injury.
Homemade machine for classes: the necessary materials
If you are not too rich, you are not satisfied with what is offered in the store, you are not sure that your childās hobby for a long time, or ready-made options do not fit into the dimensions of your apartment, you can make a ballet machine yourself. You will not need many components: an even polished pole with a diameter of 50 mm of the required length, several racks (their number depends on the length of the wall into which the ballet machine will be mounted, but at least three), plugs, dowels and screws are more powerful. You will have to buy 2 plugs for the design (if you take a pipe, not a tree) and 12 fasteners for 3 racks. The beech or oak would be the ideal choice as a pole, but a chrome pipe would also be a last resort, only the child will have to do gloves, so that his hands do not slip.
Home-made machine for classes: assembly order
In this article, we consider stationary equipment, on 3 racks and with fastenings in one plane, on the wall. If your conditions are somewhat different - make clarifications to the technology.
First, markup is made: according to the level, the places on the wall where the ballet machine will be attached are outlined according to the height calculated depending on the height of your child. Holes are drilled at these points (4 per rack). The dowels are screwed into them and the racks themselves are mounted. A bar is inserted into the holders; if a pipe is chosen as it, and not a tree, plugs are inserted - and the child can begin his exercises.
Since making a ballet machine at home yourself is much cheaper, and even you can take into account the individual characteristics of the apartment, many resort to this method.