Videos
Here you’ll find Fall Breakdowns, presentations, and free falling tutorials covering falls, balance, movement, and Fall Preparedness.
Some videos are designed to help you understand why a fall happened. Others explore balance, strength, and movement concepts in more depth. The falling tutorials focus on practical techniques that can be practiced safely and progressively.
The goal across all of them is the same: to make the science of falls easier to understand and more useful in the real world.
Practicing a falling technique? Use a soft surface, stay within your abilities, and use appropriate supervision when needed. Stop if anything feels unsafe.
The Fall Breakdown Episode 7: Gate Trips, Barrel Rolls, and Slippery Slides
Analyze real-world falls involving a gate trip, slippery hill, wet stairs, and an elite cricket catch. Learn why these falls happened, how they could have been prevented, and practical strategies to improve balance, movement, and fall recovery.
The Fall Breakdown Episode 6: Sports Falls
Analyze real sports falls in basketball, baseball, gymnastics, and boogie boarding to learn how balance, technique, and safe falling can help prevent injuries.
Balance With Brent Part 3: Ground Recovery (Getting Off the Ground)
Getting off the ground after a fall is a critical life skill, yet one that many people never practice until they need it. This presentation focuses on ground recovery—how to move on the ground, regain orientation, and safely return to standing or reach help.
I discuss my general framework for teaching ground recovery, why this skill is essential for independence, and how to maneuver on the ground to reach safety. The presentation also addresses why helping someone else off the ground may not always be safe, and what to consider before intervening.
Although originally delivered live at an assisted living facility, this talk was reshot in a streamlined format after a microphone issue to ensure the full series was complete and accessible.
Balance With Brent Part 2: Falling
Falls are often treated as something to be avoided at all costs, yet very little time is spent teaching people what to do when a fall actually happens. This presentation focuses on falling itself—an essential but widely ignored part of movement health.
In this talk, I introduce my ROLL SAFE Framework and discuss the core principles of safer falling, common fall scenarios, and specific techniques that can help reduce injury risk. I also explore how fall skills can be learned and practiced even when full physical practice isn’t possible.
This session was delivered live and unrehearsed, reflecting real-time teaching, questions, and exploration of ideas as they emerged with the audience.
Balance With Brent Part 1: Balance (Pre-Fall)
Balance is often discussed, but rarely explained in a practical way. In this presentation, I break down what balance actually is, how it works, and why balance problems often show up long before a fall ever happens.
This talk explores the different systems that contribute to balance, how balance is commonly tested, and what those tests do—and don’t—tell us about real-world movement. I also discuss practical, accessible ways to work on balance that extend beyond traditional “balance exercises.”
This presentation was delivered live in an assisted living setting using an interactive, unrehearsed format, allowing for real-time discussion and audience participation.
