Talk:Baoding balls

Clarity
"To be sure, this is a treasure of necessity to the elderly."? 72.195.130.128 02:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Work required
For the most part this entry reads more like the "instructions and history" leaflet that would come with the box than an actual encyclopedia entry. The History section seems to be apocryphal, and the Other Uses section mostly contains a rambling, run-on list of purported benefits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.240.28.25 (talk) 04:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If you believe it to be lacking, act; I have no knowledge of the subject, but I do know this encyclopedia.--CM (talk) 21:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism
I can only speak for myself but personally I came to find out about them and instead found an obvious plagiarism. Not sure what "action" I would take here Casey J. Morris (talk) 10:24, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Benefits?
Who knows if these chime balls we all seem to have are actually healthy or not, and I'm certainly not sure if this subject makes for a good encyclopedia entry, but I personally found this page by searching for "Chinese healthy balls," and have since learned they are called "Baoding Balls." So I guess I learned something from this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.6.196 (talk) 00:28, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism 2
"That very day, the emperor was presented the news: Mr. Long's countenance filled with delight, for upon him was conferred a royal tribute." Gimme a break. Where did you take this from? Casey J. Morris (talk) 09:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The whole history section made me laugh. While it's obviously... lacking..., it is incredibly funny to read.--Johnnydc (talk) 01:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

That's how Chinese write in English. It's weird, but I don't think it's necessarily plagiarism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joesephk (talk • contribs) 06:35, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Reliable Sources?
What exactly is deemed a reliable source. Does it have to be a book or just other sources on the internet. The benefits of using baoding balls is the same similar to the use of acupuncture or acupressure therapy. Using the balls will stimulate the acupressure points in your hands.

Some sources on how to use baoding balls can be easily found on youtube. A channel by T3chl3ss is dedicated to useing Boading Balls http://www.youtube.com/user/T3chl3ss And a movie (T3chl3ss no. 5) explaining the basic movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKAgNWocsts

Some books: The Complete Book of Chinese Health Balls: Background and Use of the Health Balls [Paperback] Ab Williams (Author)

Zen Meditation Balls (Miniature Editions) [Paperback] Alison Trulock (Author)

And I agree someone native could make a big difference to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ha2ooh (talk • contribs) 14:33, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Correcting TRON reference?
As for the bit referring to Kevin Flynn's house having Baoding balls.. I think that what he has is infact Yoshimoto's cube. http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/a-nishi/y_cube/z_y_cube.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xowgax (talk • contribs) 06:35, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Walnuts
http://www.baodingballs.com/history_and_types_of_baoding_balls.html I think it should be added to the article, that they evolved from walnuts. --Indopap (talk) 16:51, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * People and soldiers would use a couple of walnuts to exercise their hands until iron balls were created.
 * Jade walnuts. Walnuts were used before the discovery of metal.

Hand orientation
I naturally began these palm-up (supinated) as seen in the 2 illustrations in the gallery, but I recently heard of some other ways to do it. Here's a cite:

It goes on to describe intermediate steps, which I'm trying out now because palms-down (pronated) seems impossible presently. Do any other sources mention this? It seems like the weight of the ball would play a bigger factor since now you'd be combatting gravity instead of just inertia/momentum like with supinated. Ranze (talk) 23:35, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Ben wa
Aren't these just ben wa balls by a different name?

If not, how are they different? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 23:46, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Baoding balls are for manual dexterity; Ben Wa balls are for vaginal dexterity. 'Tis largely a matter of function, I would think. kencf0618 (talk) 16:57, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Use
Source #5 doesn't describe baoding ball use -- It's a link to a page of a(n ostensibly reliable, I didn't review the actual book) Chinese>French translation review, but the specific page describes translations of the name of a particular sex act.2601:19C:4C80:2A0:1415:65FF:8C3F:5661 (talk)