This is a big part of why a lot of sports like to cross-train their athletes in Ballet. A huge thing that Ballet training gives you is an extremely good sense o

This is a big part of why a lot of sports like to cross-train their athletes in Ballet. A huge thing that Ballet training gives you is an extremely good sense of where your center of gravity is and how to place your foot under it to stay upright and under control. This is extremely useful for high school football, where "being able to place your foot underneath you after getting hit and ending up in an unusual place in body configuration space" often makes the difference between whether or not you wind up getting tackled.