Disc Golf
Disc Golf for kids can be mentally demanding. It is one of the best kids’ activities for developing concentration that children may not be using so much when in the classroom or playing other sports in school.
Disc Golf is a sport that will challenge your child mentally while encouraging them to enjoy an active lifestyle. If you are looking for interesting after-school classes, Disc Golf will be an excellent choice. |
Disc golf can be played by both able-bodied and disabled people of all ages. It is played using rules similar to golf, and played anywhere, although, it is ideally played outdoors like a sports field. It is a game that requires concentration, strategy and skill and is great for developing key skills such as balance, coordination and accuracy.
Top Benefits of Disc Golf for Children
- Disc golf for kids is mentally challenging: Disc golf is one of kids’ activities that will make your child think at the same time as it keeps them physically moving. As well as boosting numeracy skills through score keeping, disc golf will help your child to think tactically, use their hand-eye coordination, plan ahead and evaluate their own skills.
- Sports are a great way to keep kids physically active: Studies show that children are more likely to stick with exercise if it's fun. Disc golf is so much fun for some children and adults that they never think of it as 'exercise'. A round of disc golf can burn between 400-600 calories!
- Improved muscular strength and endurance: Disc golf can improve your joint flexibility and range of motion improving your muscular strength and endurance which in turn strengthens your tendons and ligaments. With this, your heart, blood pressure and balance are under control.
- Etiquette: Like golf, disc golf is known as a “Gentlemen’s Sport.” In Disc golf there are more courtesies to the game than actual rules. It’s a great way for your child to learn good sportsmanship.
- Disc Golf for kids provides very social kids’ activities: Disc Golf is a very inclusive activity. Like any team sport, Disc golf involves a great deal of camaraderie between team members as well as the teams they compete against. Socializing after games is a big part of the fun!
- Children only have to compete against themselves: While your child might get the chance to compete if they want to, disc golf for kids is mainly about improving your own performance. This means that kids who don’t enjoy competitive sports can thrive in the more relaxed environment of their curriculum and after-school classes in disc golf.
- Disc golf helps build confidence: Because of the focus on self-improvement, children who practice disc golf can develop more confidence and self-esteem. As they get better at sinking a putt, they will be able to challenge themselves to throw from a further distance and then there's no better feeling than throwing a long drive or sinking a long putt.
- Disc golf for kids is accessible: While it can be physically demanding, disc golf is one of the most accessible sporting kids activities, suitable for people with all levels of physical ability. It doesn’t matter if your child isn’t naturally sporty, or even if they are affected by a disability, they will still be able to enjoy disc golf. Even with a disease like diabetes you can still give disc golf a try. It offers tremendous benefits to people with high blood sugar like improving insulin resistance and reduces blood sugar; aerobic exercise like disc golf causes weight loss; it reduces the risk of cancer, stroke and heart disease.
- Easy to learn: Scoring in Disc Golf is simply based on points, not something subjective like technique or style. It is straightforward and easy to learn, which is why it’s possible to join at any age and can be enjoyed by everyone.
- Disc golf requires focus: Every time your child makes a shot, they will need to concentrate on what they are doing in order to follow the right procedure and sink the putt. They will need to stay focused and use their brain as much as their muscles in order to succeed.
- Disc golf boosts patience: As well as having to focus carefully on individual shots, your child will have to learn to be patient. When they are playing in after-school classes or competitions, they will often have to wait their turn, and they will also have to be patient if they want to get the best score.
- Disc golf for children teaches responsibility: Kids’ activities that involve caring for equipment and learning how to follow important safety rules can help your child to become more responsible. As they learn how to handle their frisbee, they will also be learning to think about the safety of themselves and others. This is an important lesson that they can take into other areas of their lives, and after-school classes provide a safe environment in which to learn it.
- Positive stress reliever: Heavy use of technology, oddly enough increases our stress levels. Disc golf provides a healthy escape for reducing stress and working out those kinks in the neck, arms, and shoulders.
- Cross curricular: Disc golf provides a crash course on a science subject; namely physics. Whether you know it or not, as you figure out how to adjust your throw on windy day builds those problem-solving skills.
- Sense of achievement: Successfully throwing a disc on a windy day and making the hole, gives the child a real sense of achievement.
After mastering the basic skills, we coach at an individual level with some carefully selected games and techniques and can offer the Disc Golf Award Scheme.
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