Popular Summer Sports For Kids

Often parents are left wondering how to make their kids busy in summer time. Some kids end up spending boring summers and some kids take full advantage of it mainly due to their parents smart planning. There are plenty of choices available to make your kid’s summer full of fun and excitement and a memorable one.

One of the best ways to make the summer fun filled is to buy swing and slide for your kids. But make sure you buy a range that allows you to add different accessories to the frame to serve the needs of growing children. One can add spice by having a choice of wing seats, and then add a slide, a goal net. One can also go for tarpaulin shelf which makes a perfect roof for a kid’s den. The choice is up to the parents as to how kids would like to swing, single or in groups.

Another good summer pastime is to let kids enjoy some domestic activities like making cookies of their names. They can also make numeric cookies like their age to invoke interest in them. The advantage of this is, the kids have both fun and they also learn at the same time. The enamel tin that stores these cutters can be found at any cooking shop.

One of the better ideas for summer is the paddling pool. The pools are big enough to hold several children. The pool comes with ground sheet, filter and cover. One can also purchase a ladder to help kids who are too small to climb.

Another marvelous idea is kite flying. Buy your kids a kite making kit. This not only keeps the kids busy and happy but it also increases their creativity. Kids love flying kids. So once the weather is ideal for flying kids, take your kids out for flying kites.

Nobody can beat swimming when it comes to summer sports. It’s the best way to beat the heat in summer along with unlimited fun it offers. It is also a good form of exercise which tones up the body muscles. For those kids who don’t know swimming, summers are best time to learn it when many schools and camps offer swimming classes. If your kids know swimming, you can enroll them in swimming competitions held by community and schools. Apart from that sending your kids for regular swimming practice in summer also helps them fine tune their swimming skills.

Another idea is to install giant snakes and ladders in your lawn. The players can themselves act as the counter and move up ladders and down snakes. The game would need at least two layers. The game is a lot of fun for kids of any age as they will enjoy running around.

Kids can also be enrolled in basketball camps. Some prestigious schools also invite state level coaches and Olympic players as special guests to train kids. This is the best time to learn basketball from a professional perspective.

Tennis is another summer time sport which can keep kids busy in summer. The game is packed with excitement, requires and builds a lot of stamina. Many popular international players started playing tennis since they were kids and earned a name for them in the sport. The kids learn things easily, so this is the right age to tap their talent and make a future out of the summer sports.

Adventure Sports

Bungee jumping is an adventurous sport where the participant jumps from a great height while he is connected to a large rubber rope. The jump can be made from the top of a tall building, bridge or crane. To bring in more adrenalin rush, jump can be made from a moving object like helicopter or a hot air balloon.

Bungee word was developed in 1930, which meant rubber eraser. The idea originated from dwellers of the Pentecost Island, who used to tie vines to their ankles and jumped from tall wooden platforms. The vine was substituted by elastic cord. Members of the Dangerous Sports club made the first official bungee jumping on April 1, 1979 from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. Initially they were arrested, but later on they appeared on television and jumped from many places including hot air balloon and mobile cranes, in 1982.

A J Hackett of New Zealand did the first commercial bungee jumping in 1986, from Auckland’s Greenhithe Bridge. After that he made numerous jumps from famous monuments like the Eiffel Tower. The first bungee jumping site was laid in Queenstown, New Zealand, on the Kawarau Bridge.

The rubber rope absorbs the complete energy of the fall and when the rope snaps back, the jumper flies in the upward direction.  The process of oscillation continues until all energy is utilized. The rubber rope is covered with cloth and has hooks on both the end. It is a specially designed braided shock cord. A tough outer cover encloses many latex strands. The function of the tough outer cover is to provide durability. Some consider using unbraided cords without the tough outer cover, which delivers a longer and softer bounce. Commercial operators are forced to use body harness to ensure safety in case of accidents.

Variations to traditionally bungee jumping are catapult, twin tower, bungee running and bungee trampoline. In catapult, the jumper is placed on the ground and the cord is stretched, usually with the help of a crane, and then the jumper is released and he goes shooting up in the air. Twin towers employs two oblique cords. Bungee running, as the name suggests involves running and not jumping. The rope is attached to the participant and he runs as far as possible on an inflatable surface. The point maximum reached is marked with the help of a Velcro-backed marker, after which the runner gets pulled back to his initial position. Two or more people are involved in this and it is more like a running competition. Bungee Trampoline has a mix of bungee and trampolining. The body is fitted into a harness attached to a trampoline, which in turn is attached to a bungee. When the participant begins to jump he goes higher than a normal trampoline would.

Bungee jumping has been incorporated in many movies and video albums. The most famous of all is the James Bond movie, Golden Eye, which was released in 1995. The movie opens with Bond jumping from a dam in Russia. The jump was no special effect and was genuine.

Like other sports, bungee jumping has its share of possible injuries. The reason for most of them is human error, along with failure of safety harness, miscalculation of elasticity of the rope and improper connection of the cord. Possible injuries are body entangling with the rope, rope burn, dislocations, eye trauma, uterine prolapsed, back injury, pinched fingers and bruises. Jumper’s age, weight, experience, and location should be reviewed before the jump, as a safety measure.

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