Let’s Go Retro: The Benefits of “Free Play”
“Free play.” I haven’t heard that term since my days at summer camp. However, it is a term we should to add back into our vernacular, and this especially rings true for young athletes.
Several studies have recently shown that young athletes who engage in “free play” are less likely to suffer a sports-related injury. In today’s day and age, many teens now focus their efforts on one single sport and play it year-round. However, research demonstrates that these single-sport athletes are less likely to engage in “free play” or recreational sports. Research continues to demonstrate that participating in a variety of sports – competitive and/or recreational – can help prevent sports-related injuries. This may be due to building up resistance in muscles that aren’t regularly engaged by playing just one particular sport.
How can you or your child incorporate “free play” into the daily routine?
- Warm up for your sport de jour by working other muscle groups or engaging in other “sports.” For instance, take to the tennis court and hit a few balls before swim practice.
- Partake in a recreational game or activity to spice things up. Shoot hoops with friends or take a cardio-kickboxing class.
- Team up with a friend and share your athletic interests. If you have a friend that’s an avid runner and you are an expert softball player, teach each other a thing or two. Head for the running trails one morning and the next day visit the batting cage.
- If you have athlete friends who play a different sport than you, reach out and give what they do a shot.
This design is steller podiuuss! You most certainly know how to keep a reader entertained. Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved to start my own blog (well, almost…HaHa!) Excellent job. I really enjoyed what you had to say, and more than that, how you presented it. Too cool!
Good article! We will be linking to this particularly great article on our site. Keep up the great writing.
I really like it when people come together and share thoughts. Great website, keep it up!
There is definately a lot to find out about this topic. I really like all of the points you have made.
Buy Peptides Online Australia http://www.buypeptidesaustralia.com.au There is a secret to health and wellness and it starts here at the leading industry source for peptides online in Australia Peptide Clinics.
kredyt bez bik
Hi there! This post could not be written any better! Going through this post reminds me of my previous roommate! He constantly kept preaching about this. I am going to send this article to him. Fairly certain he’s going to have a good read. Many thanks for sharing!
This blog was… how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I’ve found something that helped me. Kudos!
An outstanding share! I have just forwarded this onto a coworker who had been doing a little homework on this. And he actually ordered me dinner due to the fact that I found it for him… lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanks for spending some time to discuss this subject here on your web page.
Your style is very unique in comparison to other people I have read stuff from. Thanks for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I’ll just book mark this blog.