Sports-PC- Electronic Playground
- Brain and Body Fitness Essential for Kids
August 15, 2002, Santa Barbara, CA - The Sports-PC
Electronic Playground was created to get today's kids
off the couch and moving their bodies while providing
them with the interactive stimuli they demand to get
them involved. Physical movement is critical to developing
healthy kids. It not only gets them fit and stimulates
weight loss, it is essential in central nervous system
development. Most of this needs to happen before the
child is 10 years old. Exercise stimulates the lymphatic
and endocrine systems, and also releases endorphines,
which contribute to the feeling of happiness.
Making Physical Exercise Fun
Kids exercise best when they play, where fitness arises
from entertainment rather than discipline. Arcade and
play-station type games have been instrumental in motivating
kids to achieve a new level of hand-eye-coordination
skills. The Sports-PC Electronic Playground takes this
to a higher level involving both hands, feet, eyes,
and ears. This is called Sportwall Sensory Integration
Training. Play in the Sports-PC Electronic Playground
is like stepping inside a computer. Kids are required
to simultaneously track a ball, targets, sounds, time
clocks, and scores, while engaging in a full-body workout.
Points are scored by throwing a ball at lighted targets.
The faster and more accurate the shots, the more points
are earned. Kids play in teams to earn the highest possible
score. Challenging? Yes! Exciting and rewarding? Definitely!
Sensory Integration takes place automatically delivering
a whole new era in brain and body fitness training.
Inventor, Cathi Lamberti points out that "Kids'
expectations have been redefined by technology. In order
to engage their participation we must meet those expectations.
The Sports-PC Electronic Playground has been created
to do exactly this!"
The Sports-PC Electronic Playground - getting kids
started in sports
The Sports-PC Electronic Playground features a tempered
glass sports arena 8'wide x 12' long x 8' high - similar
to a mini racquetball court. Embedded in the sides and
roof are electronic targets, scoreboards and a time
clock. The system's onboard computers are loaded with
up to 10 different computer games. Each is designed
to provide focused training in small sequential bites.
It is especially helpful for children who have difficulty
with reading, physical coordination, attention deficit
and hyper activity disorder (ADHAD), and autism. "The
Sports-PC has been a great addition to our facility
and is a new exciting tool that helps our children to
improve their visual and spatial awareness as well as
their motor planning" says Marc Sickel, President,
Fitness for Health. Fitness for Health is offering programs
for kids dedicated to improve their motor skills and
self-esteem.
Sports-PC Electronic Playground also offers a fun new
way to cut the learning curve and get kids started in
sports. Sportwall Sensory Integration Training develops
sports-specific skills such as improved hand eye coordination,
rapid thinking and improved memory for strategy and
technique; accurate throwing, catching, and aiming;
balance, agility, body awareness, and footwork; strength,
endurance, and flexibility; anaerobic, aerobic, and
cardiovascular staminer; improved focus and concentration.
A focus group of 11 kids played unsupervised for one-and-a-half
hours without interruption. When the kids left the court
they were drenched with perspiration. Some kids came
and went but stayed close to the court and observed
when not playing. Others played for the full time. The
Sports-PC Electronic Playground produced a record in
maintaining uninterrupted and continuous play in a playground.
Since the workout is driven by computer games, there
is no need for an instructor. Since the kids have to
cooperate to produce a high score, fighting or competitiveness
is almost entirely eliminated.
"The Health Club Industry is starving for a product
like this. Sports-PC Electronic Playground is a way
for club owners to bring the entire family into the
club environment. People aged 5 through 85 can have
fun, compete and get fit all at the same time!"
commented John Donati, veteran to the fitness industry.
Billie Jean King Endorses Sports-PC
Billie Jean King endorsed the Sports-PC when she saw
how it influences an athlete's performance. "This
is the wave of the future. With Sports-PC Electronic
Playground kids are getting cardio-vascular fitness,
sports training and they're having fun at the same time!
It's a great way to get today's young computer game
players off the couch and exercising again. Believe
me when I say you've never experienced anything like
this before. Sports-PC Electronic Playground is truly
a blast!"
National Recreation and Park Association have experienced
the value and excitement of the Sportwall sensory integration
training, and are incorporating it into their programs
across America. "Sports-PC Electronic Playground
is fun, engaging, and captures the essence of what recreation
represents. NRPA has formed a partnership with Sportwall
International Inc. Current users are reporting a 100%
success at gaining and keeping excitement and participation.
With so many temptations to distract us from physical
activities such as the internet, video games, and TV,
Sports-PC Electronic Playground is the answer that stimulates
both brain and body in people of all ages" says
Kathy Spangler, director of national programs.
Your Fitness Juke Box
Kids Love It! The Sports-PC Electronic Playground is
the answer to fitness for kids and active
child care. It is exciting, engaging, and entertaining
while giving kids an incredible all-round workout without
the expense of a highly trained operating staff. Kids
love it and parents are delighted to take home happy,
exhausted children.
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