The Benefits Of Outdoor Sports & Fitness

With scientific evidence proving that the risk of spreading coronavirus outdoors is significantly lower than indoors, the popularity and benefits of having an outdoor gym in your school have been enhanced. It provides a safe way for pupils to remain physically active.

Exercise is proven to improve mental state, specifically in young people. Emotional and physical wellbeing benefits are quick and easy to see as well as exposing pupils to the ‘fresh air’ and extra Vitamin D!

Outdoor gyms are a fantastic way to promote a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyles are important, especially in a time when increased inactivity in young people is profound in the media.

Offering many cross-curricular links, pupils can be educated on the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle using an outdoor gym whilst actively engaging in becoming more active! PSHE, PE and Science are just some of the subject areas that can be explored through an outdoor gym!

A fantastic all-weather outdoor learning resource. MUGA’s are surfaced with all-weather safety surfacing meaning they can be used all year round in all weather conditions. They wont flood like your school field in the rain and children will not bring mud back into school meaning you can save on cleaning costs.

With outdoor learning highly encouraged in the current environment, a MUGA ensures that you always have a place outdoors for children to learn both actively and safely!

With grass-roots sport at an all time high in the UK, local teams are always looking for community use facilities such as MUGA’s for their teams to train and play. In no time you will see your MUGA fully booked for rentals!

As it is an outdoor facility, there is no need for school access either! Holidays clubs and sports camps are also always looking to hire MUGA’s during the school holidays and as there is no danger of the weather making the facility ‘unusable’ your income is guaranteed! Your MUGA will be sure to pay for itself – and then some!

Children love sport and actively engaging in sport has never been at more of a premium than during COVID-19.

By installing a MUGA you will have a fantastic area for pupils to return to and as such a safe, outdoor environment for them to learn and grow.

Sport has been proven by research to have many physical and psychological benefits for young people and this has never been more significant. As well as this it provides an area for your school to host and engage in inter-school competitions, putting your school on the map in the local area as a sporting hub and in turn reaping the benefits both intrinsically and extrinsically that this brings.

As a large focus of the Adventure Trails are on balance, they are a fantastic way to develop balance and core strength for children of all abilities.

Take our AT10 as an example, with obstacles such as a wobble bridge and a balance beam, balance is a key element for success. As the course is split into 10 different items, it can be tackled as a whole or in different sections allowing for fun, achievable, progressive, differentiated learning.

As our Adventure Trails are built as courses, there is an opportunity to promote healthy intra-school competition.

Timed trails are a great way of incorporating your Adventure Trail into Sports Days and House competitions alike. It is also a great way to engage those more reluctant to participate in physical activity as many pupils will not see this as a sport but more as a ‘play’ opportunity.