Everyone knows Robert Lewandowski, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods or Maria Sharapova. How is it so? The answer is simple — they are sportsmen and sportswomen in the most popular sports disciplines in the world. Football, basketball, golf, and tennis.. However, there are many others sport disciplines which deserve your attention and in which you can even try your own hand. So let’s get to the point!
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
Often while playing in the park with friends or with the dog, we use various accessories, such as a ball or something similar to a plate – a flying disc, called Frisbee. I suppose that you didn’t know that there is a sport in which Frisbee is actually used. Basically, it is a team game using Frisbee that combines elements of other sports: basketball, football, handball, and rugby. Players must show endurance, speed, and dexterity. So if you skipped physical education classes at school, this sport may not be for you- unless of course you’re a natural!
Ultimate Frisbee is a non-contact sport, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t require effort. Ultimate Frisbee is played on a field 100 meters long and 37 meters wide. Pretty impressive, right? The element that differs from other sports is the lack of referees. Players report fouls and settle disputes themselves. Simple rules make Frisbee very accessible and easy to learn for beginners. If you have time and desire to try something different, maybe Ultimate Frisbee is for you.
CHESS PLAYING
For most of us, the chess game is associated with moving pawns around the board. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. Chess is an excellent game with many educational advantages. It has a huge impact on the intellectual development of young people, teaching them logical thinking, strategy, and stimulating spatial intelligence. The chess game requires quick thinking and adaption to new conditions, as your opponent repeatedly changes the configuration of the game. As you can see, the game of chess is dynamic- not your typical boring board game.
Certainly, not everyone will become a chess grandmaster, but the skills acquired at the chessboard will obviously leave a positive mark on anyone who takes up the game. Qualities such as good concentration, analytical thinking, responsibility will be a fantastic benefit in the future work and personal life. More inspiration here.
FIND YOUR WHY
To make you even more persuaded to play chess, I decided to show you some positive aspects of this game:
- Supports the development of logical thinking,
- Chess is great memory training,
- Improves imagination as well as abstract thinking,
- Develops spatial thinking skills,
- Develops concentration,
- Improves creativity,
- Teaches self-discipline,
- Teaches responsibility and consequence of decisions made.
I hope that the above-mentioned arguments have convinced you to try to play chess sometime. Maybe the game will turn out to be something that makes you feel relaxed and comfy? Or maybe we’ve just discovered an aspiring chess master? Find out more about chess.
GOLF
Sometimes we want to become more physically active, but running or fitness classes are sports that we’re not exactly fond of. Here comes a good alternative in the form of golf. Each of us has seen a game of golf at least once in our lives- to be precise, not really. In this discipline, there is a specific dress code and behavior. You can’t play golf in jeans or tracksuits. Maybe this is the main reason why many people think that it’s a sport for the Elite. Happily, anyone can enter this “elite” group, regardless of gender, wallet size, or age. Millions of people around the world play golf. Golf enthusiasts include: Michael Douglas (an American actor and producer), Justin Timberlake (a singer), and Michael Jordan (an American former basketball player). As you can see, golf is a good option if you would like to start your journey with a sport.
BENEFITS
Golf is a sport that offers many benefits. Most importantly, golf is good for your health! Here are some of the advantages of playing golf:
- Contributes to longer life,
- Reduces the risk of heart disease and strokes,
- Helps older people improve their sense of balance and strength,
- Helps maintain mental health,
- Improves physical condition,
- Lowers cholesterol and blood pressure.
What’s important, it’s one of those sports that are beneficial even for persons with reduced mobility. According to experts, such positive effects have several sources. Golfers spend a lot of time outdoors, surrounded by nature, indulging in aerobic activity of moderate intensity. What’s more, thanks to golf, we can burn a lot of calories in a fast way. Some studies show that during one round of a game you can burn about 1200 calories, would you believe that?!
It is also worth mentioning that there is no other sport where age is so irrelevant. Being on the golf course, you can see a full cross-section – a teenager and a retiree in his sixties. Both men and women play equally. Golf is a social sport that means you practically don’t play by yourself. You meet a lot of new people on the golf course. Not bad networking, eh! During the tournament, you spend a few great hours with new people and talk about golf, hobbies, life, and things like that. It is impossible to feel lonely on the golf course. So if you are one of those people who like company, this sport discipline is for you!
SPORT IS KING
Sports has a great and beneficial effect on our health and wellbeing. For many, sports is associated with physical exertion, hard workouts, lots of sacrifices. Nothing could be more inaccurate! As we’ve discussed, there are sport disciplines that don’t require much psychical activity on our side. An exception can only be Ultimate Frisbee. I bet you never considered golf or chess when deciding on a sports adventure. As I mentioned, these sports can bring us a lot of benefits: it teaches patience, trains our memory, builds character, supports physical and mental health.. The list goes on.. Get out of your sweat pants and do some exercise.
