It is hard to deny the need for sports. This does not have to be professional training aimed at achieving high results. Simple exercises, if a person is regularly engaged, will help strengthen immunity, increase efficiency, reduce stress, contribute to a good mood.
Why is sports so important?
It is scientifically proven that during active physical activity the body produces a “hormone of happiness”, this explains the pleasure received during physical education. But, in order to really recharge from the process, not to engage in sports from under the stick, it is very important to choose activities for the soul and capabilities of the body. There are many advantages in a healthy lifestyle:
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Maintaining the figure in excellent condition, because intense loads contribute to the burning of body fat, muscle tightening.
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Strong immunity, which can fight viruses, is not affected by the cold due to hardening if training takes place outdoors.
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Psychological balance and stability of the nervous system, achieved through harmonious loads. Sports can distract from daily stress at work, study, energize for new achievements. In addition, daily workouts increase self-discipline, train your character, forcing you to abandon bad habits, stimulate you to finish what you started
Children and sports. When to start?
The attitude of children to sports is also necessary to form from the cradle. Pediatricians advise doing light gymnastics, swimming, even with babies. This increases the mobility of the joints, stimulates blood circulation, helps a small person to develop and to release energy into a peaceful channel. The more urgent the problem, the older the baby. Having risen to the legs, the child needs movement, active walks in the fresh air. And adults are obliged to provide such pastime with daily walks, to diversify leisure activities for kids, including sports.
The equipment of children's playgrounds is an urgent issue that worries all parents. Many of them agree that specialized platforms will be the best place for walking with children. After all, this is a limited territory, and good sandboxes, slides, swings of different models, houses, game complexes, which suggest the presence of a variety of Swedish walls, crossbars, horizontal bars, turntables. The time spent with children in such a place is an opportunity to chat with other kids, run around enough and enjoy a walk with maximum safety.
Who installs sports, playgrounds: procedure
It is not always possible to hire a personal trainer or buy a subscription to a fitness center. An excellent way out of the situation when you want physical exertion will be sports equipment for yard areas. Such places for independent sports can be found in any area of the city, even the most remote from the center. The equipment of sports grounds in the courtyards is the task of local governments, patrons and sponsors. The search for funds is often the only obstacle to the installation of gaming and sports areas. According to legislative norms, city and district authorities are obliged to update it in yards where the wear of playgrounds exceeds 70% or there is no equipment at all, including sports equipment for playgrounds. There are schedules and plans according to which the necessary work is done, but often this is not enough.
Why is every citizen responsible for sports facilities?
Unfortunately, not all officials can boast of efficiency in resolving such issues and take the initiative only on the eve of the election. The equipment of sports grounds is installed on the eve of certain events, celebrations, and not when there is a real need for them.
However, according to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation (its 36th article), the owners of apartments in multi-storey buildings are the owners of the territory adjacent to their house. And at the same time, and all the facilities located in the courtyard. In addition to liability for harm, damage, the community of residents has the right to independently equip sports fields. Of course, any action and installation must be coordinated with representatives of the housing and communal services. Playgrounds for sports or children’s games must comply with standards, safety requirements and be certified. Poor-quality products can cause injuries or even death.
Can I take the initiative?
In cases where the residents of the house are united in a community with a chairman at the head, all the troubles associated with the arrangement of the yard territory fall on his shoulders. As practice shows, such courtyards are more quickly equipped not only with entertainment facilities, but also with high-quality pavement, parking places, ennobled with rest places, flower beds, and garbage collection sites.
After installing simulators, horizontal bars, sports complexes, slides and swings, a commission from the district council should attest to their reliability. The act of testing sports equipment on the sports ground or in the playing area necessarily gives a resolution to the facility, where the seal confirms or rejects the possibility of its further use as intended.
Requirements for playgrounds for children
In addition to an attractive appearance, such objects must be reliable, well-fortified and not contain unsafe elements. For example, places involving children's games may not contain equipment with sharp tips, rounded corners, removable elements and small parts. All equipment for sports fields is subject to certification, and it must be purchased from suppliers with a good reputation, who after the sale can also contribute to after-sales service, replacement and repair of broken facilities.
Coating Methods for Playgrounds: Pros and Cons
Separate coverage options should be explored. An artificial turf can be used for this purpose. Such a coating, although it has a colorful and attractive appearance, is, unfortunately, short-lived. Recently, rubber coatings have become very popular, which are the basis and perfectly complement sports equipment for outdoor areas.
The use of rubber bulk floors has many advantages:
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acceptable price;
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seamless coating;
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good shock and softening properties;
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durability;
practicality.
All these advantages make the use of rubber coatings the best option. During sports, falls are possible, for safety reasons, the surface has a thickness of at least 10 mm, and its energy-absorbing properties help minimize injuries. In addition, such a coating has a surface that does not slip even in rainy weather, does not change its properties either in summer or in winter. Cleaning the rubber floor does not require additional costs, and the life of the most intensive use and high traffic is equal, in the worst case, to ten years. Thus, sports equipment for outdoor areas can be installed in a place not inferior in quality to the best gym, and the result will please more than one year of residents of any yard.
State and youth sport support
Since 2009, the Ministry of Sports has been working to popularize a sports lifestyle among children of all age groups. Entire programs have been developed, involving the search for funds to create recreational facilities containing playground equipment, sports grounds for children of preschool, school age and youth.
These facilities must comply with the standards and requirements provided by the Ministry, including the following main provisions:
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Multifunctional use of equipment. It involves the possibility of choosing the right sport for different groups of children and adults individually or in groups.
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Attracting the youngest users to sports games, thanks to successful layouts of gaming complexes, ease of operation.
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The brightness and catchiness of the sites, the design development so that they attract attention, give pleasure and did not leave indifferent any child.
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Safety of the entire structure, as well as of individual elements, paint, coating on the sites.
- The availability of sports and gaming complexes due to the wide distribution and close proximity to multi-storey residential buildings, schools, kindergartens and parks.
Ready for work and defense!
The purpose of creating sports grounds is not only the dissemination of sport and instilling love for it, but also the preparation of children and youth for passing standards in educational and specialized institutions within the framework of the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Complex "Ready for Labor and Defense" (TRP). It is this program that calls for the spread of a healthy lifestyle among the entire population of the country, training, the creation of special training places. They also include sports facilities for the TRP. Equipment for them must meet a number of requirements. A prerequisite is the use of components and components of factory production, preferably Russian, which will accelerate the repair and maintenance of sites. All elements must be certified and performed in accordance with GOST. The recommendations of the Ministry regarding ergonomics, aesthetics and the general configuration of each site are advisory in nature.
Equipment for outdoor playgrounds
Several standard options have been developed that explain in detail what kind of equipment should be on sports grounds located on the street.
Their classification is based on specialization and focus on a specific target audience. So, for children of preschool and primary school age, the creation of sports and gaming complexes is supposed. Such places should be equipped (in a low-budget version) with sports and development equipment, multi-level horizontal bars, bars, a children's sports complex, a bench for exercise, a place for long jumps. In addition, the territory should be fenced, contain an information stand on its territory with clear and clear instructions regarding the rules of conduct on the site, the use of equipment and equipment.
A prerequisite is the presence of bins and benches for relaxation. Also, the location of each individual element on the site should be convenient and thought out in such a way that during training there will be no collisions and confusion. More equipped sites suggest the presence on the territory of the basketball hoop, table for table tennis.
