Games of Knowledge | Sports and Exercise

Games Guy | October 11, 2010

We all remember playing on the climbing frame in the playground as a young child, the impossible challenge of the monkey bars, the dares with your friends about who could reach the top first it seemed that in our youth we were able to make something as simple as a network of metal bars a beams into a imaginary fantasy land that could entertain for hours on end. Of course as we got older the games changed, they became more violent, we would kick footballs at our friends how showed off by getting to the end of the monkey bars, something which seemed so out of reach when we were young.

Then of course the teenage years come and we use parks as a hangout spot rather than to play in, fast forward a few years and we congregate in playgrounds, perching on the equipment and using it as a setting to get drunk on cheap cider. Then we are gone, the climbing frames stand desolate and lonely, abandoned with our loss of innocence, longing for the frivolities of our youth to come back and clamber all over it.

But alas we are now grown up and playgrounds are not top o our list of priorities. We are now interested in cars and women and money. The only play equipment we might use is the new fashionable trampoline range, whether they be 10ft trampolines or 14ft trampolines, it doesn’t matter they have taken the mantle as our new number one playing thing from the poor climbing frame. Climbing frames are not going down without a fight however, they have spawned a new breed of play equipment, high bars. High bars are popping up in locations all over the UK and are being used for anything from birthday parties to corporate events. The climbing frame has evoloved and it’s fighting back!

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Games Guy | September 18, 2010

Trampolines can be used for fun activities or health purposes. Lots of households these days have outdoor trampolines in their garden for their children to play on. A lot of parents use trampolines to improve their health and fitness. The building of trampolines began in 1900. It was used in circus by circus performers. Then in 1936 trampoline became a modern sport after the gymnast George Nissen developed it.

In 1980′s and 1990′s people had concerns about the safety of trampolines. The number of casualties generated by using trampolines was increasing. Since 2008 trampoline manufacturers have started attaching trampoline accessories with every trampoline they sell to cut to down the accidents. Hence in recent year’s trampolines sales have increased as many households have trampolines in their back garden. People are not worried about the accidents these days.

How are trampolines made?

To build a trampoline you need four basic materials which are springs, tubing, safety pads and jumping mat. To make the frame and the legs of the trampoline tubing is used. Springs are used to gain the bounce. Springs are made by a different supplier but is made to the specification of the trampoline manufacturers. Polyethylene or nylonare artificial fibres used to build jumping mats, the fabrics of the mat is WV-protected to help it from fading. Safety pads are used to cover the frame and the springs of the trampolines. The safety pads are made of foam. Normally these safety pads are outsourced and built by different manufacturers.

Safety nets are also attached in the trampoline these days, which are made of thin nylon ropes. Normally when you buy a trampoline the safety equipments comes with it if not then you can always buy it separately from your local outdoor toys store. Generally in the UK 12ft trampolines are quite popular and it has been sold more than any other trampolines.

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