Advantages Of Spending Time At Lacrosse Camps

By Arline Bradley


People are currently on to the health trend nowadays. Most are doing all they can to stay fab and fit not only for improved physical well being, but also to look great and be the envy of many. Whatever your motivation is, trying to stay healthy is good for you.

There are, of course, numerous methods to stay healthy. You can enlist yourself in a gym membership and workout under the supervision of a fitness trainer. If you do not have the time nor resources for a gym, you can just jog in parks and track fields. You can go hiking, mountain climbing and biking. You can try out extreme sports. Or, you can join sports clinics including lacrosse camps to achieve your goal.

Lacrosse is one of the more popular team sports today. This game originally started in Canada by aborigines way back time to 1100 AD. Since then, the sport has had a steady rise to fame and are favorites in colleges and universities. It is a team sport where people use sticks to guide the ball to the desired goal.

There are four known types of the game. There is one for men, one for women, box lacrosse, and intercrosse. Players of this game are required to wear padding, except for the women. Box lacrosse is a modified version of that of men field, played indoors in a smaller arena especially during bad weather where it is impossible to play outside. Intercrosse, on the other hand, is a non contact form of the game.

People play this sport for many different reasons, one is to being mentally healthy. This sport encourages the use of mental faculties to think of ways to win the game. Also, an hour or so of rigorous play is equal to a dose of antidepressant, according to experts. Playing will make your body release endorphin to allow you to be in a good mood.

It also improves your social skills. Since this is a group effort, you will be able to mingle with others as you think of effective strategies to defeat the opposing team. There are also bigger chances of meeting new friends during camp activities.

It also burns calories and fight out obesity. Since you are always running and moving, being at a camp is just like having a workout, only much more enjoyable. Over countless times a lot of obese people have found a way to slim down without too much pressure simply by having a sport.

Once you get rid of all those fats, you start developing muscles. You do not have to lift weight and do crunches for a fabulous body, a game of lacrosse can reap you the same benefits for lesser pain and price. Since you move around a lot, you get to improve muscle strength even without all those expensive exercise equipment.

Sports camps and clinics truly have more than enough advantages to have you thinking of joining one of them. You can choose the sport that you like and develop your skills while improving the quality of your life. Get fit and live longer to enjoy everything that life has to offer.


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