Saturday, September 26, 2009

Why You Should Get a Round Trampoline

By Matt McLaughlin

If the weather is nice you can find my children outside bouncing on the round trampoline that we bought approximately 12 months ago. A trampoline gives kids of all ages hours of fun. You get exercise and don't even realize it because we are caught up having so much fun. Our kids now do not have to be told to go outside, they beg.

Round trampolines come in all sizes from 3 feet in diameter up to 16 feet. Depending on your child's age and what kind of function you would like your trampoline to serve plays an important part of what size of trampoline you should invest in. If you just want a functional trampoline for your child to jump up and down on to get out some energy then a smaller trampoline would be a great way to start out on, but if you want something catered to more of the older age child then a larger trampoline would be a wise investment.

We invested in a 12 foot in diameter round trampoline for our 5 kids from ages 2, 8, 9, 13 and 17 and I wish I could tell you in a year's time how many hours they have spent on the trampoline. It has helped with more time spent together down to our children being exhausted when it comes to bedtime. They spend hours out on the trampoline jumping, flipping and bouncing around with each other.

All kinds of people use trampolines besides children; athletes, gymnasts and cheerleaders use them for training purposes. Kids and adults of all ages use them just for fun and exercise.

There are some safety precautions that come with owning a trampoline. The first thing you need to make sure is that your trampoline is on level ground and if you have younger children it would be a wise investment to purchase an enclosure for your trampoline. The enclosure provides some safety for your children which allow them to stay inside the trampoline while jumping around having fun.

Trampolines are affordable and the investment will pay for itself in time. We have had ours for almost a year now and sending our kids outside then watching them wore out when it comes to bedtime is worth it. When the kids are full of energy you can send them outside and tell them to jump around and then the energy falls out of them. Trampolines are a wise investment and I recommend everyone that has kids to have one. - 16887

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