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What You Should Know About Cricket Cages

Improving your cricket game requires plenty of practice and cricket cages. allow you to do this safely. They provide a space to practise without the worry that your cricket balls will go too far. You don’t want the ball to hit anything it isn’t meant to and the nets will contain the ball to a…

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Introducing Healthy Habits Into Your Child’s Life

Incorporating healthy habits into your child’s daily routine will build up a real familiarity with these beneficial activities, ensuring a long-term commitment to healthy lifestyle practices and hobbies. The advantages of healthy eating and leading an active lifestyle are plentiful, though encouraging your little one to embrace these tricky tasks and new nutritious foods can…

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Setting Up A Netball Court: Your Questions Answered

Netball is increasingly popular within The United Kingdom, and there are plenty of reasons to take up this fantastic team sport. From the social element of competing, to health benefits and ease of setting up a court practically anywhere, all you need is a large enough space, players for each team and minimal equipment. Read…

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Tennis Essentials For Your Sports Club

Tennis is a fantastic sport to explore if you’re looking to exercise multiple muscle groups and socialise with others in the process, with this hobby enjoyed by individuals of all genders, ages and backgrounds. A community club can benefit from catering to this popular sport by having a tennis court installed with relevant markings, equipment…

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Training Session Must-Haves For Your Football Team

If you have ever attended a football training session, you will likely understand the stress of planning out such an activity. With a range of equipment required for varying skill levels, endless issues likely to crop up and time constraints to contend with, overseeing and managing a training session can feel almost impossible without appropriate…

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A Brief History Of The Football Pitch

Nowadays, you’d be hard-pressed to walk through a town or city without stumbling across the beautiful game in one form or another. Whether it’s a park kickabout or a Sunday league final, you don’t need to go far to experience the ways in which football has ingrained itself in our nation’s culture. Of course, it…

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The Ultimate Guide To Hosting An Athletics Event

Hosting an athletics event for a school, workplace, or local community can keep people active and healthy, teach them valuable lessons in teamwork and sportsmanship, as well as inspiring them to explore sports more seriously. There are a multitude of athletic activities that can be hosted, with a range of track and field equipment available…

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The 3 Benefits of Playground Markings for Schools

Playground markings can instantly transform dull concrete into a fun and lively playground, bursting with excitement and enhancing children’s imaginations. Read on to discover what other benefits playground markings can offer for schools. 1.  Improving health and fitness It is important for children aged five to eighteen to have at least one hour of exercise…

Five essentials for golf course maintenance

The UK and golf go hand in hand. In England alone, there are at least 2,200 courses and the average size of these courses is estimated at 150 acres. That’s a lot of land and a lot of land means a lot of maintenance. This can make looking after your golf course pretty complicated, after…

How to build a tennis court

Ever wondered what it takes to build a tennis court? It’s easy to watch the Wimbledon final and think that Centre Court has always been there. After all, it’s one of the most iconic British sporting venues. There is, however, a tried and tested method to building a court which requires a lot more than…

How to Kickoff Your Own Football Club

According to FA statistics, a colossal 8.2 million English adults – that’s one in five! – are now participating in football in some way. Despite often questionable displays from our team in major tournaments, football continues to maintain its status as the nation’s favourite sport, with grassroots football seeing more participation than ever before. Many…

Top five cricket field essentials

Cricket is one of the world’s oldest sports. Believed to date back as far as the Saxon times the first official record of cricket being played was in 1611 by a group of boys in South West England. During the same year cricket found its way to the English dictionary and was defined as a…

Top three threats to your artificial grass

Artificial grass is probably your pride and joy, whether it be a golf green, football pitch or hockey pitch. While it’s an excellent choice for these sports as it needs very little maintenance, there are a few things that could compromise your pitch. As a groundsman, you’ll want to be clued up on what these…