Gone are the days that lawn bowls is for your grandmother and father, the sport might be the long lost fountain of youth.
Bowls South Africa has recently revealed that bowls has outstanding health and skills benefits and has an excellent track record of age, gender, and physical equality.
What lawn bowls is really about:
Lawn bowls is a target sport and requires impeccable accuracy. It is a strategy game and not just rolling bowls to the end of the rink on a whim. Bowls is a sport that has no age, physical or gender barriers. There is always a game of bowls that can incorporate anyone.
Health and skill benefits
Motorskills:
• Balance
• Hand, eye and foot coordinationTiming
• Rhythm
• Sense of direction
• Depth perception.
Physical skills:
• Fitness
• Core stability Flexibility
• Mobility
• Muscle toning
Psychological skills:
• Emotional control
• Focusing Concentration
• Positive imagery
• Relaxation
• Self motivation
• Goal setting.
Self actualisation:
• Leadership
• Confidence
• Courge
• Persistence
• Positive attitude
Social skills:
• Respect
• Sportsmanship
• Communication
• Cooperation
• Tolerance
• Loyalty
• Unselfishness
• Teamwork
