The benefits of sports team building with ExerGaming in event animation
Fortunately for our health, a concept straight from the United States completely changes the game when it comes to sports practice: ExerGaming. Whatever the event, it is necessary to find an animation that is both entertaining and participatory. This is no easy task given the plethora of offerings on the market. Moreover, one must stick to one objective: to encourage exchanges.
Generally speaking, nothing is more unifying than sport. With sports animations, your participants are inevitably led to interact. At the same time, sport implies solidarity and team spirit. In other words, regardless of the activity, sport will manage to bring your teams closer together. However, to avoid boredom, creativity is also necessary. Indeed, innovation will consist of stepping off the beaten path to offer new sensations. And in this spirit, ExerGaming combines the fun aspect and the beneficial side of sport.
Why choose a sports animation for an event?
The benefits of sport need no further boasting. From a personal point of view, practicing sports is a guarantee of good health. In events, it is suitable for relieving tension and creating connections. If many companies invest in sports team building, it’s because they understand that there’s nothing better for group cohesion. Not only does sport mobilize physical abilities, but it also has the capacity to enhance intellectual capabilities. However, caution is necessary because sport could become a real ordeal when one feels compelled to do it, or for those who are not used to it.
It is therefore essential to choose activities that combine both sport and pleasure. Activities that adapt to the skills and physical condition of the participants. ExerGaming meets these requirements. Its added advantage is that it can be practiced at any time, even when the weather is not on your side.
Before going any further, let’s first see what lies behind this somewhat barbaric term.
ExerGaming: a victory against sedentary lifestyle
As the new year approaches, many people still integrate sports among their good resolutions. However, very few succeed in sticking to them. Most of the time, boredom and monotony are pointed out. To address this, startups have developed scenarios like in video games to create a realistic natural environment that can be in virtual reality. ExerGaming is thus a combination of exercises and video games. This is what will allow to enhance fitness sessions in gyms and sports animations during events.
Are you a fan of challenges? You can compete against colleagues or other athletes thanks to the multiplayer mode and the interactive games devised by Holodia. With the fun side of ExerGaming, one burns excess calories without even realizing it. The most reluctant will thus have no more excuses for not doing sports.
ExerGaming: how does it work?
The idea is to combine real physical exercises with the pleasure of interactive play. In other words, the arduous effort becomes a game. This way, sport practice is favored by entertainment, while experiencing new sensations. In the heat of the action, one barely realizes that they are undergoing strenuous effort. Yet, the exertion is real. Sensors analyze movements and gestures. The visual effects combined with sounds deliver a multi-sensory experience. While having fun, we work on our motor skills, reflexes, coordination, memory, and relieve stress. The cherry on top is that it has been proven that ExerGaming improves sociability.
Some examples of activities to motivate yourself
What’s great about ExerGaming is that there is an infinite number of possibilities. One can pedal, row, walk, climb, run, jump, box, etc. Interactive walls and floors are also among the possible choices. In this case, skiing works out all muscle groups and the heart. Skiing in ExerGaming provides all the sensations that one can experience during Nordic skiing. As an alternative to the stationary bike that is practiced with headphones on, try climbing towards Alpe d’Huez or Mont Ventoux with resistance corresponding to the slope. If your heart desires, venture to scale cliffs at a 45° angle.
If you are not yet ready for this kind of effort, adopt a fascinating and realistic tourist route. Are you more of a boxing fan? Box without taking hits, as if you were in the middle of training. Is your thing more climbing? Boost your motivation with characters to destroy by touching them with your hands or feet, or with a chainsaw to avoid. A fan of <b rowing and other canoeing-kayaking, stop rowing foolishly among sweaty others. Isn’t it better to virtually find yourself in the middle of the Amazon River or at the heart of the Atlantic with the help of a virtual reality headset combined with a rowing machine? In these conditions, even if fatigue sets in, you are guaranteed to be motivated for a very long time!
Who is ExerGaming for?
Like virtual reality games, ExerGaming is multi-generational. Thus, it is aimed at both children to have fun in groups or among friends, or for birthday parties. If like many parents you have trouble tearing your teens away from the TV or their smartphone, suggest they have fun to music on i-Dance platforms for example. Adults can push their limits by exercising on interactive bikes, rowing sessions, or climbing wheels.
For companies wanting to retain their employees or clients, ExerGaming lends itself to various game mechanisms. That is to say, sharing, challenge, points, and rewards. Thus, considering the effectiveness of its playful aspect, notably in the context of client relations or team building, large groups have not hesitated to integrate it into their marketing strategy. There is a wide range of possibilities. The choice is yours.
