Education

Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD), which affect children entering public schools from kindergarten, are conservatively estimated at 5.3% and may be as high as 13.7%.8 In addition, the prevalence of Sensory Over‐Responsivity (SOR) in elementary school age children is estimated at 16% according to one study.9 In any case, this is clearly now a mainstream issue. We have come to discover that movement is essential to promoting neurological development. The lack of natural developmental movements such as months of crawling, or free outdoor exploration and activity, has resulted in a population that increasingly lacks the necessary neurological stimulation. Numerous studies have now revealed the importance of movement to the development of the brain and emotional intelligence....read more about how Sportwall is helping kids learn more effectively while having fun.

• Sportwall and NASPE: How Sportwall Programs for PE Meet & Exceed NASPE Standards

  While the Sportwall XerPro and XerTrainer are recognized as two of the original and most enduring concepts in the category of exergames fitness traing products, it is important to note that the differ in a significant way from modified video games that promote physical activity. Read more about Sportwall for PE and NASPE standards...

Brain science strongly supports the link between movement and learning. The brain and the body's movement and learning systems are interdependent and interactive. For example, motor development provides the framework that the brain uses for academic concepts. Children who have developed fine motor skills through daily exploration and manipulation of a wide variety of objects also possess the cognitive foundations necessary to build academic success4. Neuroimaging techniques are revealing that certain motor tasks activate both motor and cognitive areas of a child's brain. Read more about Sportwall's Brain-Body, Brain Plasticity and Learning study...

Now called the "childhood obesity epidemic" the prevalence of overweight children and adolescents has increased dramatically over the past several decades. With it comes previously unheard of incidences of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Why not engage them in real sports? The answer is that sports are not universally engaging to children. Dr. Bruce Bailey, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Brigham Young University says,"Previously we've focused on sports as a way to get children physically active,"but not all of them are interested in organized sports. He adds,"Schools are trying to make their P.E. classes more inclusive to children of different sizes and interests..." read more about how Sportwalls is combating childhood obesity with fitness games.

Sports Performance

When it comes to localizing and tracking moving objects, it is likely that the human brain evolved to develop, learn, and operate optimally in multisensory environments. Thus, multisensory training protocols can better approximate natural settings and are more effective for training athletes... When the brain is engaged by having to make decisions under pressure while playing interactive ball sports, the benefits are enhanced significantly because gross motor skills must be incorporated. Neurons develop only when the player is confronted with a demand for greater efficiency (skill development). As far as the brain is concerned, if you need a skill, you develop it only when you are confronted with the need, and then practice performing it. Read more about Sportwall's sports performance training...

Seniors

According to the US Census Bureau, 76 million baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. Beginning January 1st, 2011, every day more than 10,000 baby boomers will reach the age of 65. 2  This will continue to happen daily for the next 19 years.In addition, modern medicine, science and technology have brought the majority of diseases and nutritional deficiencies under control, thereby increasing the average life expectancy from 65 to 85 years.  The consequence delivers an average of 20 years of leisure time for seniors to spend either having a great active life or suffering from numerous age related conditions that rob them of the joy of their later years.
As Dr. Henry Lodge, author of the best-selling book Younger Next Year: a Guide to Living Like 50 until You’re 80 and Beyondstates,“You are likely to live longer whether you want it or not, but how you live those years is largely under your control, which is a good reason to make the last third of your life terrific. Sportwall's senior fitness study continued...

The Science

Sportwall Conditioning for Mind and Body-How it Works: When it comes to localizing and tracking moving objects, it is likely that the human brain evolved to develop, learn, and operate optimally in multisensory environments. Thus, multisensory training protocols can better approximate natural settings and are more effective for learning. Sportwall programs are fitness training products for all ages and ability levels. Visual, auditory, and physical tasks are integrated in performing the motor skills required.  These protocols, with their profound and SIMULTANEOUS brain/body stimulation, are the key element that differentiates a functional training program from a general conditioning program. This unique form of exergaming stimulates greater input to the proprioceptors of the motor system, and with it, greater subsequent refinement of movement patterns.  The resistance and motor patterns encountered by the use of real sports equipment creates more dynamic neuromuscular control in a functional setting of play. Read more about Sportwall Conditioning for Mind and Body-How it Works...