Health professionals recommend playing bowls, particularly for older people, as it provides a number of health benefits, including improved fitness, improved coordination and skill development, increased confidence and self-esteem, enhanced mental wellbeing and community connectedness and support.
If you are looking for a low-impact, therapeutic exercise that can improve fitness, coordination and confidence, then lawn bowls is the sport for you.
Some of the benefits of playing lawn bowls include muscle strengthening, physical health, better coordination, precision, hand-eye coordination and concentration, social interaction and good mental health.
Walking with the extra weight of a bowl in your hands helps to improve flexibility, mobility and core strength and lawn bowls helps your body to utilise oxygen better, and contributes to good blood circulation and blood pressure.
It’s a game that can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of age, gender or physical condition.
The simplicity of the game, and the low impact exercise it involves, makes it attractive for all.
The Cooroy Community Bowls Club, located at Your Mates Bowls Pub, 5 Opal Street, Cooroy, offers social bowls every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon.
There is no need to book, simply turn up at 12 noon. For further information contact Maureen (club president) on 0419 588 661.
