Kanga Company

2009-12-23T02:59:00.001-08:00

Innovation in Trampoline Safety

2009-11-21T15:55:00.000-08:00

Protect your family from beneath the trampoline - Kanga Company’s NEW Safety Skirt.

The newest innovation in trampoline safety is here – Kanga Company introduces the Safety Skirt; the Safety Enclosure for the bottom of the trampoline which prevents injuries caused from beneath.

Aussie Trampoline company ‘Kanga Company’ has just released the most comprehensive design feature in trampoline safety – the Safety Skirt. Exclusive to ‘Kanga Company’ the Safety Skirt prevents access to beneath the trampoline.

Made from high-density polyethylene safety netting, the open weave Safety Skirt attaches to the jump mat frame and creates a total barrier to the ground. When used in conjunction with the top Safety Enclosure, the Safety Skirt creates the only TOTAL SAFETY SYSTEM for trampolines in Australia.

Family and friends watching and waiting for their turn usually congregate around the trampoline itself. We all know how much kids love crawling under things and the rhythmic bouncing of the jumper is an added temptation. It only takes an instant for your toddler to wriggle free from your hold and crawl beneath the trampoline, the next bounce is potentially disastrous – bruises, bumps and broken bones.

This danger zone has been largely overlooked, as most safety features have focused on creating a safer experience for the person bouncing. However, the risk of injury from beneath the trampoline is just as great and requires constant vigilance by parents to ensure their family is safe.

The Safety Skirt prevents access to this danger hot-spot - what this means for Mums and Dads is total protection for their family – both on and off the trampoline. This complete peace of mind is essential for busy parents with active kids as their children’s safety is their No. 1 priority.

Pets too are often at risk of injury crawling beneath the trampoline. While this shady spot might be a good place for a nap some of the time, when your trampoline is in use, it is far from safe. The total G-Forces created by a bouncer could cause serious injury to your loyal canine family member.

Kanga Trampolines boast a variety of additional safety features:

• Colourful kanga-logo printed on the jump mat which acts as a focus point to keep your children jumping in the safe zone.

• Padded safety poles with high density foam which absorbs movement and reduces impact

• Dual Zipper Entrance system with 3 reinforced clips which maintains the safety integrity of the Safety Enclosure – simple enough for a 2yr old to operate, safe enough to hold a man’s fall.

• Removable Trampoline Ladder is not only safe but very civilized. This purpose built ladder ensures your family can gain easy access (or not!) to your trampoline without injury from jumping and struggling to get on. Kanga Company is a web-based business which means they can offer you this exclusive Total Safety System at an affordable price. For more information please go to their website www.kangacompany.com.au

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

2009-10-19T18:13:00.000-07:00

Balance – trying to bounce in one place on a trampoline means you have to develop a keen sense of balance and awareness of how your body’s balance can be adjusted (or compromised) by small movements at the body’s extremities.

Coordination – closely related to balance is the need to coordinate arm and leg actions, as well as many fast-twitch muscle groups, necessary to form the different shapes and perform the various somersaults and twists.

Bilateral motor skills – the action of bouncing whilst trying to maintain balance and coordinate bodily extremities calls on both sides of the body and, indeed, the brain to become engaged which is quite different to many ground based sports where one side can often be favoured (most notably in football for example).

Rhythm – again closely related but distinct is the need to bounce in tune with the trampoline to achieve optimum height for least effort.

Self-confidence – even those least confident with sports will find it possible to make some progress on the relatively forgiving surface of a trampoline and this progress will help boost confidence.

Cardiovascular fitness – bouncing on a trampoline increases the pulse rate and strengthens muscle groups essential for a healthy cardiovascular system.

Bone Density – bouncing repeatedly puts bones under small amounts of stress sufficient to help them build themselves up to cope with that stress. This in turn reduces the risk of factures and osteoporosis.

Improved lymphatic circulation – probably not quite as good as detoxing entirely but the short periods of weightlessness between periods of higher than average G forces that occur whilst bouncing actually helps the body get rid of toxins; physical activity and gravity effects are essential to the lymphatic system achieving this and both are more actively engaged when trampolining than with almost any other sport.

Low impact – although bouncing is an impact sport the period of acceleration and deceleration is much longer than with activities such as jogging where the surface used has no give at all. Although we have not seen this with Wayne Rooney in this World Cup, it was notable that during the build up to the World Cup in 2002 David Beckham was seen building up fitness and ball skills whilst using a mini-rebounder for this very reason.

Thanks for reading, let us know what you thought or visit us at http://www.kangacompany.com.au

Grand Opening

2009-10-16T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hello and thank you for visiting Kanga Company's first blog.

This is to announce that Kanga Company's website is now open for business.

We sell a wide range of trampolines and trampoline accessories, including safety nets, ladders, pads and anything else to do with trampolining.

We even have information about how to get fit on your trampoline, in fact we have written an e book called Fun and Fitness on your Trampoline which you can download from our website.

Over the coming weeks we will add to our blog and we hope we get some feedback as well.

You can expect to find on our blog a wide range of ideas, including fitness material, cooking recipes, fun things to do for free with your kids and much more.

So keep an eye on this space as we launch Kanga Company we hope you join us for the ride.

Check out our website at http://www.kangacompany.com.au
Thank you for your support.
Kanga Team