Boxing - Expression of Interest |
Are you interested in increasing strength and improving balance?
The City of Onkaparinga understands the importance of regular exercise and building social connections. We are currently looking into a grant funding opportunity to develop a new exercise session for people living with Parkinson's or people experiencing mobility difficulties to participate in physical activity.
We have been researching the health and social benefits for people participating in a structured boxing session. Reported benefits include:
- increased strength
- improved hand-eye coordination
- improved posture
- better cognitive processing
- relief of symptoms for soft-voice disorders
- building a stronger core
- improved balance and agility
- improved reaction time
The boxing sessions we are looking to develop involve non-combat exercises using equipment and includes:
- stretches and warm up exercises
- punching speed bags to improve coordination and posture
- punching heavy bags to build strength and muscle
- vocal exercises to help with any voice disorder
- footwork and agility exercises to improve balance
In order to progress with the grant application, we need to determine the level of interest in the community for a local boxing session or any other physical activity sessions.
Thank you for taking your time to complete the survey, your feedback is important to us and will assist with future planning.
Thank you for taking your time to complete the survey, your feedback is important to us and will assist with future planning.