Obstacle courses build important gross motor skills, develop muscles, develop coordination, help motor planning, increase endurance, increase confidence, and improve problem-solving. Basically all ...

The first course, which was created with "Beauty and the Beast" imagery, encouraged kids to skip by chalk roses, do math with "teacups" and step on words that rhyme.

The whole room is designed like a military boot camp and obstacle course, said Dan Albert, the Pottstown YMCA executive director. “It’s where kids just want to play, have fun and be ...

The curved, wooden wall at Alternate Routes gym in White Marsh stands 14 feet tall, towering over 10-year-old Alex Oliveri and the other children in his obstacle-style fitness class. But Alex isn&#… ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Obstacle course racing is all the rage. And now kids 7-17 can get a taste with the Blitz , a Northeast Ohio race in its second summer at four spots.