SKYZONE: Super Trampolines

Tonight my sister met me somewhere that was a lot of fun. A place with trampolines everywhere! It was a little over whelming because there were a great deal of parents and children there (after all it was a Friday night and in Michigan we are covered in snow.) There were different sections, like one section was for slam dunking basketballs, another was for jumping into giant foam blocks, then there were dodgeball courts, and last but not least, there is a track. Yes, I called it a track, but it didn't look like a track. My niece actually called it a track, I think she is probably more savvy on the terminology of the place.  It was a very large room with little squares for each trampoline. It also had them on the walls so that you could jump off of them.


We all tried jumping into the foam first. This part was easy, climbing out, not as much.  I noticed my sister, who is very tall, had no problem climbing out. I however found it a little more difficult. The children climbed in and out easily. They made perfect flips and it was so cute how they waited patiently until the number of their tramp was called. Then they ran, jumped on the tramp and flung their little bodies into the sea of blue foam. I am told this is how many stunt people practice. Maybe someday Grand Rapids will have a lot them.

The track we tried next. One person per trampoline, that is the rule. This prevents double jumping (when you cause someone to jump high off of your jump.) We bounced from section to section, then off the walls. That was hard and I ended up on the ground a couple of times.

The final place we went was the basketball courts. There were three nets all different heights. Once again you had to wait for the attendant, so that no one bumps into each other, and you bounce up to try and make a slam dunk. It was really hard. In fact our friend Chris actually got hit with the Basketball trying.

There was also dodgeball courts, I didn't use them, but my nephew and his friend did. They told me it was very intense and when gets down to the last two or three people it gets really hard.

All in all it was really a lot of fun. Good exercise as well. It had been a long time since I was on a trampoline and I really enjoyed it. The experience was $13 an hour per person and I highly recommend it for people wanting good exercise and as a good extra circular activity for the children.

Where we went:

http://www.skyzonesports.com/grandrapids