SoccerMat

SOCCERMAT OBJECTIVES & SKILL BUILDING:
SoccerMat (r) are “Soccer Games that develop Sports, Social and Cognitive Skills”:

• Among the sports skills it develops are:
balance, proprioception, sensorimotor
coordination, laterality, rhythm, flexibility,
agility and creativity, among others.

• Also develops social skills through team
playing, collaboration and providing & receiving
support from other players.

• Cognitive skills such as memory and
attention are also developed through
certain brain gym drills and sequences.

The main objective of SoccerMat is to make exercising fun & motivating for kids

SOCCERMAT (R) DESCRIPTION

SoccerMat is a device, a methodology and a system:

• Device-- mat with visual indicia (the mat is made of a special antislip,
light and foldable material)

• Methodology-- sequence of exercises and drills
to develop skills in kids

• System– technological integration of concept

SOCCERMAT & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
1. There´s a worldwide obesity problem in children. This problem is aggravated in countries like Mexico and the United States.

2. Kids don´t find that exercising is a fun & motivating activity, therefore they either never take up exercising or abandon it early in their lives.

3. There is a lack of innovation in exercise methodologies that develop athletic skills in kids that can be valuable when they specialize in one sport later in life.