GAME 5
Basketball
We think free throw shots should be shot with a percentage, but this game measures how many shots you've made within two minutes. The basic strategy is to shoot as much balls within the time frame. It works out as a good warmup regimen prior to upper extremity circuit training for as long as you play it for 10-15 minutes. The bad side is playing too much of it (for more than 20 minutes or so) will predispose you to a rotator cuff tendonitis or impingement syndrome. Rapid and repetitive movement in free throw shooting (no matter how small-scale it is compared to the real one), will just make your supraspinatus tendon hit the base of your acromion. So if you are genetically predisposed to an impingement syndrome, you just might be lucky enough to trade off a few arcade points for a sore shoulder.
Fitness Value. Improves coordination and concentration. It also gives you a cardio equivalent to an upper extremity restorator.
GAME 6
Hocker Stadium Three-puck Play
This setup calls for competitive one-onone or two-on-two mini-hockey games. Up to three pucks are available in certain portions of the game. Instead of a stick, you are equipped with hand paddles. Start swiping at that puck towards the opponent's goal. The pucks are "weightless", and glide through the surface frictionless. The games could be aggressive depending on the skill of your opponents. Handling the pucks can be tricky since you could end up scoring the puck against your own team, since their lightness lets them slide very fast. The pucks evidently lack the usual physics of objects having to slow down with time. A game usually lasts around 2-3 minutes.
Fitness Value. Physical benefits include eye and hand coordination, upper body movement of the shoulders, elbows and wrists, including some of the upper body torso movement. Playing five games straight would be a good warmup prior to upper body strengthening.
GAME 7
Daytona
You start to sit down, grab the handle and drive against 50 or so virtual opponents. And run a circular Daytona 500 track. This game usually lasts 1-2 minutes per swipe.
Fitness Value. Aside from hand and eye coordination, count in a possible butt sore if you continue playing it for hours.
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Game 5. Improves coordination and concentration. It also gives you a cardio equivalent to an upper extremity restorator.
Game 6. Playing five games straight would be a good warmup prior to upper body strengthening.
Game 7. Aside from hand and eye coordination, count in a possible butt sore if you continue playing it for hours.
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