All football fans have gone through this – you wanna get a game but your wife / girlfriend frowns when you tell her of your plans. It’s likely that she thinks football is all fun and games on not a serious workout. She probably cannot understand how you can get so much excitement and it still be a workout. “Why don’t you go to the gym instead” – haven’t we all heard that!
But now – you can put this discussion to rest. Football is not just fun, but does major calorie burning.
According to http://caloriecount.about.com/ and for a body mass of 70kg:
| Game | Description | Calories / hr | Remarks | |
| Football | At a casual level | 490 | Lots of laugher – the mind is refresh as well | |
| Football | More serious – competitive | 700 | Glory moments – enough to go home feeling like Pele | |
| Badminton | Competitive | 490 | For fast reflexes and feet – but no way to show off your upper body strength | |
| Tennis | Competitive | 560 | Thousands of players and only Nadal has the body you want. And picking up balls is just wrong! | |
| Jogging | Casual and consistence | 490 | Can there be anything more boring?! | |
| Basketball | Game | 560 | The whole free throw thing when you touch someone is way too soft. You want aggression and body contact. | |
| Golf | Walking and pulling yr own cart | 301 | You know its not a man’s game when its designed based on a “handicap” | |
So the next time you head for a game and the babe gives you grief, tell her “ I’m going for a high-intensity workout darling“. It’ll make her happy!
Head Tennis
The Cage is very happy to introduce a new facility for all footballers -absolutely free!
It is a special zone created to allow you to hone your ball control skills in a fun way. Some of us might remember this from our school days when we used the tennis courts to play 'football takraw'.
It is the same concept. At our Control Zone you can play 1-on-1 or 2-2 football tennis and take that ball control to a whole new level.
We now officially declare it open! Enjoy.
