They can also play a game called Trazer, during which a computer projects an image of the players' movements on a large video screen. Players may have to stop a ball coming at them or avoid unexpected trap doors in the floor. But the kids have other choices too. They can jump rope, play with hula hoops or strap on belly bumpers that look like colorful big inner tubes and bump into other players. The goal is to give the youngsters a variety of activities because their needs are not the same as those of adults.
Short intervals reflect the natural way that children play and then stop and then play again.
The activities in Foglia's Youth Fit Zone also meet another goal. Answers are provided to questions about a disease gaining more attention from a nervous American public.