What are the types of obstacle courses?

There are several types of obstacle courses, including crawling, walking, running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching. Obstacle courses can be used to practice and improve gross motor skills from crawling to walking, from running to jumping. Obstacle courses can also be used to improve strength, balance, coordination, and motor planning, as well as to increase sensory input, improve visual motor skills, direction following. Crawling obstacle courses can include crawling over pillows, crawling up/down a ramp made out of cushions pillows, play couch structures, and crawling through a tunnel made out of a box, blankets, or play structures. Walking obstacle courses can include walking backwards or side stepping up, over, or around obstacles, weaving through cones, toys, pillows, and walking up/down a ramp. Running obstacle courses can include running to and from an object as fast as they can and running around an object like a cone or bean bag back to the starting line. Jumping obstacle courses can include jumping up/down from a step, jumping over a hurdle, pillow, or blocks, and jumping in and out of a box or a shape made from toys, blankets, or string. Outdoor obstacle courses can include using chalk to make shapes, hop scotch, lines to follow, climbing, and jumping on a trampoline.

Obstacle Racing is a sport with disciplines including Sprints, Track, Cross Country, Ultra, Set-time, Beach, and Mountain. There are over 2,500 obstacle races worldwide and brands such as Tough Viking, Toughest, Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and Strong Viking have multiple races, series and championships. Hybrid Racing, also known as “Combine’s” and “Fitness Racing” is a sport typically run on 160 to 1,000-meter multiple lap courses and include obstacles that test upper body, lower body, grip and total strength, including functional exercises. Ninja is a sport with competitions and events where individuals and teams compete on Ninja Warrior style obstacles. Adventure Racing, also known as Raids, Quests and Multisport, is a sport that includes sprints of a few hours through Expeditions of many days. Calisthenics is a sport that uses a person's own body weight as resistance such as Push-ups, Pull-ups, Dips, Burpees, Squats, Lunges, Planks, often using bars and frames.