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3 Reasons You Need to Host a Gaga Ball Tournament This Summer
We already wrote about how to guarantee that your kids will have an awesome summer (spoiler alert: the answer is gaga ball!). You may even want to go so far as to host a gaga ball tournament. Sounds like a lot of work? Trust us when we say that it’s not! With a little...
What You Need to Know About Gaga Ball
Never heard of gaga ball before? That’s okay! Gaga ball is all your kids can talk about lately? That’s okay too! At Octopit USA, our goal is to make owning a gaga ball pit a breeze for everyone whether they have an intricate knowledge of how the game works or they’re...
How to Guarantee Your Kids Will Have an Awesome Summer
Can you believe that summer is already right around the corner? Before you know it, you’ll be breaking out the grill (if you haven’t already, that is), transitioning from jeans to shorts, and spending lazy afternoons lounging in the shade. Your kids, on the other...
5 Alternative Sports We Wish Were In The Summer Olympics
The next round of the Summer Olympic Games will take place in Tokyo, Japan. It will be the 32nd Olympiad and the second time that Tokyo has won the honor of hosting the world’s oldest and most respected sports competition. Being the summer games, the 2020...
Events That Deserve An Octoball Pit
Looking for playground equipment for sale is always a special time. Not only are you hoping to make an investment that will bring joy to kids of all ages, you’re also creating an opportunity for building athletic skills, sparking friendships, and creating a...
How To Host A Gaga Ball Tournament
So, let’s say you’ve been playing gaga ball with your friends, family members, or neighbors for a while now. You REALLY love this game, and you love the way it makes the kids look when they see how easy and fun it can be! Sometimes, in your free time, you’ve...
Essential Strategies For Winning At Gaga Ball
Are you going gaga for gaga ball? Kids, families, youth groups, and school recess yards all over the world are having fun and getting great exercise by playing this exciting game. What’s that? You say you’ve never heard of gaga ball before? Well, allow us to...
Why Competing is Good for Kids
Conflict Resolution As adults, we know better than anyone that things don’t always go as planned and not everyone sees eye-to-eye. At work, if you have a disagreement with a coworker, how do you resolve the issue? It’s likely that you have learned several valuable...
A Versatile Game The Entire Family Will Love!
Every family needs to spend quality time together, but this is often easier said than done. Younger kids can’t typically participate in the same games as the older kids, and parents are rarely excited to try the same types of activities that their kids are...
Great Holiday Games for Kids
Thanksgiving is upon us! You know what that means, don’t you? It means winter break is right around the corner and you are going to have lots of time with your kids. Not to mention any nieces and nephews coming in from out of town. If you have a full house this winter...
Answers To 5 Common Questions About Gaga Ball
When searching around the internet for “playground equipment for sale” you probably didn’t expect to come across pictures of a bunch of kids running around inside a pen that’s shaped like a stop sign. When most people shop around for playground equipment for...
How Octaball Helps Kids Excel At Other Sports
As a parent, you’re responsible for ensuring that your kids have a good childhood. This not only means providing a safe place for them to grow up and access to an education, but ensuring that they have good experiences that help them become better people. We’re...
3 Reasons Octopit Is A Better Investment Than Playground Equipment
Let’s say you just moved into a nice, new house. It’s located in a great neighborhood, near great schools, and you finally have a big backyard in which your kids can play. Looking at all that empty lawn space, you might be tempted to start searching Craigslist for...
Can’t Motivate Your Children To Exercise? Gaga Games Are The Answer!
There was a time when kids spent most of their day outdoors. Aside from the hours they were required to be in a classroom, kids would be outside playing, exploring, and just generally learning about their world and other humans through self-guided play. These...
Encourage Kids to Be Active with Gaga Ball
When adults hear the word “exercise,” some very distinct ideas come to mind. Running, lifting, pilates, squeezing in a trip to the gym after work—you get the idea. But for kids, exercise means some very different things. It’s playing tag with their friends in the...
The Perfect Playground Game for Your Church
Churches across the country have discovered the joy that is the Octopit USA gaga ball pit. There are a number of things that make the Octopit a great addition to the church playground. Some of the most common reasons why our customers love the Octopit are the fact...
We Love our Octopit In New Lothrop!
This is Paul from New Lothrop Nazarene. Your Octopit is one of the best investments I have ever made. The teens have been loving it for months. Yesterday we set it up for 1st-6th graders and they went crazy. You have a winner. If I ever decided to invest in a...
Central Indiana Youth for Christ plans first gaga ball tournament!
After the purchase of an Octopit USA gaga ball pit in mid January , Central Indiana’s Youth for Christ organization is excited to be planning a fund raising tournament. “We want to start talking about the potential for a fundraising GaGa Ball Tourney- here in...