WALKING CLUB

Form a club if you have none in your area

I have already discussed about the advantages of walking with someone or in a group. Any sports or exercise carried out in an organized manner is always better. Today I will discuss about how to form a walking club in your area. It is said if there anything worth doing is worth doing actively. Let you and your friends be the first to set up a walking club in your area. You will be surprised to see how many walkers will thank you for your effort.

Let’s do it systematically

You want to build up friendship among your co-walkers, give an identity, enhance security increase motivation for walking and to spread awareness of walking.

Find out if there is already a walking club in your area, is it serving its purposes.

Discuss with your friends, let the news gather momentum. Take out a flyer/handout informing first meeting of the club. Paste or pin the information in the path/ways which walkers generally prefer.

The club is for walking, walks related activity and should concentrate on that core activity.

Form a committee in the first meeting and assign responsibilies on members. Undertake a membership drive. Plan for the next sitting in the first meeting. Ask everybody to bring in a friend of his/her for the next meeting.

Start club events right away. Involve members. Make the events interesting. Like weekend walk together, walk in the midst of nature, competitive walking, charity walk etc.

Share information, track your walking progress together. Fix up walking routes, make a list of timings (which group will walk when and where).

Put emphasis on unifying factors like common T-shirt, club logo, club bulletin, bank account, regular meeting and special activities etc.

Soon you will find out how members are coming up with new suggestions and are actively involved in the club. It is a question of who will bell the cat? once you start the ball rolling the ball generally gathers momentum.

You can even seek affiliation of your walking club with national level club later on. Any worthy initiation is always humble.

Initiate and encourage walking and continue it!!