The Yahoo Sport Christmas Gift Guide: 10 sport gifts to buy this year

If you’re sick of using your eardrums to transmit sound, want to encourage your children to play more sports, need a way to alleviate loved-ones’ anger at the rubbish you bought them, are keen to improve road safety, or if you’re a paranoid baker into baseball, we have something for you.

Sportpax - www.sportpax.co.uk

Do your children love sport? Or, are you trying to get them into playing sport and away from messing around on Snapchat? If so, Sportpax’s sports-themed backpacks for kids are the perfect school bag, sports bag or backpack for the holidays, with room for books, their lunchbox, boots and gym kit.

As for the cost, they’re brilliantly priced: the football and rugby backpacks are £24.99 (including FREE P&P), and the tennis backpacks are a fiver more at £29.99 (FREE P&P).

All of Sportpax’s great-looking bags have adjustable straps, handy inner pockets and are easy to wipe clean. We think they’re an excellent gift for sporty children. www.sportpax.co.uk

Zwift - www.zwift.com

Zwift is a turbo trainer game that enables you to link you turbo trainer up your computer, your iPad and iPhone, letting you ride with other cyclists in a virtual environment, therefore helping to alleviate some of the boredom associated with indoor riding. We’re pro anything that gets people active and makes exercise more interesting…were it needed.

PGA TOUR Pro Driving Net www.golfbidder.co.uk

Whether it’s driving, chipping or target practice, this PGA Net provides excellent golf practice inside or outdoors. The manufactures say “when it’s this quick and easy to set up, you’ll find yourself practicing whenever you can to develop your golf skills.”

Emoji Golf 6 Ball Gift Pack - www.americangolf.co.uk

If you’re buying the PGA TOUR Pro Driving Net and want to fool others into thinking you’re young and with it, try these, people are gullible, remember: each pack features six various officially licensed Emoji golf ball designs in a presentation gift box.

The Football Manager Guide to Football Management

The Football Manager Guide to Football Management is for anyone who has ever spent large chunks of his or her youth (or sheltered adulthood) accumulating a belief that their management simulation achievements renders more qualified than, say, Roy Hodgson to manage the national team. And they’d probably be right.

The Bakeball Bat - www.gettingpersonal.co.uk

For the aspiring but abject baker whose rock-hard mince pies need to be dispensed with in sporting fashion.

Big Hit Rugby Tackle Buddy (available on Amazon)

Suitable for ages three and up, the Rugby Tackle Buddy will help any child whose parents got them the wrong gifts vent their anger on something inanimate. A repair kit is included for those with multiple progeny. If your prolificacy in spreading present-related disappointment has been spectacular, perhaps get two. It’s either that or they form an orderly queue.

WingLights Indicator Lights - www.cycl.bike

The nights are dark and there’s more cars on the road than ever before, so these are a good idea for someone you want to stay safe. Just like car and motorcycle indicators, WingLights flash bright amber and provide excellent visibility to other road users and pedestrians. They say a “Bright Christmas gift idea for clued-up cyclists.” We agree.

The Airbag Helmet www.hovding.com

Should the worst come to the worst and the indicator lights don’t prevent an accident, The Airbag Helmet could save a life. What started out in 2005 as a master’s thesis by the two Swedish founders studying Industrial Design at the University of Lund, Hövding is the Swedish airbag for cyclists, which has been confirmed as the best head and neck protection design for cyclists by Stanford University.

AfterShokz Trekz Titanium - www.aftershokz.co.uk

Have you ever been out running, listening to some great tunes, and suddenly realised you’re fed up of using your eardrums to transmit sound? Well, you’re in luck because the AfterShokz Trekz transmits sound through the listener’s cheekbone to the inner ear. Finally.