Things to Do in Azle

The guides at DFWAP Adventures lead treks throughout DFW Adventure Park's 176 acres, where families, church groups, and coworkers rely upon communication and teamwork to conquer challenges ranging from paintball scenarios to scavenger hunts through the wilderness. Colleagues trade in their eight-hour workday for corporate boot camp on the challenge course by tackling conflict resolution and dealing with stress. Paramedic trainees can practice through wilderness search and vertical rescue, as well as tactical medic scenarios. Groups can also plan a multi-venue event combining paintball, a wilderness challenge course, obstacle race, and ziplines for a full day adventure.

After starting out as a single facility in 1998, D-BAT Sports has since grown to include a dozen academies spread across Texas and the rest of United States. Each location embodies the company's core belief: every ballplayer is an individual with a unique, specific set of talents that must be honed. As such, D-BAT's professional trainers mold baseball and softball players into experienced specialists with custom lessons in pivotal skills, such as hitting, pitching, and autographing hot dogs. The climate-controlled facilities also feature rentable indoor batting cages as well as pro shops stocked with major-brand equipment.

After decades of winning the admiration of racing fans with his aggressive driving strategy and off-track charisma, Rusty Wallace now offers a racing experience where instructors teach clients the tricks of the pro-racing trade with breathtaking ride-alongs and racing experiences. Guests buckle up and sit shotgun alongside a professional driver as they sends stock cars flying down straightaways and around curves, or they can get behind the wheel themselves, finally feeling what it's like to be a professional driver. Each heart-pounding experience introduces participants to the intricacies and unique characteristics of some of the country's most celebrated racetracks.

Shoot Smart rents an assortment of about 90 firearms to aspiring marksmen firing at chosen targets in 11 lanes. NRA-certified safety officers offer assistance when asked, such as how to properly load a magazine or how to grip a rifle without ruffling its feathers. In addition to the shop and range, a lounge equipped with comfy furniture, free WiFi, drinks, and games smoothes out adrenaline highs.

Aromatic notes of spicy chai tea greet guests as they enter Studio's Samadhi's aqua-hued yoga haven, where students of all abilities work toward expanding and enriching their yoga practice under the tutelage of registered yoga instructors. Fueled by equal parts passion for holistic wellness and yogic expertise, the studio's team of registered yoga instructors coaches students in a variety of yoga modalities, from athletic Vinyasa yoga, where students transition from one balance-challenging pose to the next with carefully controlled movements, to slow-paced Yin yoga, whose long-held poses help students achieve deep stretches to release tension. After every stretch session, yogis can transition gently back into their day by chatting about sessions or chakra-opening experiences while sipping a complimentary cup of organic tea.

The indoor and outdoor archery ranges at Cinnamon Creek Ranch challenge hand steadiness and aim as bowmen send arrows flying across an 80-acre facility. Inside, archers choose from 56 lanes and take aim at targets placed at 10 yards, 20 yards, and more than 30 yards away. Outside, more than 150 three-dimensional targets await, offering such configurations as field shots of up to 100 yards and stealthy shots on six 3D ranges. Cinnamon Creek also sells archery equipment and accessories at its pro shop, including more than 300 bows and products by Mathews, Mission, PSE, Hoyt, and Bowtech Archery.