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Health Benefits of Playing Badminton – Playspots Dubai

By Playspots Oct 24, 2020

Badminton, an Olympic sport, is played worldwide among all age groups. It is simple for a beginner and requires a more physical and mental determination as time passes. It is a full fun game which along brings huge physical and psychological benefits that should make it a top consideration for anyone who wants to develop their fitness or discover a new activity.

Badminton may look simple and smoothing but it makes you engage all your muscles since it requires running, jumping, lunging, diving, and shuttle hitting. During the course of a game, you get a full-body workout. You can even lose up to 500 calories in an hour. And most importantly, it helps the way you think.

One of the major physical benefits is the toning of muscle. We can efficiently balance our body proportions irrespective of one’s the size or weight. Badminton focuses on shaping up the muscles and cutting down the excess fat rather than bulking up on more muscles.

The importance of badminton too cannot be denied when it comes to improving flexibility, for a game like this purely involves swinging and reach of the player, which in turn develops great flexibility and agility within the player. It helps to reduce muscle soreness and the risk of injuries.

The benefits of badminton are unlimited. As we speak of physical health, it includes:- muscle endurance and stamina, improved metabolism, weight loss, healthy heart and lungs, improved bone density and bone strength, reduced incidence of diabetes, enhanced reflexes and motor coordination as well as improved sleep as it maintains good blood circulation.

As we look into the psychological benefits of badminton there is a wide range of possibilities, which makes this game more interesting. One of the important benefits is that it keeps the player alert and always on their toes, which helps develop strong reflexes, stimulates brain activity, and enhance concentration. While playing badminton, being out in the open and embracing nature in its purest form itself feels therapeutics and healing. It develops strategy building and mind sharpness. It also cures hypertension.

Staying fit means a lot of things including physical and mental fitness which can be achieved in just one sport, badminton!