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Badminton is one of the most popular sports not only for competition, but also for enjoyment in spare time. Badminton courts are available in all community sport centres and in local schools or colleges. Even without courts or nets, you could still play badminton in parks or in your backyards if they are big enough.
1. A game for all ages.
Badminton can be an energetic pursuit or a light workout, depending on individual choice. Because of that, you could start playing badminton from as young as you are able to swing a badminton racket, to as old as not being able to move around the court.
2. Social events
Badminton clubs are badminton communities. During club nights and matches you have opportunities to meet new people and catch up with old friends, who are from different backgrounds. Many clubs have social calendars with club fun nights, fund raisers and Christmas parties organised.
3. Body building
Badminton requires running, jumping, and fast paced movement, this boosts flexibility and speed. The constant range of motion tones legs, buttocks, arms, shoulders, back and stomach as well. It develops strength and power on the legs and arms.
After playing badminton for sometime regardless of levels, players will experience improved balance and co-ordination. Increase a bit more intensity of the game can boost upper body strength, core stability and stamina, and improve reflexes and hand-eye coordination.
Working and stretching muscles releases hormones that tone and firm the body. Leg and arm movements required for a badminton match are as repetitive as the movements used in weight lifting programs, but instead of external weights. The body's momentum creates its own weight lifting workout. Playing badminton tones the body for a smooth, non-muscular look.
4. Reduce blood pressure and risks of heart disease
Hypertensive persons can benefit greatly from playing badminton because it drops the basal heart rate by a few beats per minute and it also reduces the blood pressure significantly. Badminton helps in warding off hypertension without the need for medications and it helps in reducing the dosage of medications needed in more severe cases of hypertension.
Playing badminton on a regular basis protects from various heart diseases. It strengthens the heart muscle, keeps the blood vessels from clogging and causing further health complications. Persons who have some kind of pre-existing heart disease can also enjoy the benefits of playing badminton under proper medical supervision that will not put any additional stress on their endurance levels.
5. Increase bone density & prevention of osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones become loose because of interactions between the hormones in the body, the forming of bones and the cells that dissolve bones. Persons suffering from osteoporosis have reduced bone strength and that means that it is very easy for them to sustain bone fractures.
Playing badminton helps those suffering from osteoporosis because it helps the activity of the cells that form bones and it also helps assimilating the calcium in the bone matrix, which strengthens it. Regular badminton games also reduces various cancer risks.
6. Cholesterol balance
In our body, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) are bad cholesterols and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the only good cholesterol.
Regular badminton exercises help reduce the levels of bad cholesterol and increase the levels of good cholesterol in the body. Bad cholesterol is not beneficial for the health because it enlarges the blood vessels, which may lead to heart attacks and strokes. The reduction of bad cholesterol levels provides health benefits on many different levels.
7. Weight loss
Badminton can also help overweight people in reducing fat and attaining the weight optimal for their age and height. This happens because a person burns significant amounts of calories and prevents them from piling up as fat and further increasing their weight. A 70kg man can burn up to 493kcal per hour. Regardless whether it is a competitive or non-competitive badminton game. Combined with proper diet, the optimal weight loss may be achieved.
8. Improve mental health
In addition to the physical benefits, playing badminton improves various indexes of physio-psychologic functioning. These individuals are better adjusted, have more attenuated cardiovascular and neurohumoral responses to mental stress, have fewer symptoms of anxiety, depression, and some type A behaviors. Playing badminton keeps you feeling well, strong and motivated. It can help in coping with anxiety and stress and offers a release from the pressures of everyday life.
9. Decrease diabetes
According to the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 1/3 of children born in the 21st century will develop type II diabetes. Exercise can help by decreasing the amount of sugar the body produces. It can decrease the production of sugar by the liver and therefore overall can decrease fasting blood sugar. In fact in one study, exercise was able to decrease the incidence of developing Diabetes by 58% even better than medication.
10. A good fun to play
Last but not the least, it is really a good fun to play badminton once you getting into the game. You could get addicted. Learn new tricks or techniques such as net shots, drop shots or jump smash, and show them off in badminton courts to your friends or opponents. Even you lose some games, but the sense of enjoyment is something that other stuff can not replace.
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