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Health benefits of playing badminton

It is a well-known fact that indulging in aerobic sports activities like badminton provides multiple health benefits and promotes longevity. But do you know exactly what health benefits badminton gives you?

Badminton is good for the heart.

Playing badminton regularly increases levels of HDL good cholesterol while reducing levels of bad cholesterol. As bad cholesterol reduces the size of blood vessels promoting heart attacks and strokes, reducing their levels translates into multiple health benefits for the individual.

Another specific health benefit of playing badminton regularly is protection against heart disease, especially heart attacks. Playing badminton conditions and strengthens the heart muscle, in addition to reducing hypertension and preventing blood vessel blockages. Even people with pre-existing heart conditions can benefit from playing badminton within their endurance levels under medical supervision and advice.

Regularly enjoying badminton helps overweight people reduce their weight and achieve an optimal weight for their height and age. This effect is due to the excess calories burned while playing badminton, which prevents them from accumulating as fat and increasing the individual’s weight. Moreover, existing fat deposits are also mobilized for energy production while playing badminton.

Playing badminton is very energy-intensive and very tiring because it uses every muscle in the body. If you play for even an hour, you will be able to burn close to/around 480 calories, which is the most among all sports. This will help overweight people burn fat and maintain an optimal weight for their age and height.

While badminton helps reduce weight and overall body fat percentage, it also relieves stress on your bones and helps with cell growth, which encourages bone growth and maximum calcium accumulation, which strengthens them.

You become a happier person!

Finally, playing badminton makes you feel good, strong, motivated, enthusiastic and young. Playing badminton is not limited to physical benefits, but also mental ones. It helps in eliminating depression, anxiety and increasing self-esteem. It also helps in enjoying better sleep at night, thereby minimizing the incidence of pre-existing diseases that are aggravated due to lack of sleep. Endorphins are hormones that cause a positive feeling in the body. They act as analgesics, that is, hormones that reduce stress and pain in the body. Many more endorphins are released during badminton because hormones are mainly produced in the body when the body is actively involved in exercise or training. Moreover, these hormones are produced in your brain, spinal cord, and other parts of your body in response to certain brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters. Once they are released into your body system, your body starts to have a positive and energetic outlook on life. As a badminton player, the very act of hitting the ball is a great way to reduce the stress that has built up in your system. And the more tension you release from your body, the healthier and fitter you will be.

Keeps you on your toes!

The more you move, the more flexible you become. While playing badminton, it is very important to move quickly and swing the racket at the required speed. This improves flexibility and also helps players gain muscle strength and endurance. Badminton improves the concentration of the players. When played at a fast pace, speed increases and reflexes improve. Intelligence is also a factor as players must know how to deceive their opponents with every shot.

Shake off the stress...

If you are someone who has a very busy routine and it leads to excessive stress, then you must take out 15-30 minutes of your daily time and play badminton. It is a very intense sport and involves physical exertion. The extra physical activity helps in relaxing the mind and relieving stress on the body. Individuals who play badminton are in a more relaxed mood and have a calmer state of mind. With a calm mind, you can focus better on your life. As a result of all the health benefits that badminton brings for you, you will have a better overall lifestyle. With better sleep, you will feel more active and will be better able to perform daily tasks. Moreover, physical fitness and a healthy brain will help you focus better and feel good all the time.

Shape your body!

Badminton tones your muscles. This is possible thanks to all the movements your body goes through while playing the game. So, do you want to tone your muscles and build your body without visiting the gym for some exercises? Then badminton could be an alternative for that. When you play badminton regularly, all parts of your body are subjected to a serious workout. This includes your arms, legs, back, and even your stomach. Badminton makes the muscles in these parts of the body stronger and built. Interestingly, there is no way you can play badminton without moving around on the court. And the more you play the game, the more your muscles get toned and built.

All in all…

Badminton is a fun and enjoyable game. From the satisfaction you get from playing the racket to the health benefits it offers, badminton remains one of the best sports you can play. The health benefits of badminton are endless. But overall, playing badminton makes you feel good, energetic, motivated, enthusiastic and rejuvenated. Give it your all and enjoy the game!

Rules

Points system

A match is played in two best-of-seven sets. One set is played until the first player scores 21 points with at least a 2-point lead over the opponent.

  • The service is performed after each point won.
  • The player or pair that wins the rally wins a point.
  • In the case of a 20:20 score, the winner is the first player or pair to gain a 2-point lead.
  • In the case of a 29:29 score, the player or pair that scores 30 is the winner.
  • The player or pair that wins the previous set serves first in the next set.

He plays in singles competition

  • At the beginning of each set (the score is 0:0) and when the player has an even number of points, he is served from the right service court. When a player has an odd number of points, he is served from the left service court.
  • If the serving player wins the rally, he wins the point and continues to serve from the opposite service court.
  • If the player who did not serve wins the rally, he wins both the point and the right to serve. The player who has won the right to serve serves from an adequate service court (to the right if he has an even number of points, or to the left if he has an odd number of points).

Play in doubles competition

  • Within each pair, only one player has the right to serve continuously.
  • The right to serve is transferred between players
  • At the beginning of each set (the score is 0:0) and when the team has an even number of points, the player who has the right to serve serves from the right service court. When a team has an odd number of points, the player entitled to serve serves from the left service court.
  • If the serving team wins the rally, that team wins the point, and the serving player continues to serve from the opposite service court.
  • If the non-serving team wins the rally, that team wins a point and the right to serve.
  • Players do not change places and the court from which they serve until they win a point after their serve.
  • If a player makes a mistake and serves from the wrong service court, the error is corrected the moment it is noticed.

Note

The order of serving in a team depends on whether the number of points of the serving team is even or odd.
The service court change is performed only by the serving team and only when that team wins a point. In all other situations, the players do not change places. This ensures that the service change is performed in a logical sequence.

Interesting facts

Badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world

The fastest badminton shot (male) was 565 km/h by Satwik Sai Raj Rankireddy and the fastest badminton shot (female) was 438 km/h by Pearly Tan 陈康乐 at Yonex Co., Ltd. Tokyo Factory in Soka, Saitama, Japan on April 14, 2023.

The ball is made of goose wings

Although many believed that the goose’s left wing feathers were the only feathers good enough to be used for making balls, this has since become a myth. As long as the feathers are straight, they can be taken from any goose wing. Likewise, duck feathers were used to make balls in the past.

The longest badminton match

The longest badminton match lasted 25 hours, 24 minutes and 44 seconds. It was played by Mario Langmann and Thomas Paulweber in Reutle, Austria, on 26-27 November 2016.

Leg muscles in badminton players

Since badminton is a sport where the player has to run around to chase the ball, players have noticed that they have increased leg muscles. This is due to running around the field to ensure that the other player does not score.

Badminton used to be called Poona or Poonah

Since it originated in Poona, the sport was named after the city it originated in. It was originally played by British soldiers stationed there, who would then bring the sport back to Britain.

The first rules of Poona were drawn up in 1873 and were adopted by all players of this sport.