what are the benefits?...
Badminton is one of the most popular sports in the world with more than 300 million active players worldwide.
As it is played by both males and females equally across a range of ages and skill levels, the health and social benefits of the sport are wide and varied. A list of the Top 9 health and social benefits of badminton.
Regular play is also great for keeping hearts healthy, conditioning and strengthening the heart muscle, reducing hypertension and limiting the risk of blood vessels clogging. |
What are the benefits for children?...
So what are you getting from your investment of sending your child to coached badminton sessions? From our experience, we have found that a badminton training session is sometimes the first time during the week where some children or young people feel they are seen in a positive light, where they are given feedback that builds their self-esteem, where they can be expected to push themselves past all their previous expectations and find they excel! We have seen children who develop not only badminton skills but build attitudes to discipline, effort and achievement that have a knock on effect outside of the sport. Many children who find sport a real challenge but through the support of a club /coach , they are able to discover leadership and communication skills, and contribute to help and support others. They are given significance, and recognition for all their many strengths displayed throughout club/coached activities. There are many children who find school difficult, or may have personal issues and through the sporting experience of Badminton find ways to change old behaviour patterns and become extremely high achievers. How much physical activity should children and young people aged 5 to 18 do to keep healthy?: Children and young people need to do 2 types of physical activity each week:
So ask yourself, is the investment worthwhile? |