What is the best age for children to learn badminton?

Exercise can make people more flexible. Sports like badminton, which can improve the body's coordination, are very popular among parents. Appropriate exercise can help people be more energetic, and for children, it can also help their physical development. So what should children pay attention to when learning badminton, and what is the appropriate age to start learning badminton? Next, let’s take a look at the badminton learning guide summarized by the editor!

1. Playing badminton can be of great benefit to children's physical development. When playing badminton, the action of returning a high ball is equivalent to pulling the arms backward in ballet, which allows the cervical vertebrae and spine to be in a relaxed state. This can not only prevent the consequences of inhibiting height growth caused by excessive pressure on the spine, but is also of great benefit in preventing cervical spondylosis.

2. Each badminton technique requires long-term repeated training. The process of improvement can be clearly felt at each stage, which is of great benefit to children in enhancing their self-confidence and their determination and courage to overcome difficulties. Occasional losses in the game can allow children to receive frustration education earlier and strengthen their ability to withstand stress in learning and life.

3. Playing badminton requires children to move back and forth quickly and continuously, and the rapid movement of the feet is very beneficial for stretching the ligaments on the inner thighs, around the knees and inner calves. Generally, children who have been playing badminton since the age of five or six have an average height of about 5 cm taller than their peers.

4. Ophthalmologists have found that the eyes must quickly follow the coming and going of the badminton during the game, which has unexpected benefits for the improvement of eye function in children aged 5 to 16.

During the continuous hitting and returning of the ball, the key parts of the child's eyeball, such as the ciliary muscle, lens and suspensory ligament, are exercised, which has a certain auxiliary effect on curbing the development of amblyopia and myopia, and even on the treatment of esotropia (cross-eye).

5. From the age of 6, children can pick up a racket and play against their parents. Psychological experts believe that playing badminton is one of the best ways of "parent-child interaction" so far.