After playing sports, you get a lot of benefits both physically and mentally and this is very true with children too. It helps strengthen your muscles, enhance your immune and brain system. Moreover, It improves your mind including emotions, like the ability to get through hard times, respect, self-esteem and values in yourself and others. Sports are not only beneficial to the body and mind but also to help practicing discipline and patience. So, you should support and push a little your kids to play sport.

Happy Mom.Life has tips to recommend which is 'badminton' that can be learned from kindergarten. Before you decide whether to let the baby play it or not. Let's see the benefits of this sport first!

The Benefits For Kids

1. It's great exercise for the kids. They can run around the field, not just only one-way movement but also limbs, wrists, shoulders, running, and learn body balance.

2. Badminton can be played in pair or more. The children can learn about teamwork, communication and with other people to win over the opposite side.

3. Badminton enhances the relationship between hands and eyes. The children do not only run around, but also they have to look for shuttlecock and hand set. They learn how to balance the body or practice the consistency of the hands and eyes at the same time.

4. Badminton helps increase math skills especially for children because the winner must move to another side of field before serving.  Players have to understand rules and regulations. Every single score is important. The players must listen to what the committee say carefully as well.

5. All sports have a winner and a loser as well as a sport competition can teach the children those words and how to deal with each outcome. The children are going to learn from practice and rules simultaneously.

6. They will practice how to live in society under rules and regulations. Some of them are spoiled to be very stubborn. However, the children have to control their emotions and learn self-discipline when they’re playing badminton. They cannot do whatever they want.

7. It’s so much fun for children when playing badminton. They have to plan the game during the competition. It’s better than playing games on tablets which cannot create happiness, laughter and sweats like playing badminton does.

8. Badminton can reduce aggressive levels because the power is used in the right way. Moreover, badminton is not only teaching the children how to exercise, but also to think before doing any move.

9. Everybody can play badminton all year around. You don’t have to worry about the weather or any external factors at all. Moms are able to cheer for their kids, and observe when they’re practicing.

These are some benefits of playing badminton. You can let the children learn with a basic course or play at home first to make sure that they’re happy and have fun with this sport. Sometimes, badminton will be one of their favorite activity that the parents should support them. They might become real passionate and want  to compete in world class championships one day.

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