What are the benefits of table tennis?

Table tennis has always been our country's strong point in sports, so many people may know table tennis from the Olympics. In fact, table tennis is a very good exercise program, which can make your limbs more coordinated. Moreover, more and more people like to play table tennis now, because table tennis is a very interesting sport. It will not make people feel so bored and boring. Even people who want to lose weight can take up table tennis.

Benefit 1: Relaxation - Table tennis is an interesting sport that can stimulate people's emotions. Sometimes when you encounter something troubling, playing table tennis for a while and working up a sweat can give you a unique sense of comfort that can make you feel refreshed. In addition, "making friends through playing golf" is also a pleasure. Playing with fellow players on the court and chatting with them off the court can make people feel relaxed and refreshed.

Benefit 2: Eye protection - When playing table tennis, the ball moves back and forth at a very fast speed, and the ball may land near or far, left or right, and may rotate or not rotate. In order to make an accurate judgment, the eyes are used to obtain information about the ball. The eyeballs are always in high-speed motion and have rapid feedback communication with the brain. This unique sport that regulates the eyes and vision can effectively improve the function of the ciliary muscles of the eyes for primary and secondary school students who have heavy academic burdens and read books at close range for long periods of time. It also plays a positive role in protecting vision and preventing myopia.

Benefit 3: Brain health - Among all ball sports, table tennis is relatively fast. Because the ball is small and light, and the offense and defense can be switched quickly, athletes are required to mobilize their vision, hearing and other sensory organs in the shortest possible time to make accurate judgments and responses to the changing incoming ball. This characteristic of requiring frequent thinking can effectively train people's reaction ability and the sensitivity of the brain to the surrounding things.

Benefit 4: Aids digestion - Since playing table tennis consumes a lot of physical energy, it can increase appetite. In addition, the constant movement of the body back and forth can also promote gastrointestinal motility.

Benefit 5: Exercise your limbs - Table tennis requires not only quick eyes and hands, but also quick feet to coordinate. Long-term exercise can make the joints of the upper and lower limbs more flexible, the muscles of the waist and back stronger, the whole body function is fully mobilized, coordination and flexibility are improved, and you are more energetic.

Moreover, if you play table tennis regularly, you can improve your IQ, because the speed of playing table tennis is very fast, so you must make correct responses quickly, which can train people's quick response ability and promote people's digestive system to digest, so that constipation will not occur and the intestines can move normally.