Table tennis is a sport in competitive sports that requires a high degree of mental responsiveness, physical coordination and agility. Although the moment of hitting the ball is only a few tenths of a second, each successful shot has to go through three brain thinking processes: observation, analysis, decision-making, and execution. The ability to use the mind comprehensively is a great test, so people who can play table tennis well usually have a high IQ. Table tennis is recognized worldwide as a high-IQ sport that allows malleable children to become smarter and smarter while maintaining physical and mental health.
Many parents feel that their children are procrastinating in doing things, slow to move, and slow to react. If you give your child enough time, writing numbers, pinyin, assembling toys, etc. can be done. But if it is limited to a certain amount of time, it is difficult for them to do it. This situation is actually slow not their hands and feet, but their brains. Table tennis can improve children's coordination and agility, improve their brain, eyes, hands to cooperate, so that "eyes to, heart to, hand to". Teaching children to play table tennis for half an hour a day can effectively solve the problem of children's "slowness".
In general, children taller than 1.3 meters can practice on the official table. If the height is less than 1.3 meters, but more than 1 meter, you can practice on the children's table. Of course, in order to train their children to play table tennis early, some parents will even let their children stand on a stool to practice when their children are 2 or 3 years old and less than 1 meter tall.
Benefits of table tennis for children:
1. It can enhance physical fitness and prevent myopia
Table tennis requires the coordinated movement of the whole body, which can greatly enhance the physical fitness of children and improve cardiopulmonary function. Through three or four months of table tennis training, the emaciated children increased their appetite, gained weight, and significantly reduced the number of colds. Obese children can slim down their bodies through table tennis training, and their limbs will be more agile.
At the same time, in the process of table tennis training, the child's eyes follow the white table tennis ball back and forth, left and right, far and near movement, the strong muscles around the eye lens is a good exercise, adhere to it can prevent children's pseudomyopia.
2. It can improve mood and prevent depression
Table tennis allows the brain to secrete more dopamine. This brain endocrine sends a message of excitement and happiness, making people feel happier. Children play table tennis and sweat when they are wronged, unhappy or angry, which can effectively vent bad emotions and maintain a positive and optimistic attitude. Children who often experience victory and defeat in table tennis games have strong resistance to setbacks and hardly produce depression.
3. It can improve reaction and concentration
Ping-pong is only 40 mm in size, bouncing back and forth and flying in the air very fast, requiring children to have a faster reaction speed, so when playing ball, they need to concentrate and concentrate. If the child has problems with inattention, playing table tennis can effectively improve reaction and concentration.
Regular table tennis can not only help children exercise, but also subtly improve the speed and efficiency of brain operation, and provide children with comprehensive physical and mental health development exercises. Therefore, table tennis is a sport that can make children smart, and it is a correct choice for children to learn to play table tennis!