Effects of 10-week modified badminton curriculum on physical fitness and sustained attention in elementary school children
Yang Wang, Qiyi Wang, Xiaoxiao Dong, Jia Yang, Kelong Cai, Dandan Chen, Aiguo Chen · 2025
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Description
Yang Wang and six co-authors test a reshaped badminton course for school children, in a 2025 trial in China. Standard sports classes often drill one skill at a time, which may limit gains in fitness and focus. The new course was built around the fast, varied play of the sport itself. Two groups of fifth-grade pupils took part for ten weeks, three times a week. One group got the new course, and the other got the standard one.
Pupils in the new course gained more in speed, stamina, and steady focus than the standard group. Gains in bend, balance, and strength did not differ between groups. Test scores for simple reaction speed also matched. The authors urge schools to design classes with more varied, game-like play. Such designs, they say, can lift both body and mind.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yang Wang, Qiyi Wang, Xiaoxiao Dong, Jia Yang, Kelong Cai, Dandan Chen, Aiguo Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |