Health Benefits of Volleyball

Health benefits of
volleyball
Physical Benefits
O Burns calories and fat: One of the primary benefits
of volleyball is that it helps you burn calories, which is
an important component of a weight loss or
maintenance program. Harvard Medical School reports
a person can burn between 90 to 133 calories during a
half-hour game of non-competitive, non-beach
volleyball, depending on a person’s weight, while a
competitive gym game of volleyball burns between 120
to 178 calories. An hour-long game of volleyball on the
much less stable ground of sand can burn up to 480
calories.
O Increases metabolic rate: Playing
volleyball enhances your energy level
and improves your overall performance
in other sports and workouts.
OHeart healthy: By getting your
heart rate up, your body will
circulate more blood and nutrients
throughout your body, which
improves your overall health.
O Tones and shapes the body: The
physical activities involved in playing
volleyball will strengthen the upper
body, arms and shoulders as well as the
muscles of the lower body. Playing
volleyball also improves the
cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
O Improves hand-eye
coordination: Volleyball is all about
hand-eye coordination. When you
serve, you must follow the ball with
your eyes, and strike the ball at the right
point. On defense, you must react to
where the ball is going and get in
position to make a play. While setting,
your hand-eye coordination helps you
see where your hitters are, to make sure
to give them a good set.
O Builds agility, coordination,
speed, and balance: Due to its quick
changes of pace and direction,
volleyball places a large number of
demands on the technical and physical
skills of a player. During the course of
play, players are required to serve, pass,
set, attack, block and dig the ball. These
skills require flexibility, good balance,
upper and lower body strength and
speed in order to be played effectively.
O Builds muscular strength:
Volleyball requires a strong chest and
core muscles for nearly every play.
When you pass, you mimic a squat, and
you must use your legs to generate
power. When you set, you must use
arms, legs, and hands, especially your
thighs. When the ball is coming to you,
you need to load your legs and arms,
and push up. Your hands need to be
strong to prevent injury.
Mental Benefits
O Boosts mood and increases drive to succeed:
Your involvement in volleyball can improve your
mood, reduce stress and encourage pride in your
accomplishments as a team member. The activity can
also improve your self-confidence, self-esteem, your
body image and make you feel happier about life in
general. Involvement in volleyball can also improve
your motivation and ability to succeed. As a team
player, your cooperative efforts lead to the success or
failure of the team. Team members encourage one
another during practice and in the game to give
everyone the confidence to keep on trying to master and
perfect the necessary skills to win.
O You start to radiate confidence -
Sports, like volleyball, improve fitness,
which directly boosts your self-
confidence. This improvement in
confidence is witnessed in your work,
too. You will perform much better while
indulged in your responsibilities.
O Start feeling energetic - Do you
know what the best way to stay
energetic and happy is? It is by
indulging in volleyball and related
sports. This is because it offers you a
sense of accomplishment. Something,
that keeps you going for the day.
O Manage stress - Stress always
knocks on our life’s door one way or
the other. To get rid of this unwanted
guest, you must start playing volleyball
regularly. While playing volleyball, you
release endorphins, which are also
called “happy chemicals.” You instantly
feel relaxed due to this.
O Sharp brain - No, we are not making
this up. Something as interesting as
volleyball can also make your brain
sharper. By consuming vegetables and
proteins, and doing regular workout,
you can also prevent yourself from
Alzheimer’s.
Social Benefits
O Volleyball can help you learn so many new social
skills as well. Taking charge and working to be the
best can give you self-confidence. Cooperating with
your fellow teammates builds group/team cooperation
skills. Taking charge and aiming to make the team the
best it can possibly be builds leadership skills. Calling
the ball and signals throughout games build
communication skills. Being on a team also makes it
easier to build your friend making skills. The list of
social skills that you can learn from playing this one
sport go on and on.
O Build Teamwork - Volleyball is a
great team sport because it takes more
than one person on your team to win the
game. It involves working
cooperatively and in a fast pace in
which those lessons can be used outside
of your treatment facility such as when
you go to work and you have to work
well with your co-workers and your
boss.
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