A3-3) Fat people and Badminton
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This article is from the Big Folks Sports and Activities FAQ, by sharon@ecs.ox.ac.uk (Sharon Curtis) with numerous contributions by others.
A3-3) Fat people and Badminton
Badminton places a lot of emphasis on good hand-eye coordination,
wrist action, quick reflexes and short quick dashes across the court.
So there is nothing intrinsic about the sport that hampers large
people, though of course dashing about the court will put more stress
on the joints of heavy people, so it might not be suitable for all
heavy people.
In fact, the people in the clubs in my county league have just as
many large people as I see in the population in general, and with
the same spread of abilities.
There are no equipment problems for badminton players, although they
share the difficulty with tennis players with having a scarcity of
attractive t-shirt/sports-shirt and skirt/shorts outfits in any sizes
larger than average.
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