Playing regular badminton conditions the body so that the basal heart rate drops a few beats per minute and blood pressure is reduced. Excess calories are burnt during playing badminton, which prevents them from accumulating as fat. Existing fat deposits are also mobilized to produce energy, which helps with weight loss.

Like other sports playing badminton keeps you feeling well, strong, motivated, enthusiastic and young. It helps to ward off depression, anxiety, stress and increase self-esteem.

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Badminton is a sport that can be played by all ages and abilities. There is provision in Kirklees for the complete beginner to the experienced tournament player.

Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) offers casual court hire and coaching for juniors and adults across some of its sites. The Sport4Life project also offers badminton coaching across Kirklees.

The Huddersfield District Badminton League offers competition for the more advanced player.

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Badminton's origins date back thousands of years. It is thought sports played with a shuttlecock and racquets developed in ancient Greece around 2000 years ago, but can also be traced to India and China.

The modern game of badminton takes its name from Badminton House - home of the Duke of Beaufort in the English county of Gloucestershire. In 1873 guests at a Badminton House lawn party held by the Duke of Beaufort introduced it to their friends as "the Badminton game".

The first set of written rules appeared in 1877, introduced by the Bath Badminton Club. The first national organising body was established in 1893.

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