Long term playing of Badminton improves the Visual Reaction Time

Reaction time is the time duration between applications of a visual stimulus to onset of response. The present study was conducted to measure simple visual reaction time in 51 Badminton players. Material Method: The Simple visual reaction time was measured by the direct RT computerized software in Badminton players. During the visual reaction time testing, visual stimuli were given for eighteen times and average reaction time was taken as the final reaction time. Result: In present study we observed that visual reaction time is shorter in Badminton players who are playing Badminton for longer duration than who are playing Badminton for short duration. It was also found that continuing playing of Badminton improves reaction time. Conclusion: Our study concluded that playing of Badminton for longer time is beneficial to eye-hand reaction time, concentration and alertness.