At present, basketball is one of the sports with the highest popularity rate in our country. Whether it is in primary and secondary schools, we can find the existence of basketball courts, which shows the status of basketball in Chinese medicine. Before understanding the benefits of playing basketball, we first understand what matters need to pay attention to playing basketball.

1. Warm-up before playing basketball

To warm up your body before playing basketball, do some light jogging, pressing your legs, moving your fingers and so on. Get your body in the mood as quickly as possible.

2. Cut your fingernails before playing basketball

Finger is easy to get hurt in basketball. Too long fingernails are not only easy to cut others, but also easy to turn them over and cause injury when dribbling and catching the ball.

3. Prepare protective gear

Before playing basketball, it is better to wear protective gear such as ankle protectors, knee supports, and arm sleeve for protection. In general, knee injuries in basketball games are mostly caused by collisions. Wearing knee pads is a good way to protect them.

Playing basketball must cost some energy to drive the strength of the muscles, but also need us to have a certain amount of endurance, so for teenagers, playing basketball can better let their bones grow, but also let themselves become more and more strong. Regular basketball games can enhance heart function, increase the output of each stroke, thicken the media of arterial wall, increase smooth muscle cells and elastic fibers; Increase the number of capillaries in skeletal muscle and make the branches anastomose abundantly. The coronary orifice was thickened and the weight was increased. The number of capillaries in the heart muscle increases, which improves the blood supply and function of the organs, including the heart itself. At the same time, basketball can also make blood pressure drop, and can reduce serum cholesterol content, for the prevention of hypertension, coronary heart disease has a good role.