Construction of Badminton Training Program to Improve Physical Fitness of University Students

Background and Aim: The Internet era has revolutionized various aspects of office work, daily life, and numerous fields. During the critical stage of growth and development, the lifestyle choices made by college students profoundly impact their physical health. Therefore, to improve the physical fitness of university students through playing badminton, this research has constructed a training program to improve the physical fitness of university students, focusing on three main components: strength, speed, and flexibility. Materials and Methods: This research is quasi-experimental. The population of this research consists of 135 second-year male students in the 2023 academic year at Shenzhen Technology University, who have chosen badminton as an elective course. From the annual physical fitness test, 40 male students who scored the lowest overall physical fitness scores, will be selected as a sample group for this research. The training program will be conducted for 8 weeks, with sessions scheduled 3 days per week, each lasting 2 hours. The physical fitness test (including flexibility, speed, and strength tests) will be conducted before training, after 4 weeks of training, and after 8 weeks of training. In this research, mean, standard deviation, and one-way repeated measures ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The level of significant difference was 0.05. Results: After 8 weeks of training, there was a significant difference between the pre-test, after 4 weeks of training, and post-test of the results of the flexibility test, speed test, and strength test. The university students showed significant improvement in all three aspects of their physical fitness. Conclusion: The developed badminton training program is effective in improving the physical fitness of university students and can be utilized in developing badminton education at the university level.