The Health Benefits of Playing Pool
First and foremost, playing pool requires more physical activity than you’d think if you’ve never played it before. It requires good balance, limber movements, and excellent hand-eye coordination. If you don’t start out having these physical attributes, playing pool regularly can help you build them. As you play, your body has to adjust by stretching and balancing and predicting where the ball will land when you hit it at certain angles.
Not only does it improve your balance, ability to stretch where you need to, and coordination, but it burns a lot of calories, too. And since Wisconsin is the land of the cheese curds, who couldn’t benefit from burning some extra calories? The best part: playing pool doesn’t feel like exercise or a way to build your balance or coordination while you’re in it, it just feels fun!
The Ways Playing Pool is Good for Your Brain
Playing pool will give your body a good workout, there’s no denying that. Whether you’ve played before or watched others play, it’s easy to tell that most of your body gets involved in the process, including your brain. Unlike many others, this game requires focus and critical thinking, and these skills are sharpened the more that you practice them.
With this combination, playing pool actually sharpens your mind, and studies have even shown that it helps to slow aging. There are few other games that are fun to play and help keep you young, too! We’ve already talked about how it helps your hand-eye coordination, but it falls into both categories, and it’s worth mentioning again. Sharpening this skill helps with many other normal daily life activities.
Playing pool also requires a bit of patience, which again translates into other activities in life. Patience does not come quickly to many people, so having a fun way to develop it is a huge win in our book. To make the best shot, you’ll have to take your time, pause, and think about what move to make. You’ll also have to wait while the other players go through the same process. Patience is an incredibly valuable skill to possess in this game and anywhere else, too.
Adeline’s House of Cool is your go-to pool table vacation rental and it’s right here in Wisconsin waiting for you. When you get here, you can use the pool table to have fun, compete with your fellow travelers, and boost your physical and mental health. What’s better than that? When you’re done at the pool table, you can also explore all of the other amenities and activities we have here. From the hot tub and fireplaces to the jukebox and pinball machine, there are dozens of other ways to stay entertained for as long as you’re here.
