The Lebrun brothers, who shone during the last Olympic Games, are at the origin of a real phenomenon around table tennis. And the effects on health and the brain are more than beneficial …
During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, if Leon Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot burst the screen, many sports lovers vibrated for the Lebrun brothers, new table tennis stars. During Olympiad, the world’s number 1 world pair won a bronze bronze medal in addition to another charm obtained by Félix Lebrun, the youngest of the brothers, during the individual test.
Since the end of the Olympic Games, a momentum around table tennis has taken place, because the exploits of young brothers are dreaming. Know that if playing sports is very good for health, doing the same sport as Alexis and Félix Lebrun will allow you to have specific beneficial effects, especially in the brain.
Our brain is indeed put to the test during exchanges in table tennis. With speed, it must anticipate, calculate the trajectory, make a quick decision … A series of stimuli which allow you to activate specific areas, such as the prefrontal cortex (strategic planning) and the cerebellum (motor coordination).
And the effects go even further than the liveliness and motor skills acquired with the ping. Wendy Suzuki, professor of neuroscience at New York University, said for ABC News That table tennis greatly improved cognitive functions, decision -making, fine motor skills, but also in particular long -term memory. The sport of the Lebrun brothers would therefore be a real solution against neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson.
Beyond these advantages, table tennis is also a good anti stress with a production of endorphins. Others Studies conducted in Japan shows that this sport stimulates brain blood flow, thus improving mental acuity and slowing down the progress of dementia.
Ping-pong is also a very important social vector, highlighted by the Federation. For Lucie Coulon, technical advisor to the French Federation, “Table tennis is not just a sport. It is a school of life, a means of building bridges between generations and strengthening social ties “.