Affluence of Yogic Practices on Selected Physical Fitness Components

Author(s) Name: 

Dr. R. Thanalakshmi

Abstract

The purpose of the study was designed to examine the effect of yogic practices on selected physical fitness components such as strength endurance and flexibility. To achieve this purpose of the study thirty men students studying in Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Physical Education, Tiruchendur, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects were randomly selected as subjects.  They were divided into two equal groups of the fifteen subjects.  Group I underwent yogic practices for five days per week for twelve weeks. Group II acted as control who did not undergo any special training programme apart from their regular physical education programme. The following variables namely strength endurance and flexibility were selected as criterion variables. All the subjects of two groups were tested on selected dependent variables at prior to and immediately after the training programme. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the significant difference, if any among the groups. The .05 level of confidence was fixed as the level of significance to test the ‘F’ ratio obtained by the analysis of covariance, which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between yogic practices group and control group on selected physical fitness components such as speed and agility. The yogic practices showed significant improvement on selected physical fitness components such as strength endurance and flexibility.

 Keywords:

Affluence, Yogic Practices, Physical Fitness.

Please cite this article as:

Dr. R. Thanalakshmi (2019). Affluence of Yogic Practices on Selected Physical Fitness Components. International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 6, 4(3), 19-21.