Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the progressive relaxation technique and yogic practices for anxiety and aggression on soccer players. Forty five Inter Collegiate men Soccer Players of Anna University, Tamilnadu, India, who participated in the Anna University, inter Zone Soccer tournament held in the year 2014-2015 were selected as subjects at random for this study. The age of the subjects were ranged from 18 to 21 years. The subjects were assigned at random into three groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group-I underwent Progressive Relaxation Technique, Group-II underwent Yogic Practices and Group-III acted as Control. All the three groups undergo their respective training for 12 weeks in addition to the regular training as per College curriculum. Anxiety and Aggression were selected as dependent variables. Anxiety was assessed by SCAT Questionnaire and Aggression was assessed by Smith’s Aggressive Questionnaire. All the subjects were tested prior to and after the training period for all the selected variables. The data collected from the three groups prior to and post experimentation on dependent variables were statistically analyzed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, Scheffe’s test was followed, as a post hoc test to determine which of the paired mean differences was significant. In all the cases .05 level of confidence was fixed as a level of confidence to test the hypotheses. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference was found among all the groups. Anxiety and Aggression of Progressive Relaxation Technique and Yogic Practices group registered better performance than control group.
Author Name : Dr. K. A Ramesh
Keywords: Anxiety, Aggression, Yogic Practices, PMR.
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