Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of yoga on performance factors among college kabaddi players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on performance factors due to the effect of yoga among college kabaddi players. For the present study the 45 male college kabaddi players from Kings College of Engineering, Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to three equal groups of fifteen each. Group ‘A’ underwent asana practices only, group ‘B’ underwent asana and meditation practices and group ‘C’ have not underwent any training. During the actual playing situation a panel of the three qualified judges evaluated the playing ability of the players. The investigator has made detailed discussion with panel of experts about the study and criteria for evaluation. The experts of the game will observe each player and rate their performance in ten point scale. The average score of the three judges was taken. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) and scheffe’s post hoc test. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The asana and asana & meditation group had positive impact on hand touch and leg touch among college kabaddi players.
Author Name : D. Suresh & Dr.M.Madan Mohan
Keywords: Asana, Meditation, Kabaddi, Performance.
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