Impact of Yoga Breathing Exercises on Total Lung Capacity among Women Soccer Players

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of yoga breathing exercises on total lung capacity among women soccer players. To achieve the purpose of this study, 18 women soccer players were randomly selected as subjects from the Rani Anna College, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India. Their age ranged from 18 to 22 years. The selected participants were randomly divided into two groups such as Group ‘A’ yoga breathing exercises (n=9) and Group ‘B’ acted as control group (n=9). Group ‘A’ underwent yoga breathing exercises for five days and one session per day and each session lasted for an hour for six week. Control group was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The data on total lung capacity were collected by administering by standardized test items. The total lung capacity was assessed by spirometer test. The pre and post tests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior and immediately after the training programme. The pre and post-test scores were statistically examined by the dependent‘t’ test and Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) for selected variable. It was concluded that the yoga breathing exercises group had shown significantly improved in total lung capacity. However the control group had not shown any significant improvement on total lung capacity.

Author Name : Dr.S.Arumugam & P.Anuja

Keywords: Yoga Breathing Exercise, Lung Capacity, Spiro meter and soccer.