Influence of Physical Training on Flexibility among Special Children in Cuddalore District

Author(s) Name

A.Manimaran & Dr.S. Arul

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of physical training on flexibility among special children in cuddalore district. To achieve this purpose of the study, thirty students were selected from the GV special school for the mentally retarded, Chidambaram, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India as subjects at random. The selected subjects were divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects each, Group I underwent physical training for three days per week for twelve weeks. Group II acted as a control group who did not participate in any special training programme apart from their regular curriculum. The following physical fitness variable, namely flexibility was selected as criterion variable. All the subjects of two groups were tested on selected dependent variable namely sit and reach test at prior to and immediately after the training programme. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the significant difference if any between the groups. The.05 level of confidence was fixed 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 revealed that there was a significant difference between physical training group and a control group on selected flexibility and also the results of the study showed that there was a significant improvement on flexibility due to physical training.

Keywords

Physical Training, Flexibility, Physical Fitness variables, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).

Please cite this article as

A.Manimaran & Dr.S. Arul (2019). Influence of Physical Training on Flexibility among Special Children in Cuddalore District. International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 6, 12(2), 11-12.