Influence of Yogic Practice on Selected Psychological Variables among Cricket Players

Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of yogic practice on selected psychological variables among cricket players. It was hypothesized that there would have been a significant influence of twelve weeks yogic practice on selected psychological variables among cricket players. For the present study 30 male cricket players from Tiruchirappalli district, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects 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 two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent yogic practice and Group ‘B’ underwent no training. Anxiety was assessed using Spielberger questionnaire, aggression was assessed using Smith questionnaire and self confidence was assessed by Agnihotri’s Self Confidence Inventory questionnaire. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) technique to find out the effect of yogic practice on selected psychological variables among cricket players. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The findings of the present study have strongly indicates that yogic practice of twelve weeks have significant effect on selected performance variable of cricket players. Hence the hypothesis earlier set that yogic practice would have been significant effect on selected psychological variables in light of the same the hypothesis was accepted.

Author Name (s) : R. Selvakumar, Dr. V. Vallimurugan

Keywords: Yogic Practice, Anxiety, Aggression, Self confidence, Cricket.