Effect Of Yoga Practices On Selected Physical Variables Among College Men Kabaddi Players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of yoga practices on selected physical variables among college men Kabaddi players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected physical components due to the effect of yoga practices among college men Kabaddi  players .For the present study the 30 male college Kabaddi players from VSSD PG college, Kanpur, DAV college, Kanpur, Utter Pradesh, India were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study Pre-test and 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 yoga practices and Group „B‟ have not underwent any training. Speed and agility were assessed by 50 meter dash and T-test test. The data were collected before and after nine weeks of training. The data were analyzed by applying t-test. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The experimental group showed better improvement on speed and agility skills among college men Kabaddi players than the control group.

Keywords: Yoga practices, speed, agility, kabaddi ground .