AFFLUENCE OF YOGIC PRACTICES ON SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENETS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was designed to examine the effects of yogic practices on selected physical fitness components such as strength endurance and flexibility. To achieve this purpose of the study thirty men students studying in the were selected as subjects at were randomly selected as subjects. They were divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects. Group I underwent yogic practices for five days per week for twelve weeks. Group II acted as control who did not undergo any special training programme apart from their regular physical education programme. The following variables namely strength endurance and flexibility were selected as criterion variable. All the subjects of two groups were tested on selected dependent variable at prior to and immediately after the training programme. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyzed the significant difference, if any among the groups. The .05 level of confidence was fixed as the level of significance to test the “F” ratio obtained by the analysis of covariance, which was considered as an appropriate. The result of the study showed that there was a significant difference between yogic practice group and control group on strength endurance and flexibility. And also, it was found that there was a significant improvement on selected criterion variables such as strength endurance and flexibility due to yogic practices. KEY WORDS: Yogic Practices, Strength Endurance, Physical Fitness, Fitness Components.