Effect of Pranayama Yoga Breathing Exercises on High School Swimmers

Abstract

The overall purpose of this study was to determine the effect of regular pranayama yoga breathing on high school swimmers. This study used experimental and survey research methods to collect the data and answer the research question. Experimental data was collected before and after the intervention group went through five weeks of pranayama yoga breathing. Survey data was also collected before and after the intervention. The data collected in this study showed that pranayama yoga breathing is useful in decreasing high school swimmers' race time because the intervention group had a 10.07% decrease, while the control group only had a 6.97% decrease. After analyzing these results, it was concluded that the hypothesis was correct in claiming that regular pranayama yoga breathing would have a positive effect on high school swimmers' race times.