EFFECT OF YOGA ON SELECTED MOTOR ABILITY COMPONENTS OF WOMEN STUDENTS

Authors

  • Mr.S. Babu Lecturer and Coordinator, Dept. of Physical Education, Pondicherry University Community College, Puducherry

Keywords:

Yoga, Motor Abilities and Components.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of yoga on selected motor ability components of women students, such us agility and cardio vascular endurance. To achieve the purpose of these study sixty college women students were selected from Bharathidasan Government College for women, Puducherry, India Pondicherry. Their age ranged from 18 to 22 years they were divided in to two groups and designed as Experimental group ’A’, and Control group ’B’ The experimental group ’A’ was given Yoga training for a period of twelve weeks, Morning, for six days in a week, whereas control group ’B’ is not involved any specific training programme other than their regular physical activities programme. The data were collected before and after the training programme and statistically analyzed by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of the study showed that yoga training can be an effective training programme to improve the agility and cardio vascular endurance of college women students.

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Published

2013-03-31

How to Cite

Babu, M. (2013). EFFECT OF YOGA ON SELECTED MOTOR ABILITY COMPONENTS OF WOMEN STUDENTS. International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences, 2(1), 56–61. Retrieved from https://ijobsms.org/index.php/ijobsms/article/view/87