Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

EFFECT OF SELECTED YOGA PRACTICES ON BIO–MOTOR VARIABLES AMONG UNIVERSITY SOCCER PLAYERS

S. Joniton, Dr. V. Gopinath

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<p> The purpose of the study was to determine the Effect of Selected Yoga Practices on Bio–Motor variables among University Soccer Players. To achieve this propose of the study sixty (N=60) men soccer players (beginners) were randomly selected as subjects, who were from the various Departments of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. The age of the subjects were ranged from 19 to 22 years. The subjects are performed selected yoga asana in the morning time for 30 to 60 minutes per five days/week over the period of six (6) week which was given by the yoga experts. The subjects tested on selected dependent variables such as Agility, Speed and Flexibility. Selected variables such as Agility was measured by shuttle run, Speed was measured by 50 meters dash, and Flexibility was measured by coureton,s flexibility test, the collected data were statistically treated by using independent ‘t’ test, 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the significance. The result shows that there was a significant difference in Agility, Speed and flexibility between pre and post test. It was concluded that, there was significance improvements on Agility, Speed and Strength among University Soccer Players.</p>

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S. JONITON, Dr. V. GOPINATH Effect of Selected Yoga Practices on BioMotor Variables Among University Soccer Players International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 2 February 2016

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