Author(s): Prokash Mondal, Dr. Saikot Chatterjee and Susmita Dey

Abstract:
Swiss ball exercise has been used for various purposes at present. It has been for improvement of physical fitness, concentration ability, balancing ability, health-related physical fitness. It is accepted that Swiss ball exercise have differences with others physical exercise. At the same time Swiss ball has been included in multi gym. Considering the nature of equipment and benefits girls are getting interested with ball exercises. An exercise ball, also known as a Swiss ball, is a ball constructed of soft elastic with a diameter of approximately 35 to 85 centimeters (14 to 34 inches) and filled with air. It is most often used in physical therapy, athletic training and exercise. Balls are cheaper equipment, easy to handle, easy to maintain, and soothing to exercise with. Considering the above benefits the equipment could be very much suitable for women or girls, but very few studies have been conducted in this area and so the problem was designed in such a manner just to infer the “The impact of Swiss ball exercise programme on fitness of school girls”. For the present study 30 school girls aged between 15-25, who were selected randomly from Madanpur Panchayat area as subjects. From data analysis it is clear that the performance of the girls with regard to the fitness variables developed significantly due the training.

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