Author(s): Somappa Badiger and Dr. CR Bhairaddy

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of yogic and aerobic exercises on general wellbeing of Badminton players. To achieve the purpose of the study, Forty five intercollegiate Badminton players of Government degree colleges affiliated to Vijayanagara Sri Kirshnadevaraya University, Bellary State were selected as subjects randomly. Their age ranged from 18 to 24 years. The subjects were randomly assigned to three equal groups of 15 intercollegiate Badminton players. The study was confined to General Wellbeing. The General Wellbeing Scale developed by Santosh K. Verma and Amita Verma (1989) was used to assess the wellbeing of subjects. To find out the variance in the selected variable due to the application of independent variable, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was applied and the level of significance was set at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels. The result indicated that experimental groups (Aerobic and Yogic exercises groups) were significantly improved the Wellbeing when compared with the control group. It was also indicated that yoga group had significantly improved the wellbeing greater than aerobic exercises group. The study suggested that the results would provide a scientific base and guidance to the coaches and physical educationists to design the training programme for sportsperson especially for Badminton players.

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