Author(s): D Nandagopal, G Tamilselvan and Dr. RG Giridharaprasath

Abstract:
The study was designed to investigate the physical fitness components response to the influence of different physical activities among school girls. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, forty five (N = 40) school girls were selected from Katary village, The Nilgiri District. The subject age ranged from 14 to 17 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups. The group – I was underwent to Different physical training (DPA), for the period of 8 weeks and group II acted as control Group (CG), they did not participate any specific training programme. Each group consists of 20 subjects. Physical fitness components flexibility was assessed by sit and reach test and unit of measurement was in centimeters, muscular strength was assessed by modified sit ups and unit of measurement was in counts, balance was assessed by stroke balance standard test and unit of measurement was in seconds. The result of the present study explored that different physical activities produced significant improvement over flexibility, muscular strength and balance among school girls.

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