Author(s): J Sai Gayathri and G Sarah Sarojini

Abstract:
The Aim of the study was to find out the effect of Surya Namaskar Practices and Pranayama Practices on Vital Capacity among Women Kho-Kho Players. The investigator randomly selected 90 women Kho-Kho Players (n= 90), who competed at inter collegiate level sports competitions and the age of players were between 17 and 21 years. They were divided into three groups with thirty subjects each (n = 30) at random again consisting thirty subjects in each group and they were randomly assigned as experimental group I Surya Namaskar Practices, Experimental group II Pranayama and control group. Vital Capacity has selected as criterion variable of this study. The experimental groups underwent Surya Namaskar Practices and Pranayama Practices for eight weeks three days per week and a session on each day. The difference between the Pre-test and post-test means were subjected to statistical treatment using ANCOVA, In all cases 0.05 level was fixed to test the hypothesis of the study, which was considered as an appropriate. It was concluded from the result of the study that there was a significant improvement (p≤0.05) due to Surya Namaskar Practices and Pranayama Practices on Vital Capacity as compared to control group.

DOI: 10.22271/kheljournal.2022.v9.i3d.2623

Pages: 266-268  |  590 Views  266 Downloads

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