Author(s): Dr. Ajo Antony

Abstract:
Forty girl’s students studying in St Anne's Girls High school Changanacherry, Kottayam (Dist) Kerala was selected randomly as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 10 to 15 years. They were randomly divided into four groups. Group I underwent yogic practices, group II underwent pilates, group III underwent iron yoga training and group IV acted as control group. Each group consists of 10 subjects each. The training schedule was for a period of 12 weeks. The criterion variables selected for the study were agility strength and Cardio vascular endurance. The data collected for the pre, mid and post tests were analysed by using one way (ANOVA) and analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA). The result of the study reveals that all the criterion variables had significant improvement in all the three experimental groups when compared to control group, except in strength in yogic practice group.

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