Comparative study on flexibility among yoga and Bharatanatyam practicing student

Abstract

The intention of the study was to compare the flexibility among Yoga and Bharatanatyam practicing students. To achieve this purpose of the study 20 Yoga practicing students were selected from Peace and Cure Yoga centre, Puducherry and 20 Bharatanatyam practicing students were selected from Sri Saravanan Dance School, Puducherry. Student’s age ranged from 10 to 15. The nature and importance of this study was explained to the subjects and they were expressed their willingness to participate as subjects for this study. They were named into two groups which was Yoga practicing students (YPS) considered as Group I and Bharatanatyam practicing students (BPS) considered as group II. Speed is the criterion variable which was measured by 50 mts dash. Flexibility was measured by ‘V’ sit reach test. The collected data were statistically analysed by ‘t’ test. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 level of significance. From the results of the study it concluded that there is significant difference between YPS and BPS on flexibility. Thus, the result clearly indicates that the flexibility in the Yoga practicing students were better than the Bharatanatyam practicing students.