Effect of yoga training on coordinative abilities of high school students

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of Yoga programme on coordinative abilities of high school students. The experimental design of this study was random group design. For this purpose (N= 40) forty high school students, of age group 13 to 15 years from GHSS kezhavoor, Trivandrum, Kerala, were selected. The subjects were divided into two groups of Twenty (n=20) each namely experimental group and control group. The experimental group underwent six weeks of Yoga programme on alternate days per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The dependent variables selected for the study were selected coordinative abilities namely Eye Hand Coordination, Static Balance, Dynamic Balance and Reaction Time and the independent variable selected for the study were Yoga programme. The dependent variables selected were tested prior to and after the training program for both the groups using standardized tests. After the data collection the data were statistically examined by applying descriptive statistics and dependent ‘t’ test. All the data were analysed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level. The result of the study indicated that there was a significant differences in coordinative abilities selected for this study.