The impact of Surya Namaskar exercise on agility performance among residential junior football players

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the effect of Surya Namaskar exercise on the agility performance of junior football players in the Sport to Football Academy in Wayanad, Kerala. A total of 20 players between the ages of 14 and 17 were chosen to participate in the study. The researchers focused on two main factors: the Surya Namaskar training (which was the independent variable) and agility (which was the dependent variable). Data was collected through tests conducted before and after a 6-week period of Surya Namaskar training. The participants underwent both the initial test and the final test.The researchers used descriptive analysis and paired t-tests to compare the average agility scores before and after the training. They set a significance level of 0.05 to determine if any differences observed were statistically significant. The results of the statistical analysis showed that the calculated t-value (6.339) exceeded the tabulated t-value (2.024), and the p-value (0.000) was less than 0.05. This indicates that there is a significant difference between the scores obtained in the pre-test and post-test agility evaluations. In simpler terms, the study’s findings clearly show a noticeable improvement in agility after the participants underwent the Surya Namaskar training.