EFFECT OF YOGIC INTERVENTION ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG SCHOOL GOING BADMINTON PLAYERS

Badennagari Rukmangada and Rajinder Kaur

Abstract

The contribution of physiological factors in sports helps an athlete to perform his best in training and competition. Well-developed physiology contributes to developing physical and psychological traits among individuals. The objective of this study is to establish the potential effect of the yogic intervention on selected physiological variables like resting heart rate, blood pressure, and vital capacity among school-going badminton players’ age ranging between 15 to 17 years. For the study, twenty male badminton players (n=20) were selected. They were divided into two equal groups, each group consisted of ten subjects, in which group -I underwent yogic asana practice, a group – II acted as the control group. The training period for this study was five days a week for twelve weeks. Before and after the training period, the subjects were tested for physiological changes through standardized test protocol. A dependent t-test was applied to assess the difference between the groups.  The findings of the study determined a statistically significant difference between pre to post-scores of the yogic asana group.

Keywords: Yogic Intervention, Yogic Asana, Resting Heart Rate, Blood Pressure and Badminton.