Role of Yoga in Physical Fitness of College Level Girl Students in Ilam District

Abstract

The study entitled “Role of Yoga in Physical Fitness of College Level Girl Students in Ilam District” was conducted in Ilam district. The purpose of the study was to find out the physical fitness and analyze role of Yoga in physical fitness of girl students between Yoga practiced and normal group. Altogether 150 girl students ofcollege level were selected as respondents by using purposive cum convenient sampling method where 75girl students from Yoga practiced group and 75 from normal group were included. AAHPER Youth Physical Fitness Test Battery was used by the researcher as the tools for data collection. The researcher applied six test items i.e., Flexed Arm Hang, Knee Bent Sit Ups, Standing Broad Jump, 50 Yard Dash, 600 Yard Run and Shuttle Run which were applicable to measure arm strength, abdominal muscles strength, power of legs, speed, cardio-respiratory endurance and agility respectively. For the comparison and analyze of data, mean, std. deviation, CVandZ-test were applied as statistical treatments and calculated as per need and demand of the subject matter. While analyzing the data, it was found Yoga practiced girlstudents were better than normal studentsin the performance of all test items but while applied Z-test, statistically significant different was not found in all test items except Standing Broad Jump. It was found the mean score of Flex Arm Hang was 8.08 in Yoga practiced students and 7.50 in normal students. The researcher was found 10.17 mean score of Yoga practiced students and 9.44 of normal students in Knee Bent Sit Ups. It was found 66 mean score of Yoga practiced students and 64.2 of normal students in Standing Broad Jump. It was found 7.13 mean score of Yoga practiced students and 7.32 of normal students in 50 Yard Dash. It was found 2.21 mean score of Yoga practiced students and 2.26 of normal students in 600 Yard Run. It was found 6.91 mean score of Yoga practiced students and 7.14 mean score of normal students in Shuttle Run. After analyzing major findings, it can be concluded that the Yoga practiced students were better in all of the tested componentsof physical fitness. Finally, it can be concluded that the Yoga activities plays positive role to maintain physical fitness in study area Ilam district.