Volume : 5, Issue : 6, June - 2016

AN IMPACT OF YOGIC PRACTICES AND NATURE CURE THERAPY ON BREATH HOLDING TIME AMONG MEN SOCCER PLAYERS

Dr. K. A. Ramesh

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Aim of the study was designed to find out the effect of yogic practices and nature cure therapy on Breath Holding Time among men Soccer players. For this study, thirty (N=30) men Soccer players from various Colleges in Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu were selected as subjects at random and they will be divided randomly into two groups of fifteen each (n=15) namely Group-I underwent yoga practices and group-II underwent nature cure therapy treatment (Hydrotherapy). The training period was limited to eight weeks and for three days per week. Breath Holding Time was selected as dependent variable and it was assessed by Manual abdominal touch method. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variable. The data obtained from the Experimental groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the &amp;lsquo;F&amp;rsquo; ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe&amp;rsquo;s test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 level for all the cases. The results revealed that there was significant difference among the selected groups.&lt;/p&gt;</p>