EFFECTS OF YOGIC PRACTICES ON SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF MALE KHO-KHO PLAYERS

Keywords

Yogic Practices, Aggression, Self Confidence, Achievement Motivation, Kho-Kho.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practice on selected psychological variables of male Kho-Kho players. To achieve these purpose 30 male Kho-Kho players were randomly selected as subjects from Royal International School. The age of the subjects ranged from 15-19 years. The subjects received all the necessary information about the study procedure. The selected Subjects were divided in to two groups about the study procedure. The selected Subjects were divided in to two groups’ namely experimental group and control group. The duration of the training period was restricted to Twelve weeks. Psychological variables namely aggression, self-confidence and sports achievement motivation were selected as criterion variable. Experimental group underwent Yogic practices and control group did not undergo any specific training. The data were collected from each subject prior after experimentation on the selected variables and were statistically analysed by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).In all the cases to test the significance, 0.05 level of confidence was used. The result of the study reveals that there was a significant improvement in the experimental group on aggression when compared to the control group after the completion of yogic practices