IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

EFFECT OF KASHMIRI TRADITIONAL DANCE ROUF AND YOGA ON MOTOR EDUCABILITY ON ADOLESCENT GIRLS

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Shabir Ahmad Malik , Dr Surjeet Singh, Qurat Ul Ann

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The purpose of the study was to find out the "Effect of Kashmiri traditional dance rouf and yoga on motor educability on adolescent girls," For the purpose of the study a total (N=30) female subjects were selected from Govt Middle School, Chowdrybagh Rainawari Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir by using simple random sampling technique. The age of the participants ranged from 14 to 16 years. The medical history of the participants was investigated and consent was also sought from the students in the study. All the participants volunteered in the study. The participants were explained about the purpose, methods and importance of the study. The actual training program was started after one week of orientation phase in which subjects were made acquainted with the testing procedures, exercise methods, etc. The subjects were divided into two groups (Group A Rouf and Group B Yoga) and data were collected as per by applying the Metheny Johnson motor educability test before training (Pre-test). After the pre-test Kashmiri traditional dance rouf was administered to Group A (Rouf group, n = 15) and Group B (Yoga group, n = 15). Rouf and yoga interventions were given to the two groups simultaneously under the supervision of experts thrice a week for 50 minutes. After the completion of six weeks intervention, again data werecollected for all the selected variables (Post-test).The data collected for the current study was analyzed by using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and independent T-test was applied in order to find out whether there was any significant difference between the groups. Value of significance was set at 0.05.

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