Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Present study was designed to explore the effect of 12-week yogic exercise on Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) of male soccer players. Thirty (N=30) interuniversity male soccer players whose age ranged from 20 to 25 years were purposively selected from an Interuniversity training camp held at Punjabi University Patiala. All subjects were healthy having no physical or any other ailment. The selected subjects were then randomly divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects in each. Group I was treated as experimental group (n=15) practiced yogic exercises for twelve weeks along with their routine training and group II served as the control group (n=15) and participated in their routine physical training for interuniversity camp and they were not allowed to participate in any yogic exercises during the training protocol. Respiratory variable FVC was selected as a dependent variable for the study. All the subjects were tested at baseline and after the twelve weeks training period for selected physiological variable. Random group pre-test and post-test design was used as an experimental design. Then the collected data was statistically analyzed by using paired ‘t’-test and ANCOVA. The findings of the study demonstrate a significant (p < 0.05) difference in adjusted post-test mean scores of experimental and control groups for FVC. It concludes that twelve weeks yogic exercises are effective to improve FVC of male soccer players in addition to their physical training.