AUTHOR(S): Dr. C Durai and G Anantharaj

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of Asana with Surya namaskar practices on back strength among men volleyball player. To achieve the purpose of this study, 20 men volleyball players were randomly selected as subjects from the A.D.W Higher secondary school, Nallammalpuram, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India. Their age ranged from 11 to 18 years. The selected participants were randomly divided into two groups such as group ‘A’ Asana with Surya namaskar practices (n=10) and group ‘B’ acted as control group (n=10). Group ‘A’ underwent Asana with Surya namaskar practices for alternative three days and each session lasted for an hour for eight week. Control group was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The “isometric back strength” (in seconds) was used to measure back strength were selected as variables. The pre and post tests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior and immediately after the training program. The pre and post-test scores were statistically examined by the dependent‘t’ test and Analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA). The level of significant was fixed at 0.05 level. It was concluded that the Asana with Surya Namaskar practices group had shown significantly improved in back strength. However the control group had not shown any significant improvement on back strength.

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