AUTHOR(S): Radhika M and Dr. KP Martin

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of aerobic exercise on selected physical variable of secondary school children. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected physical variables due to the effect of aerobic exercise of school children. For the present study the 60 secondary girls from Maganoor Basappa School, Davanagere district, Karnataka were selected at random and their age ranged from 14 to 16 years. The present study pre-test post-test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of thirty each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent aerobic exercise and Group ‘B’ has not undergone any training. The level of significance was set at 0.05.Felexibility was assessed by sit and reach test. The data was collected before and after sixteen weeks of training. The aerobic exercise had positive impact on flexibility among school children.

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