AUTHOR(S): T Bagavathi Subitha and Dr. P Arthur Daniel

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogasanas on developing gross motor skill (GMS) among middle School girls. For this purpose, one hundred girls were selected from Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. The participants age ranged between 10 to 12 years. The selected participants’ were divided into two groups of fifty participants each namely intervention and control groups. The selected GMS variables such as bilateral coordination (BC), balance (BA) for this study. The selected outcome variables were assessed by using the standardized test manual for Bruininks – Oseretsky test for Motor Proficiency Second Edition- (BOT-2). The collected data on the selected variables were treated with paired sample “t” test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significant. The results of the study indicate that there was significant improvement on GMS because of 6 weeks yogasanas training and there was a significant difference between intervention and control group on GMS.

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