YOGIC PRACTICES IMPACT ON SCHOOL BOYS VITAL CAPACITY

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on vital capacity among school boys. To achieve the purpose of this study thirty school boys were randomly selected from Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu. The subject’s age ranged between 12 to 16 years only. They were randomly divided into two equal groups, experimental group and control group. The study was formulated as a true random group design consisting of a pre test and post test. The subjects (N=30) were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen school students. The groups were assigned as experimental group, and control group respectively. Vital capacity was assessed by spirometer. The experimental group participated yogic practices for a period of eight weeks. The data collected from the subjects were treated statistical technique, the analysis of covariance was used. It was concluded that there was significant improvement in vital capacity due to yogic practices when comparing to control group.