Combined effect of aerobic dance and yogic practice on selected coordinative abilities of school boys

The purpose of this study was to find out the combined effect of aerobic dance and yogic practice on selected coordinative abilities of school boys. The investigator selected 60 school boys from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya high school and swami shivananda higher secondary school Coimbatore, their ages ranging from 13 to 15 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups. Group 1 consist 30 subjects called as the experimental group and group 2 consist of 30 students called as the control group. The group I was assigned aerobic dance and yogic practice a period of 12 weeks training programme. The control group was not allowed to participate in any kind of treatment. The dependent variables namely, differentiation ability and space orientation ability was selected and measured by backward ball through test and numbered medicine ball run test for this study. The data was analysed by the use of paired ‘t’ test. The obtained ‘t’ ratio was tested for significance at 0.05 level of confidence. The analysis of the data revealed that there was a significant improvement on the selected variables namely differentiation ability and space orientation ability by the application of aerobic dance and yogic practice training programme.