An Impact of Yogic Practices on Selected Physiological Variable among Women Soccer Players

Background and objectives: This study aimed to determine how yoga practices affect selected physiological variables in college female soccer players. Participants were chosen from inter-collegiate soccer competition events organized at Alagappa University College of Physical Education. A total of 30 women students, aged 18 to 23, were randomly selected for the study. They were divided into two groups of 15 participants each. Group I served as the experimental group that engaged in yoga practices, while Group II acted as a control group that did not receive any additional training during the study period. The yoga program lasted for eight weeks, with sessions lasting one and a half hours, three times a week. The physiological variables measured in the experiment were resting pulse rate and breath-holding time. Pre-test measures were taken before the training intervention, and post-tests were conducted immediately after the training period. Statistical analysis was done using the paired ‘t’ test to find the difference between pre-tests and post-tests. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The results showed that practicing yoga significantly affected both resting pulse rate and breath-holding time.