Eighth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of common yoga protocol on reaction time (choice visual reaction time, measured in milliseconds/seconds) of male football players in the age group of 16 years to 21 years. The 40 boys were measured initially on parameters of years of experience, level of participation. They were randomly assigned into two groups i.e. control and experimental. CVRT for both the groups was measured on day-one and post intervention (common yoga protocol here) was measured after 45 days of training to the experimental group after they had finished with their regular fitness and soccer skill training. One way A.N.O.V.A. (Univariate analysis) and Independent t-test using the SPSS 23 statistical package was applied to get and analyze the results. The experimental yoga protocol group showed significant reduction in CVRT, whereas insignificant difference in the reaction times were observed the for control group after 45 days. There was a significant difference after 45 days of yoga protocol in the choice visual reaction time of the experimental group (p = .000), t (21.93) = 6.410, p = .000 (two-tailed). The null hypothesis (that there would be no difference in the reaction times of the control and experimental groups) was rejected. Where p<.05, therefore the alternate hypothesis was accepted.