Author(s): Ajay Pal

Abstract:
The purpose of the present study was to find out the difference between pre-competitive anxiety and post-competitive anxiety in national level male and female yoga performers. Total Thirty (N=30) intercollegiate level male players were randomly selected from Punjabi University Patiala. Age limit of the subjects was from 18 to 24years.To access the anxiety of male basketball players, anxiety scale developed by Dr. Subhash and Mr. Gautam Das was used. This inventory is highly reliable and valuable to access the anxiety level of selected basketball players The data was collected before and after 6 weeks training of selected yogic exercises (Hala Asana, Bhujanga Asana, and Tada Asana, Nauk asana, shava asana and surya namaskar) and breathing exercises (Kapala bhati, Bhastrika, Om Velom, Bharamari). The result of the study indicates that there is no significant difference between pre competitive and post competitive anxiety of basketball players. For the statistical purpose t-test was used and level of significance was set at 0.05 level.

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