Assessment of Sports, Yoga with Mind Training and Sports, Yoga Training on Students with cigarette Addiction Vinu W.* Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. W. Vinu, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, TamilNadu, India, Email: wilsonvinu@gmail.com
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract For the purpose of the study 75 students who were, addicted to smoking cigarettes were selected from Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India as subjects. The subjects were divided in to three groups in which group-1 was (Sports, Yoga with mind training-S.Y.M group) with 25 subjects, and group-2 was Sports and Yoga training S.Y group)with 25 subjects, Group-3 was control group-C.G) with 25 subjects, Group-1 S.Y.M underwent Sports activities, Yogic practice with mental training and group-2-S.Y underwent sports activities and yogic practice and group-3 C.G group did not participate in any of the training programme, and the training programme was scheduled for Five days a week S.Y.M group were made to play various games, practice yoga and mind training and S.Y group Played Games and practiced Yoga for a period of 10 months before and after the end of the training data was collected from the subjects of all the three groups. The collected data from the three groups were statistically analysed by using two-way ANOVA. To find out significant difference for the paired mean difference Scheffe's test used whenever required. S.Y.M group and S.Y showed significant change in overcoming from smoking addiction, But S.Y.M Group was remarkable better than other groups. Top Keywords Rehabilitation, Cigarette addicted students, sports, yoga, and mind training. Top |