Effects of Yogic Exercises on the Anxiety Level of Judo Players

During the past three decades or so, the concept of psychology has been very important role in sports and physical Education. Many studies have been completed on psychological literature. S Tiller, T Taymar 2005 conducted the study on Effects of brief yoga exercises and motivational preparatory interventions in distance runners. Many studies also have proved the effects of psychological variables on performance of sports persons. Anxiety is the deciding factor in achieving the top performance in sports and games, therefore the researcher took Anxiety test for their study.10 judo junior boys players of Shah Shatnam Ji institution were randomly selected for the study and were given the yogic exercises for three months. The Anxiety was tested before and after the three months training programme of yogic exercises. The SAI Anxiety test taken for testing the Anxiety level of Judo players, the study shows the anxiety level of players decrease after performing yogic exercises and this significance at the level of.05 which proved that there is significant change in the Anxiety level of junior judokas.