International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The main objectives of the study is to measure the level of some selected neuropsychological variable. To prepare yoga considering its impact towards improvement of the selected variables. To evaluate the effect of Yoga intervention. Researcher hypothesized that H₁ – In case of Short Term Memory, there would be positively significant effect of yoga interventions on male Swimming players. H₂ – There would be positively significant effect of yoga interventions on Reaction Time among the male Swimming players. H₃ – Yoga training intervention may contribute to improve Balancing ability of the male Swimming player. The delimitation of the study was 60 male Swimming players from Pune city and there age ranged between 12 to 16 years. For the study, selected variables are short-term memory, reaction time and balance. Pre-test was applied on the experimental and control group. A yoga training-intervention was imparted for a period of six weeks on experimental group and then again post test was applied on both groups. t-test was employed to see the effect of yoga. The result of the study is insignificance difference observed in short term memory, reaction time and balance.

Keywords: Yoga, Short Term Memory, Reaction Time, Balance.