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YOGA BIOMECHANICS IN FACILITATING MUSCULAR FUNCTIONING AND MINDFULNESS AMONG ASYMPTOMATIC MALE CRICKET PLAYERS
(SVYASA, 2021-09-23) MANASA R. RAO; RAVI KUMAR ITAGI; T. M. SRINIVASAN
BACKGROUND: Cricket is one of the prominent global team sports. It has undergone tremendous changes in the last two decades. With an emergence of Twenty20 tournaments, the physical preparation of elite cricket players has become complex with high match injury incidence. Premier league designs have also exposed the players to immense aggression, competitiveness and expectations. Yoga as a mind-body training is associated with having positive effects on a person's physical and psychological conditions, bringing better mind-body equilibrium. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: Evaluating the impact of yoga in facilitating muscular functioning and mindfulness among asymptomatic male cricket players. METHODS: Participants - First-class domestic male cricket players from Karnataka State Cricket Association in the age group of 18-35 years were randomized into yoga group n=42 and wait-list control group n=40. Design - Longitudinal randomized controlled trial. Assessments - Primary outcome measures of muscular functioning were core stability, flexibility, range of motion, static balance, dynamic balance and proprioception of the ankle. Five-facet mindfulness questionnaire was used to assess mindfulness. Intervention - Players received the yoga module for five days per week for a duration of six weeks. Assessments were held at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and a follow-up after six months of intervention. RESULTS: Group differences in the change in parameters over time was modelled using linear mixed-effects regression method. Comparison of model fit indicates a highly significant (p<0.001) difference between the model as compared to the baseline model among most of the variables under muscular functioning. Among the five facets of the mindfulness questionnaire, comparison of the model fit indicates a significant (p<0.001) difference between the model as compared to the baseline model. There was no significant effect (p>0.001) at either time or group, however, there was a significant interaction effect at T2 (immediate post-intervention) among all the five facets. No significant interaction effect (group*time interaction) was found in the follow-up study. CONCLUSION: Integrating this yoga module into the competitive world of cricket appears to be appropriate for enhancing muscular functioning and maintaining a state of mindfulness among male cricket players. Continuous practice can reinforce sustainable benefits for male cricket players.
PARENTING: INDIAN TRADITIONAL VIEWS AND MODERN VIEWS AND EFFECTS OF YOGA ON ADOLESCENTS‟ ATTITUDE TOWARDS VIOLENCE, BELIEFS ABOUT AGGRESSION AND ALTERNATIVES
(S-VYASA, 2017-10) SETTY, A.G.GOVINDARAJA; PAILOOR, SUBRAMANYA; MAHADEVAN, B.
According to Indian traditional texts, the human being has five growth phases namely, śaiśava (infancy), bālya (childhood), kaumāra (adolescence/teenage/pre-youth), yauvana (youth), vārdhakya (old age). The basis is not just the „age‟ but other vital criteria namely āśramas (duties and responsibilities described in Indian traditional texts: brahmacharya, a a, vānaprastha, and sanyāsa) and pu uṣā a (objectives of the life narrated in Indian texts: dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa). Though the scientists, developmental psychologists, and the Indian traditional texts claim that the learning process would start at a stage when the baby is in the mother‟s womb itself, what one learns from the parents in the first four formative phases of life (śaiśava, bālya, kaumāra, and first part of yauvana) provides firm foundation and continues to influence other phases of one‟s life. In support of this view, time and again increasing number of research studies have been demonstrating that parenting process during infancy (śaiśava), childhood (bālya), adolescence or pre-youth (Kaumāra), and first part of yauvana (youth) is one of the important factors significantly contributing to the child/adolescent behavior. Many of the studies have shown noteworthy relation between parenting processes and child delinquencies like aggression, violence, attitude supporting violence, and beliefs supporting aggression. Thus parents are often blamed for the delinquencies (if any) of the children. Further, they have also shown that the aggression and violent behavior surfacing during childhood/adolescence is mostly stable from childhood to adulthood that could lead to multitude of problems like juvenile delinquency, adolescent relational problems, and adulthood criminal attitude. Further, empirical studies say it is essential to correct the child/adolescent behavioral problems, violent attitude or aggressive behavior at the earliest to deter delinquency in the later age points. Researchers are advocating many methods to address these childhood or adolescent delinquencies, where yoga is one of the prominent, time tested, proven effective tools. Indian traditional texts also strongly advocate yoga as it is broad based implying that irrespective of the causes of delinquency, nature of deviance (covert or overt), gender, and age, yoga can address the issue and the positive results can be found.

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