• Dr. Seshagiri Rao Nallaka

The study was to examine the influence of yoga and pilates exercises program on sports competition anxiety level among women basketball players. Total N=48 women college level basketball players age ranging from 19-23 years selected from A.S.N Women's Engineering College, Tenali, Guntur (DT), Andhra Pradesh. The recruited women a basketball player was randomly assigned into four groups each group n=12 women basketball players i.e. empirical groups I basketball players underwent: Yoga practice [YPB], empirical group II basketball players underwent: pilates exercise [PEB], empirical group III underwent: combined yoga and pilates exercises [CYPB], and control basketball players group [CBP]. CBP was practiced only basketball. The training period was for 12- week’s duration. The measurement was done by conducting sports competition anxiety test in number before and after the completion of training. The collected score’s were analyzed by ANCOVA and level of significant was restricted at 0.05 levels. The study found that isolated, combined yoga and pilates exercises program had positive significant impact to reduce the level of sports competition anxiety level of empirical group’s basketball players comparative to control group.

Yoga, pilates, anxiety and basketball

"INFLUENCE OF YOGA AND PILATES EXERCISES PROGRAM ON SPORTS COMPETITION ANXIETY LEVEL AMONG WOMEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 9, page no.911-915, September 2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1709136.pdf

"INFLUENCE OF YOGA AND PILATES EXERCISES PROGRAM ON SPORTS COMPETITION ANXIETY LEVEL AMONG WOMEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 9, page no. pp911-915, September 2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1709136.pdf