Traditional Games Training Impact on Health Fitness Variables among the Rural and Urban Boys Aged 10-12 Years | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The study titled as “Traditional Games Training Impact on Health Fitness Variables among the Rural and Urban Boys Aged 10-12 Years” was done to study the effect of traditional games on the health related variables. In the past, the role of traditional games as an instrument for improving various components of health and fitness was under studied. Very few studies were available on this topic. This study was carried out on elementary school going boys of age 10 to 12 years of both rural and urban area in Sangrur district of Punjab. Total 60 students were studied. Students were provided with 8 week training of folk games and during the course various health related variables were recorded. The readings were taken on three different intervals which are pre- training, mid- training and post–training. There were randomly selected groups namely, Control group and experimental group. The data was analyzed with the help of the”t”-test. The level of significance was set as 0.05. Outcome of the study showed an overall improvement in all variables in both the groups but significant development was noted in the experimental group. This signifies the role of folk games as an instrument to improve various components of fitness, fundamental skills, locomotor abilities, object control etc.