Abstract
The objective of study was to determine the effect of Suryanamaskar Yogic training on the component of Physical fitness i.e. Speed. The subjects for this study were selected from Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh. A total of fifteen students were randomly selected for the study. Yoga play a vital role as the ancient Indian healing art while dealing with the physical, mental , emotional, moral and spiritual well-being. Yoga education is a process that helps in the all round development of a human being. Suryanamaskar is a major part of Yogic training that concentrates on physical health, mental health as well as spiritual health also. It is a sequential combination of 12 Yogic postures made up of a variety of spinal column forward and backward bending performed dynamically in synchrony with the breath. Suryanamaskar was considered the independent variable and speed component of physical fitness was considered the dependent variable. Speed was measured by the flying 30 meters test in time seconds. Repeated measure design was used for this study. The test was started four weeks prior to the treatment and thereafter every two weeks observations were taken up to the end of six weeks of training. To determine the effect of Suryanamaskar on Speed component, and level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. In relation of Speed component, a significant (p< 0.05) role of Suryanamaskar was found at the end of six weeks of training in the performances of Punjab engineering college (Deemed to be University) athletes.