International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Authors
Shrinivasa S, Ravindra Gouda SM, ND Virupaksha

Abstract
Competition plays a vital role in today’s modern era where records are being practically rewritten and are being excelled mostly in every successive competition. To achieve something in the high level competition one must undergo continuous and systematic plan of training right from childhood. Kho-Kho and Atya-Patya is basically an outdoor team game played in the tropical countries of Asia. These indigenous game of India were adopted by other countries in Asia viz, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, srilanka, Maldives, Malaysia and many more. The main purpose of this study was to compare the physiological profiles such as Breath holding, Blood pressure and Vital capacity of national level Kho-Kho and Atya-Patya male players. To achieve the purpose of the study data was collected from one hundred and twenty players, sixty from each game, who have represented Karnataka state in Kho-kho and Atya-Patya game. The age of the subjects were ranging from 18-25 years. The data collected was treated with the statistical technique ‘t’ and found there is a significant difference in the selected physiological aspects between Kho-Kho and Atya-Patya male players.