| Propose: The work in this thesis investigates the effect of two methods of yoga instruction(traditional versus new-style instruction methods) on the physical health of female students, compared against the physical health of female students who have not undergone any regular physical training, in institutes of higher learning. Currently there is a dearth of studies comparing the different methods of yoga instruction and their efficacy on physical health, much less on the sub-group of female students in colleges and universities. This work has examined and evaluated the physical health effects of different methods of yoga instruction on female university students by surveying participants who have actually undergone two different types of yoga instruction. Such work is important for the understanding how yoga instruction works in promoting the physical health of female university students, and is also integral to clarifying which aims and methods of yoga instruction and practice are important in realizing its potential benefits for female students in higher institutes of learning. This work is also a valuable reference for the future development and improvement of yoga curricula in for future generations of female university students, as well as for the facilitating the integration of yoga into mainstream societal practices for health and wellness.Method:85 female participants, all students from the Shanghai Normal University between ages 19-23, were chosen and put into three groups for this experiment: 28 in the Traditional yoga instruction group(Experimental Group I), 28 in New- style yoga instruction group(Experimental Group II) and 29 in the control group. Subjects in Experimental groups I and II undertook a 16-week, once a week,90 minute yoga training session with their respective yoga instructional method(Traditional for Group I and New-style for Group II). Physical indicators like physique, physical health and bodily percentage makeup were surveyed for all subjects before and after the 16-week regime. All statistical analysis was done using spss17.0 software, and comparisons of all monitored physical indicators before and after the 16-week period were made for the three experimental group subjects from the analysis results.Conclusion: 1. The traditional yoga teaching method only changed university female students’ WHR, chest perimeter, perimeter abdomen, hips, thighs peripheral,abdominal skinfold thickness, back skinfold thickness, arm skinfold thickness, weight,BMI, lung capacity, sit-ups, Sit and Reach, standing on one foot with eyes closed, fat mass, body fat percentage, fat percentage, basal metabolism, obesity p values were(P<0.05).2. The new yoga teaching method changed university female students’ abdominal perimeter, abdominal skinfold thickness, back skinfold thickness, weight,BMI, vital capacity, grip strength, step index, sit-ups, sit and reach, standing on one foot with eyes closed, the amount of fat, body fat percentage, fat percentage, degree of obesity are very significant differences(P <0.01); WHR, chest perimeter, perimeter hip, thigh perimeter, perimeter arm, upper arm skinfold thickness, vertical jump,muscle mass, muscle ratio values, lean body mass, basal metabolic differences were significant(P <0.05).3.Compared to the new post-workout yoga teaching yoga and traditional teaching methods in step index, sit-ups, sit and reach, standing on one leg with eyes closed, the degree of obesity are very significant differences(P <0.01); in peripheral arm, upper arm skinfold thickness, weight, vital capacity, grip strength, vertical jump,muscle mass, muscle ratio values, fat mass, body fat percentage, fat percentage, fat free mass, basal metabolic differences were significant(P <0.05); You can find these two methods can improve body shape college girls, physical fitness, body composition related indicators. But the effect of the new yoga teaching methods more comprehensive, more significantly, indicating that the new way of teaching yoga is a more appropriate way of teaching physical education at public universities to carry out.4.The control group, peripheral, abdominal skinfold thickness, fat mass, body fat percentage, fat percentage, abdominal obesity degree subjects were significantly different(P<0.05). College girls not apply if the time is likely to cause the accumulation of fat in the core parts.Key words:Yoga; Teaching method; physical health... |
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