Effect of Yogilates exercises on sport confidence and the performance of some basic skills in rhythmic gymnastics among female students
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v70.111231Keywords:
Yogilates, yoga, pilates, rhythmic gymnastics, leap, sport confidenceAbstract
Introduction: Yogilates is a type of fitness exercise that integrated somatic yoga and Pilates into a system that has its own pro. Objective: Investigated effect of yogilates exercises in two directions: psychological effect on (sports confidence) and physical effect on (Leaps element) in rhythmic gymnastics, on female university students.
Methodology: Experimental approach used, two Group Design (control, experimental) pre and post-test.
Results: The experimental group showed a significant increase in Sport Confidence from M = 77.25 to 93.65, (t(19) = 11.15, p = .001, d = 2.49). Large effect sizes were recorded in leaps: Stag Leap (t = 14.10, d = 3.15), Cat Leap (t = 12.70, d = 2.84), and Scissors Leap (t = 10.78, d = 2.41). Post-test comparisons revealed the experimental group significantly outperformed the control in all variables. These findings demonstrate the strong physical and psychological benefits of the Yogilates exercises.
Discussion: Numerous studies have examined the effects of yoga and Pilates separately, and the results of these studies indicate the effectiveness of the exercises on both physical and psychological aspects. This study confirms the previous results, but uses the effects of both types of exercises together as an independent system.
Conclusions: yogilates exercises, scheduled over 15 weeks, twice per week, (35) minute sessions, showed positive changes in the physical and psychological aspects of female university students in Baghdad, Iraq.
This study contributed to adding new findings to the sport field, using yogilates exercises, which have not been previously studied in sport, especially rhythmic gymnastics.
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