The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of yogic practices on selected physical variables among school students. For the present study the 30 school girls from Pondicherry state were selected at random and their age ranged from 15 to 17 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each. Group ‘A’ underwent yogic practices only, group ‘B’ have not underwent any training. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA). The level of significance was set at 0.05. It was observed that the twelve weeks of yogic practices group have significantly improved the speed and flexibility of school students.

Keywords: Yogic Practices, Speed, Flexibility, School students