The Benefits of Yogic Exercises for Physical Fitness and Physiology in Sports

Sports originated from the simple play form have gone through a process of transformation via the organized structure of game. Sports can be said to be 3 complex outgrowth of play. Play is a natural, spontaneous, pleasure giving and creative activity in which man finds self-expression. The natural play form gradually developed into organized game form to make it more purposive, systematic and more objective. As game become more complex, more organized, more competition-oriented, the structure become more rigid and institutionalized and transfer into sport. Coaklay defines "Sports is an institutionalized competitive activity that involves vigorous physical exertion or the use of relatively complex physical skill by individuals whose participation is motivated by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors (Bhatnagar, )". A sport is a natural occurrence, which draws people together and brings them in direct communication, coordination, and cooperation with each other and their environment. It is through this dialogue process that sport is also conventional for a while the nature of sport necessitates a relationship; it is human convention that drives it. Sport also brings with it an intimacy between

participants, in which resides a friendly feeling of goodwill (Bucher, ).