Vol. 1, Issue 8, Part I (2015)

Abstract
The paper highlights how yoga plays a substantial role in developing personality traits of sportsman, in general Yoga is an integral part of our history, on one hand, serving as a barometer of human progress, yoga have been drawn the attention of whole society across the entire world and ‘yoga’ plays predominant role for shaping the personality of sportsperson, present study reveals that there is significant positive effect of yoga on emotional intelligence personality traits of team athletes comparing to their counterpart, the calculated ‘t’ value of emotional intelligence and emotional intelligence are greater than table value and significant at 0.05 level.