Syllabus

1) Structure of Charts There are 10 charts of Optional Asanas. These charts are of 5 categories and each category is further classified into 2 sub categories as under – 1) ForwardBend Yogasana i. Forward Bend Standing (FBS) ii. Forward Bend Floor(FBF) 2) Backward Bend Yogasana i. Backbend Standing (BBS) ii. BackbendFloor(BBF) 3) TwistingBody Yogasana i. TwistingBody Forward Bend(TBF) ii. Twisting Body Backbend (TBB) 4) LegBalanceYogasana i. Leg Balance Forward Bend (LBF) ii. Leg Balance Backward Bend (LBB) 5) Hand Balance Yogasana i. Hand Balance Forward Bend (HBF) ii. Hand Balance Backbend (HBB) 2) Base Value of Yogasana 1. Allthe postures of Yogasana are classified in 5 groups named A, B, C,D&E. 2. There are 5 yogasana prescribed in each group in each chart. 8. Thisisbeingdone to enable newcomer athletesinYogasana Sports. 9. At Regional level organisers have freedom to decide level of yogasana to be performed by the athletes. 10. Asanas of group D & E should be performed with caution and under proper coaching and practice. 11. This system will encourage new athletes to join this sport and inspire to reach to next level with regularpractice. 12. In Artistic & Rhythmic events players have choice to select the Yogasana as per their level of practice. This will enable judges to find out the players who are in regular practice and have achieved greater level of difficulty. 3) Selection of Optional Yogasana It is expected that an athlete must be able to perform different categories of Yogasana. For that in all the events it is compulsory that player must select his/her yogasana from different categories as explained in the syllabus/ rules of particular event. If an athlete performs more than expected yogasana from same category, then he/ she will be given 0 marks for that yogasana. In Traditional Yogasana event, Compulsory Asana of that age group performed in Optional Asana, then that asana will be given zero mark. 4) Yogasana Difficulty level Charts All the athletes, coaches and judges must study the Yogasana Difficulty Level Charts carefully and select Yogasana for their performance from these charts only. Performing some other Yogasana than these charts willresultin getting 0 marksfrom the judges(exceptfor Base Asana in Artistic Pair &Group event). Athletes are recommended to do only those Yogasana which are suitable to their body and practice properly under the guidance of a certified Yogasana coach. Before practicing these Yogasana a proper warmup is expected. World Yogasana or Organizing Committee doesn’t take any responsibility for any injury or accident happened due to wrong selection or faulty method followed by an athlete. Wherever hand-grip isto be performed ,only interlockingfingers or fist orwrist hasto be done.