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To achieve the purpose of this study, 20 men B.Sc. physical education students were randomly selected as subjects from the St. Xavier's college, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India. Their age ranged from 17 to 20 years. The selected participants were randomly divided into two groups such as group 'A' yogic practices (n=10) and group 'B' acted as control group (n=10). Group 'A' underwent yogic practices for five days per week and each session lasted for an hour for eight week. Control group was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The "systolic blood pressure" millimeters of mercury (mmHg) were used to measure Sphygmomanometer was selected as variables. The pre and post tests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior and immediately after the training program. The pre and post-test scores were statistically examined by the dependent 't' test and Analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA). The level of significant was fixed at 0.05 level. It was concluded that the yogic practices group had shown significantly improved in systolic blood pressure. However the control group had not shown any significant improvement on systolic blood pressure.