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The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of aqutic training on inspiratory reserve volume and expiratory reserve volume among preadolescent boys. To achieve the purpose of this study, 30 preadolescent boys were randomly selected as subjects from Thoothukudi District, Tamilnadu, India. Their age were ranged from 12 to 14 years. The selected members were randomly separated into two groups such as group 'I' undertook yogic training (n=15) and group 'II' acted as control group (n-15). Group 'I' underwent aquatic training for six days in a week and one session per day and each session lasted for 45 minutes for nine weeks. Group 'II' was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The data on inspiratory and expiratory reserve volume were collected by administering with Wet Spiro meter. The pre and post-tests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior to and immediately after the training programme. The pre and post-test scores were statistically surveyed by the dependent 't' test and Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) for each and every selected variable unconnectedly. It was concluded that the Aquatic training group had shown significantly improved in inspiratory and expiratory reserve volume. However, the control group had not shown any significant improvement on any of the selected variables such as inspiratory and expiratory reserve volume.