Doing yoga three times a week for 12 weeks—like stretching, breathing exercises, and meditation—may help male college athletes react faster and handle things like catching or throwing better.

Doing yoga three times a week for 12 weeks can help young male athletes react faster and handle things like balls or equipment more precisely, according to this claim.

Men who play college sports and do yoga three times a week for 12 weeks don’t get faster at reacting or better at hand coordination than those who just do their normal daily stuff — but yoga might still help in ways those everyday activities don’t.

Men who play college sports and do yoga for 12 weeks get better at tasks that require precise hand movements, like tracing shapes in a mirror, and they do it faster — suggesting their hands and brains work together more smoothly.

People who did yoga three times a week for 12 weeks—stretching, breathing, and meditating—got faster at reacting to things they saw, like a light turning on. Their brain processed visual info quicker.