AUTHOR(S): R Mala and Dr. P Manju Pushpa

ABSTRACT:
The study was to find out the effect of skill training with yoga practice on fitness variables of school level volleyball players. To achieve the purpose of this study, thirty players were randomly selected from Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore and their ages were ranged between 13 and 17 years. All the subjects were divided into two groups with 15 subjects each as experimental (Group-I) and control group (Group- II). Group-I underwent specific skill training with yoga practices for a period of twelve weeks and group-II acted as control who did not participate in any special training other than the routine. The fitness variables such as speed and flexibility were selected as dependent variables. Pre and post-test random group design was used for this study. The data were collected before and after the training period of 12 weeks and the data collected were statically analyzed by ‘t’ test, which was used to find out the significant improvement from pre to post test on selected parameters and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used t find out the significant difference if any among the post test means of experimental and control group on each parameters separately. The result shows that there was a significant improvement in the speed and flexibility.

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