Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
THE YOGIC INSIGHT
ISSN: 2582-9076
(A PEER REVIEWED REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL)
EFFECTIVENESS OF SELECTED YOGASANA-S PRACTICES ON AGILITY AND SPEED OF THE PUNJAB ENGINEERING COLLEGE (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
SUNIL SHARMA

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to determine the effect of selected Yogāsana-s training on the agility and speed of Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) volleyball players. All the Volleyball players for this study were selected from Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh. A total of 24 students were randomly selected and divided into a control and experimental group for the study. The control group Volleyball players continued with their routine exercises and the experimental group Volleyball players were given training in selected Yogāsana-s for Eight weeks in addition to their routine exercises. Yoga plays a vital role in creating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The Yogic training helps in the all-round development of a human being and also concentrates on Physical, Mental as well as Spiritual Health. In Yogic training, we follow an Aṣṭāṇayoga (Eighth folded path) i.e. Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Pratyāhāra, Dhārṇā, Dhyāna, and Samādhi. Yogāsana is a stable and comfortable posture. There is a considered variety of spinal column movement i.e forward and backward bending and many more that are performed dynamically in synchrony with the breath. Speed is considered as the rate of motion, or equivalently the rate of change of distance. Agility is the ability to change the Body's position and requires a combination of balance, coordination, speed, reflexes, strength, endurance, and stamina. SPSS was used to conclude the statistical analysis of the study. The findings were that there exists a statistically significant difference in the component of agility of the controlled group and experimental group after the introduction of the intervening variable. A significant difference was also seen among the speed values in the experimental group according to the pre-test and post-test scores. The final finding suggested that it can be seen that Yogāsana-s training has a statistically significant effect on agility and speed level in the Volleyball practices performance.

Keywords : Yogāsana-s, Agility, Speed, Volleyball