Abstract

The purpose of this study will be to discover Effect of plyometric training programme with yogic practices on speed and agility of adolescence volleyball players.  45 adolescent volleyball male players with the age ranged from fourteen to twenty years. All the subjects residing at own home and during training were imparted within the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Academy, Narsinghpur, M.P. For this study two Motor Fitness Components namely speed and agility were used. This study was conducted to determine possible cause and effect relationship of 08 weeks Plyometric training and yogic practice on volleyball players. To analyze data, descriptive statistics was used. Further to check the effectiveness of each training program between pre and post test in both experimental group paired t- test was used. To make adjustments for difference in the initial means and test the adjusted posttest means for significant differences, the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used (Broota, 1989) and the hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study in relation tospeed and agility, subject showed in a significant difference between pre and post test in ploymetric training and ploymetric& yogic asana training group. There was significant difference among different training group in relation to speed and agility. Further, In case of post means difference ploymetric& yogic exercise training group and control group was found insignificant difference, in relation to speed and ploymetric training and ploymetric& yogic exercise training group was found insignificant difference, in relation to agility.