EFFECTS OF YOGA NIDRA PROGRAMME WITH TRADITIONAL COACHING OF VOLLEYBALL SKILLS OF COLLEGE AGE MALE PLAYERS

The purpose of the present study is to find out effectiveness of ICT programme and Yoga Nidra programme along with traditional teaching method of volleyball skills. To achieve this purpose researcher selected 45 college age volleyball male players (mean age=19.8  0.561) in Nashik. They were assigned into three equal groups (n=15 in each group) viz., group A (Traditional training group), group B (Traditional training along with ICT programme) and group C (Traditional training along with ICT programme & Yoga Nidra programme). For teaching Volleyball skills three different training methods were used. Traditional teaching method was used to coach volleyball pass and services to A group; for coaching same skills to other group (B) along with traditional method audiovisual aids were used while for coaching third group (C) combination of Yoga Nidra programme, and use of audio-visual aids will be one along with traditional method. AAHPER (1996) passing test and serving tests were administered before and after implementing four weeks of training. The scores of these tests were compared by using ANOVA and Scheffee's post-hoc test. It is concluded that, both use of ICT and Yoga Nidra + ICT programmes along with traditional method of teaching are effective over traditional teaching method and it is also concluded that Yoga Nidra programme is most effective over rest of the two methods