Abstract
Background: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of S.A.Q. drills on skills of Junior Volleyball players. Method: For the present study the subjects were 50 junior male volleyball players from Delhi state participating in junior & school national Championships conducted by the VFI & SGFI The researcher had beenselected the following variables for the present study: The skills performance ability of volleyball was considered as dependant variable for the present study. Independent Variables were: Speed, Agility and Quickness. For the present study pre test – post test randomized group design which consists of control group and experimental group for junior level, was used. The data was collected before, after six and twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) Technique. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Result: The findings of the present study have strongly indicates that S.A.Q. drills training programme improve the skills performance among the volleyball players of junior level. Hence the hypothesis earlier set that S.A.Q. drills training programme may have positive effect on skills performance of junior volleyball players in light of the same the hypothesis is accepted. Conclusion: On the basis of findings and within the limitations of the study the following conclusions were drawn: The rate of improvement in skills performance was higher for the experimental group in comparison to control group for junior level. Among the novice S.A.Q. drills contribute in improving the skills performance right from six weeks training and it further improve if training period has been extended up to six weeks and more. Training and training inclusive S.A.Q. drills improves skills among junior volleyball players relatively more. As a whole pre to post test improvement for junior is eleven times high. Author of the study feels in light of the same it will be highly appreciable if S.A.Q. drills will be included from the day one of the training.
Key words: Speed, Agility, Quickness, Drill, Skill and Volleyball
Author- Dr. Vikram Singh