How can one make an package for a sportsperson. its not a easy task, its an responsibility. there are several things to understand before making any package.

1. Yoga & Sports Performance
Sports, Need, Training &
schedule of Yoga in Sports Performance

2. Significance of the topic
• Sports-related injuries increase healthcare cost burden, and in some
instances have harmful long term physical and psychological
implications.
• According to a research by Garrett S. Bullock- Public injury data
from Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association,
National Football League, and National Hockey League from 2007 to
December 2019 a mean of 62.49 injuries per 100 players per
season was recorded for all professional sports.
• In the U.S., about 30 million children and teens participate in some
form of organized sports, and more than 3.5 million injuries each year.

3. Why Is Hima Das Not Participating In The
Upcoming World Athletics Championships?
- Outlook News
• Hima Das, a 400-metre runner.
• She suffered a muscle spasm in the Asian Athletic Championships in
Doha after which she was not able to complete her race in April this year.
• 19-year-old Hima Das was not fully fit for the World Relay
Championships held in Yokohama last May as she was suffering from
Lumbar Spondylitis and which could be career-threatening to her.
• After ace athlete Hima Das was ruled out of the World Championships
due to back injury, it has now come into public domain that her injury was
life-threatening.

4. PULLELA GOPICHAND
Personification of grit and determination
• Pullela Gopichand -known as a coach, once a Badminton player
himself.
• In 1994, immediately after making into the National he underwent a
knee injury on being collided with his doubles partner
• He underwent a massive knee surgery that urged him to lose
contact with the sport for a year.

5. What is Sports?
All forms of physical activities-
Causal or organised participation
Aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental wellbeing
Games and Sports are very similar words….
But games is a physical activity that has set rules and people do
that for pleasure.
While sports is a contest or game in which people do certain physical
activities with some set of rules and compete against each other.

6. The Athletics Federation of India
• The Athletics Federation of India is the national governing body for
Athletics sport in India, and is responsible for conducting
competitions in the country. It was formed in 1943. It is affiliated
to World Athletics and Asian Athletics Association. It was formerly
called as Amateur Athletic Federation of India.

7. All India Football Federation
• The All India Football Federation is the national
governing body of football in India. It is a member
of FIFA, the international governing body of
football and affiliated to the Asian Football
Confederation.

8. Sports for All
• Sports is very important for all as it gives fitness along with
pleasure factor.
• People play various game as per their own choice, their strength
and sometimes availability.

9. Sports: Need to Take Care
• Its true that Sports is good for all and everyone enjoys it.
• But on the other hand, it is the most complicated activity.
• It is noticed that the accidents are more frequent here.
• Frequent accidents are-
• Elongations of muscles (especially large group of muscles quadriceps
and hamstring) due to insufficient warming up
• Sprains of the ankles during jogging or bad reception in small jumps.

10. Most common Sports Injuries
• In every game there are some specific injury prone zone where participants need
to give extra care/ warm up/ strength as compare to other parts of body.
• Tennis elbow
• Golfer’s elbow
• Wrist tendonitis/Wrist Strain
• Rotator cuff tendinopathy/Rotator cuff injuries
• Ankle Sprains
• Jumper’s knee

11. Thus-Fitness for All
• Sports give fitness but it is for fit persons too.
• What is fitness?
• Fitness can be relative to the individual.
• A good level of fitness can not be the same for another.
• To evaluate your total fitness your physical mental social and
emotional wellbeing – will be considered total fitness

12. Physical Components of fitness
Health related fitness
• Body composition
• Cardiovascular endurance
• Flexibility
• Muscular endurance
• Muscular strength
Skill related fitness
• Agility
• Balance
• Coordination
• Power
• Reaction time
• Speed

13. Mental & Emotional Health
• Mental health encompasses
your social, psychological, and
emotional well-being. It is as
integral as your physical
health. Mental health affects
the way we feel, think, act, and
react. It can positively or
negatively impact all social and
interpersonal relationships.
Practice of
• Sadhaka Tatva
• Kriya Yoga
• Asana
• Pranayama
• Meditation

14. All are Trainable
Principles of Injury Prevention
• Warm up
• Stretching
• Appropriate Training
• Appropriate equipment's and
footwear
• Principles of existing Injuries
• Information of types of Injuries
• Application of Cold/ Hot Treatment
• Yogic asana
• Pranayama
• Meditation with proper Auto
Suggestion
• Counselling

15. Yoga Module for Enhancing Performance
• There is no specific yoga module developed till now for any sports.
• Our university is trying to get some module still there is a need to
verify these modules through research methods and active
participation of players.
• Its not a easy task to be a Yoga Sports Coach but an responsibility.
• Yoga may help improve the range of motion, mobility, and
coordination, all of which can boost your performance and prevent
injury.

16. Yoga Module Development Principles
• Quantity/ Quality
• Activity Module- Assess your activity level
• Type of Personality (Vata/Pitta/Kapha)
• SMART Principle- (Specific, Measurable, Action, Realistic, Timed)
• Time for Module- Short time Module, Long Time Module)
• Dietary Prescription
• Daily Routine

17. Example: Activity(Quantity and Quality)
S. No. Score Activity Level Start Point
1. Under 20 Sedentary Level 1/ Absolute Beginners
2. Inactive Inactive Level 2 / Beginners
3. Acceptable Acceptable Level 3 / Intermediate
4. Active Active Level 4/Intermediate
5. Very Active Very Active Level 5/ Advance
Light Activities( Level 1-2) 1 to 3 Times a week
Moderate Activities (Level 2-4) 3 to 4 Times a week
Vigorous Activities (Level 4-5) 3 to 6 Times a week

18. SMART Rule
• Specific: As per requirement
• Measurable: It should be measured.
• Action: Plan every step to get yourself to the yoga hall
• Realistic: Don’t aim too high
• Timed: Set a time limit.

19. Yoga Module
• Now, we are ready to prescribe or form specified Yoga Module.

20. Research on Sports Performance
• There are more than 50 research with the title of performance in various games
• But not very specific research found on the direct criteria related to sports
parameter test
• Various research are survey or comparative
• Or evaluating the impact of Yoga and Exercise on various factors related to Sports
Performance like physique and body composition, Anxiety, perceived Stress
• Some of the International researches present but data on particulars are negligible
• We are trying to work on these factors in the field of research

21. Impact of Trataka Practice and specific exercise
on Shooting Players
• Subjects were randomly selected from various shooting academy in Patiala age range 19 to
25.
• Randomly divided in two groups name as experimental and control group.
• Yoga module for these candidates contained exercises to strengthen wrist, shoulders muscles
and for coordination Trataka and relaxation with Omkar Recitation was prescribed.
• Pre-Post data shows the significant difference on hand eye coordination and concentration
of shooting players.
• After this now we are planning to work on these players with overall performance with
proper shooting testing along with these two variables to verify the yoga module.
• But there is a need to work

22. Thank You
Open to Queries, If any…