Evaluating the Effectiveness of TAGteach for Teaching Yoga Postures to Novice Yoga Practitioners

• Main Author: Andrews, Jessica Sade
• Format: Others
• Published: Scholar Commons 2014
• Subjects: feedback; fitness; performance feedback; sports; TAGteach; yoga; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
• Online Access: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5171; https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6367&context=etd

Abstract Over the past few years there has been an increasing number of people practicing yoga. There also have been reports of injuries as a result of practicing yoga. Many injuries have been attributed to poor teaching which can result in improper alignment. This study utilized a teaching technology, TAGteach to aide in skill acquisition of novice yoga practitioners. The current study focused on teaching three beginner asanas (poses) to novice practitioners. The intervention included the asanas being broken down by task analysis and the steps tagged one by one. The intervention was assessed by a multiple baseline across behaviors design. All targeted yoga postures improved upon the implementation of TAGteach and the results maintained after reinforcement was no longer provided and generalized to the yoga class setting. Keywords: Feedback, performance feedback, acoustical guidance, auditory stimulus, fitness, sports