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Introduction:- Volleyball has become one of the most widely played participant sports in the world. In Volleyball balance, agility and lower limb explosive strength plays important role. In the absence of optimal balance, sport performance can be negatively influenced in repetitive jumping, sprint and in activities involving agility. For this reason , balance and jumping should be considered together in athletes. The purpose of proprioceptive training is to advance the complex activity of the neuromuscular system. Effect of proprioceptive training on sports performance is minimally studied so it is importance to check where Proprioceptive exercise training can improve the balance, agility and lower limb explosive strength in amateur volleyball players. Method:- 32 male amateur volleyball players in age group of 18-25 years were included and divided into two groups. Players having lower limb injury, Musculoskeletal problems and any medical condition that would impair their playing activities were excluded. Intervention group (Group A) followed Proprioceptive training programme for 5 weeks and control group (Group B) does not perform any exercise they continue to do their daily activities. Proprioceptive exercise training consist of five weeks ( 3 days / week , 10 reps / exercise) . After 5 weeks star excursion balance test, T- test of agility, vertical jump test was performed again and paired t -test and Unpaired t-test is performed to compare results in intragroup and intergroup respectively. Results :- Both groups improved significantly at the end of 5th week but intervention group showed highly significant difference for balance , agility and lower limb explosive strength as compared to Control group (p<0.05). Conclusion:- Proprioceptive exercise training is effective in improving dynamic balance, agility and lower limb explosive strength in amateur volleyball players.