Athletic Injuries Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effects of Dose Response of Plyometric Training on Agility in Cricket Players
The objective of the study was to determine the effects of plyometric training on agility in national cricket players. The study design was Randomized Controlled Trial. 40 cricket players were included in the study through open epi tool out of which n=20 players were in experimental group and n=20 players were in control group. Assessments were taken as baseline on first week, on third week and on sixth week by performing few exercises such as Illinois Agility Run test, T test and Vertical jump test.
Cricket is considered as one of the world's major team sports in terms of regular
international games. It is similar to the game of baseball generally played outdoors on
natural grass fields. As cricket is a bat and ball sport. Bowling action is explosive in
nature; whereby a large amount of force must be generated over a very short period of time.
They discussed that fast bowlers have consistently been identified as the category of cricket
players at the greatest risk of injury. Bowling action is a highly skilled activity, which is
acquired over years of fine tuning. Equally from a neuromuscular perspective, the bowling
action is a complex activity and optimal performance is a result of highly tuned
inter-muscular and intra-muscular coordination, which is governed by the central nervous
system. It has been shown that recently modern training techniques and in particularly
strength training, has been perceived to be a major contributing factor to the recent
injuries sustained at a national level.
In many sports straight sprinting speed and agility are considered important qualities.
Straight line sprinting is a relatively closed skill involving predictable and planned
movements and is used in sports such as track and field and gymnastics. It is difficult to
define agility, as it is the ability to change direction and start and stop quickly. In a
sporting situation, changes of direction may be initiated to either pursue or evade an
opponent or react to a moving ball. Therefore, it has been recognized that a component of
agility performance is the response to a stimulus. Further Chelladurai and Yuhasz
demonstrated that a change of direction task with a simple stimulus shared only 31% common
variance with a more complex task in which the timing and location of the stimulus were not
known. It has been shown that up-and-back sprint time of 2.4-m increased as a light stimulus
became less predictable in terms of timing and location, presumably because of increased
information processing.This suggests that having to react to a stimulus such as an opponent's
movement on the field may significantly influence the nature of the change-of-direction
movement task.
Several studies have reported correlations between straight sprint tests and various agility
tests. When a correlation coefficient (r) is less than 0.71, the shared or common variance
between the 2 variables is less than 50%, indicating that they are specific or somewhat
independent in nature. Hortobagyi et al. used this statistical approach to demonstrate that
various modes of strength testing indicated more generality (r ˃ 0.71) of strength than
specificity (r ˂ 0.71). Common variances of 11% and 22% have been reported, respectively, for
straight sprints and a soccer agility test and the Illinois agility test. Further, these
investigators conducted a factor analysis on several fitness test results and found the speed
and agility tests to be represented by different factors. This meant that speed and agility
had little in common statistically, leading the authors to conclude that they were relatively
independent qualities.
In 1969, a study was conducted that compared the effects of speed and agility training on
various fitness parameters. The study reported that agility training was superior to speed
training for performance in the Illinois agility run and a ''zig-zag run'' but the speed
training was not significantly better for improving 50-yd sprint time. Unfortunately, the
authors failed to describe the training that was implemented, making it difficult to evaluate
the effects. Since the potential specificity of speed and agility training has not yet been
clearly established, the purpose of the present study was to determine if straight sprint
training transferred to change-of-direction tests of varying complexities. Another objective
was to determine if agility training could enhance straight sprinting speed. Plyometric
consists of a rapid stretching of a muscle (eccentric action) immediately followed by a
concentric or shortening action of the same muscle and connective tissue. Plyometric drills
usually involve stopping, starting, and changing directions in an explosive manner. These
movements are components that can assist in developing agility. Plyometric exercises include
jumps, hops, skips, bounds and throws. Plyometric training is an intense form of exercise
that helps athletes improves the power of their movements. Plyometric training is used to
improve maximum strength and speed of movement which result in an increase of explosive
power.
Agility is the ability to change direction or body position rapidly and proceed with another
movement. Agility is the physical ability that enables a person rapidly to change body
position and direction in a precise manner. Agility is generally defined as the ability to
change direction quickly and effectively while moving as possible at full speed.
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