Effects of 8 Week Plyometric Training on Physical Fitness and Technical Skills of Domestic Cricket Players

Physical Fitness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of 8 Week Plyometric Training on Physical Fitness and Technical Skills of Domestic Cricket Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06155071
• Other study ID #: 014242 Abdul Rehman
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 14, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 10, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to find the effectiveness of Plyometric training on Physical fitness and Technical skills of Domestic Cricket players. Players would be taken from District Gujrat and a well designed Plyometric training plan will be implied on them for 8 weeks. After the time span the results would be compared to check the effectiveness of the training plan.

Description:

Physical improvements have important implications on team sports, as players perform numerous explosive movements like hitting, jumping, turning, sprinting, and changing pace and directions during the match. Cricket requires different roles from each player, and the physical demands vary depending on the format and role.(2) Physiological demands include strength, endurance, speed, agility, power, and flexibility. These physical attributes are essential for effective performance, as they enhance a player's ability to bat, bowl, and field. Good physical fitness enables a player to play at a high level for extended periods of time.

Over the period various training strategies have been used to improve the physical fitness of cricket players. Aerobic training enhances cardiovascular fitness, while resistance training improves maximal strength, vertical jump height, and speed. A combination of weight training and cricket-specific drills are also used to improve both fitness and skills.Physical fitness training can enhance technical skills in cricket players by improving their physical fitness, players is able to execute their technical skills more effectively and with greater precision.

Plyometric training is a type of exercise that involves explosive movements to develop muscular power and enhance physical fitness components.This training is commonly used in many sports activities, including cricket, to improve agility, sprinting, and jumping ability.Research suggests that Ballistic Six plyometric training can increase bowling velocity in medium pace cricket bowlers, leading to improved performance. However, many young cricketers at the domestic level focus only on skill-related fitness, which may not be enough to perform at a high level.While good aerobic capacity is essential for recovery after high-intensity activity, it is anaerobic capacity that ultimately determines success in sports performance.

Components of physical fitness such as Muscular Strength and Power is related to technical skills of cricket as players who have good overall muscular strength and power is able to generate more explosive power in their Bowling and Batting.Agility and speed is enhanced from plyometric training which make the player able to do running effectively during batting and fielding and to change direction instantly as a wicket keeper.Reaction time is also enhanced by plyometric training which have important role in batting and fielding in a cricket game.

However there is no proper or a standard plyometric training program which our domestic cricket players can use as a part of their training plan to enhance their physical fitness and technical skills.Although these plan also affect the technical skill but this aspect lack in the literature.It was hypothesize that game specific plyometric training program may have significant effect on physical fitness as well as technical skills among cricket players.

This study will provide a program of plyometric training which would be quite easy for the players to continue and add in their daily routine, no special equipment would be needed for this and this training program can be done in ground and even players can perform this at their home as well.Effect of this training plan will be beneficial and will enhance not only the physical fitness but will also have effect on the technical skills of our domestic cricket players.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: January 10, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• domestic cricket players between 15-25 years.

• actively engaged for 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of trauma/injury in last month

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Fitness
• Technical Skills

Intervention

Other:
• Plyometric Training
The group will receive plyometric exercises in a controlled environment. Following Plyometrics would be performed. Plyo Pushup. Chest Pass. Overhead Throw. Squat jump. Plyo Step-up. Cone jumps. Med Ball drop. Kneeling Squat jump. Lateral jump over hurdle. Overhead throw. Under hand throws. Dynamic Rotational Chest pass. Overhead throw with step.
• Conventional Exercises
The group will receive conventional exercises in a controlled environment. Following conventional exercises would be performed. Pushups. Situps. Lunges 4.500m running. 5.Squats

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Bestian Cricket Club	Gujrat

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Aerobic Fitness	Yo-Yo test	8 weeks
Primary	Endurance	One mile run test.	8 Weeks
Primary	Flexibilty	Sit and reach test	8 weeks
Primary	Speed	Run a three test	8 weeks
Primary	Strength	1 rep Max test	8 weeks
Primary	Balance	Star Excursion balance test	8 weeks
Primary	Reaction time	Ruler drop test	8 weeks
Primary	Bowler accuracy test		8 weeks
Primary	Bowler Speed test		8 weeks
Primary	Throw length test		8 weeks
Primary	Throw accuracy test		8 weeks
Primary	Catching test		8 weeks
Primary	The drop feed		8 weeks
Primary	The bobble feed		8 weeks