Upper Body Plyometrics in Junior Male Cricket Fast Bowlers

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-01

Study Completion Date

2020-07-01

Brief Summary

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A six-week upper body plyometric training program will be used to investigate its impact on fast bowling speed in junior male cricket players in Guyana, using a Stalker Sport 2 radar gun.

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Detailed Description

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This randomized pilot study will compare the effects of a six-week Upper Body Plyometric program with Upper Body Strength Training. After gaining ethical approval and baseline bowling speeds recorded, thirty under 19 club level fast bowlers will be assigned to two groups to complete either an upper-body plyometric or strength training program. Each group will participate in three (3) supervised exercise intervention sessions per week. Each 65-minute session will consist of a warm-up and cool-down program in addition to specific and routinely progressed upper body exercises as per each group's protocol. At the end of the intervention period, their bowling speeds will again be measured using a Stalker Sport 2 radar gun.

Conditions

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Sport Performance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Two group pre-test post-test.

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Plyometric Group

This group will receive a 6-week upper body plyometric exercise protocol. Sessions will last for 65 minutes, three times per week. Each week the exercises will be progressed and all sessions will be supervised by an exercise professional.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Plyometric exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Types of exercises include resistance tubing 90-90 external rotation, plyometric push-up, reverse overhead throws, rotational wall throw, overhead medicine ball, chest passes.

Strength Group

This group will receive a 6-week upper body strength exercise protocol. Sessions will last for 65 minutes, three times per week. Each week the exercises will be progressed and all sessions will be supervised by an exercise professional.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Strength training exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Types of exercise include push-ups, resisted external rotation, overhead presses, biceps curl, bench presses and triceps kick backs.

Interventions

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Plyometric exercises

Types of exercises include resistance tubing 90-90 external rotation, plyometric push-up, reverse overhead throws, rotational wall throw, overhead medicine ball, chest passes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Strength training exercises

Types of exercise include push-ups, resisted external rotation, overhead presses, biceps curl, bench presses and triceps kick backs.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Athletes must have been practicing the art of fast bowling for at least one year at the club level.
* Athletes must have been between the ages of 15-19.
* Athletes must have been uninjured at the time of commencement of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* • Were outside of the age group being surveyed at the time of the study,

* Had been practicing fast bowling at the club level for less than one (1) year,
* Was injured at the time of commencement or within one year of the study.
* Could not commit to full participation in the study's training regimes.
* Received surgery in the three years prior to the study or had undergone rehabilitation within the past year.
* Were currently engaged in plyometric training as this may confound the study.

Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes