Upper Body Plyometrics in Junior Male Cricket Fast Bowlers

The Impact of Upper Body Plyometrics on Junior Male Cricket Fast Bowlers' Delivery Speed in Guyana

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Sport Performance
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Plyometric exercises; Other: Strength training exercises

Detailed Description

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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Guyana
  • Georgetown, Guyana
    • Enrolling by invitation
    • Cricket Association-Clubs
  • Georgetown, Guyana
    • Recruiting
    • Cricket Association-Clubs
    • Contact: Neil Barry, BSc. PT; Email: neilbarry92@yahoo.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 19 years (ADULT, CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:• Only male athletes were admitted to the study.

• 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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: OTHER
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: 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.	Other: 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.
EXPERIMENTAL: 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.	Other: Strength training exercises; Types of exercise include push-ups, resisted external rotation, overhead presses, biceps curl, bench presses and triceps kick backs.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Bowling speed	Cricket fast bowlers' bowling speed measured using the Stalker Sport 2 radar gun	After 6 weeks of exercise training

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of The West Indies

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): November 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): June 30, 2020
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): July 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 19, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 19, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): May 26, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 26, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 19, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: ECP19-18-19

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No