Assessment Of Lower Limb Explosive Strength In Professional Versus Recreational Cricketer.

Abstract

Although cricket is commonly referred to as an aerobic sport, players really compete at a variety of speeds and intensities, including running, jumping, diving, and catching, with most play taking place in brief bursts. Athletes can jump, sprint, catch, and dive, among other speeds and intensities, when playing cricket. Long stretches of action are interspersed by pauses that take up much of the game.

METHODS- The observational study was conducted in recreational and professional cricketers at Karad. The study was done to find out explosive strength in this cricketers. Prior to conducting the survey, the ethical committee approval was made. Patient selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. With permission of 100 players(50 recreational,50 professional) participating in this study and result was obtained by the help of statistician.

RESULT-  In this study we found that out of 100 players, professional cricketers demonstrated significantly faster reaction times, faster sprint time and higher vertical jump than recreational cricketers (p < 0.0001).

CONCLUSION-Professional players performed noticeably better on both assessments, according to the report. According to these results, professional cricket players benefit greatly from regular strength and conditioning regimens, which also probably increase their explosive power. Recreational players might not receive enough of this kind of structured instruction, which would affect how well they perform. The statistically significant differences, which are distinguished by extremely low p-values (<0.0001), show that these results are extremely dependable and not the result of chance.