Physical FitnessNCT06155071
Effects of 8 Week Plyometric Training on Physical Fitness and Technical Skills of Domestic Cricket Players
A study testing Plyometric Training and Conventional Exercises in people with Physical Fitness and Technical Skills, run by Riphah International University at 1 site in Pakistan.
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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 15 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Physical Fitness, Technical Skills
- What is being tested?
- Plyometric Training and Conventional Exercises
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 22 participants
- Where
- 1 sitePakistan
- Study dates
- 14 Aug 2023to 10 Jan 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 15 to 25 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- domestic cricket players between 15-25 years.
- actively engaged for 1 year
Who cannot join
- history of trauma/injury in last month
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
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.
Read the detailed 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.
- Conditions
- Physical Fitness, Technical Skills
- Being tested
- Plyometric Training, Conventional Exercises
- Keywords
- Plyometric training, Physical fitness and technical skills, Domestic Cricket players
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Plyometric TrainingOther
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 ExercisesOther
The group will receive conventional exercises in a controlled environment. Following conventional exercises would be performed.
- Pushups.
- Situps.
- Lunges 4.500m running.
5.Squats
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Plyometric training) | Experimental | Not described Receives: Other: Plyometric Training |
| Group B (Conventional) | Other | Not described Receives: Other: Conventional Exercises |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Aerobic Fitness
Yo-Yo test
Measured: 8 weeks
Endurance
One mile run test.
Measured: 8 Weeks
Flexibilty
Sit and reach test
Measured: 8 weeks
Speed
Run a three test
Measured: 8 weeks
Strength
1 rep Max test
Measured: 8 weeks
Balance
Star Excursion balance test
Measured: 8 weeks
Reaction time
Ruler drop test
Measured: 8 weeks
Bowler accuracy test
Measured: 8 weeks
Bowler Speed test
Measured: 8 weeks
Throw length test
Measured: 8 weeks
Throw accuracy test
Measured: 8 weeks
Catching test
Measured: 8 weeks
The drop feed
Measured: 8 weeks
The bobble feed
Measured: 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Dec 2023
- Study start14 Aug 2023
- Primary completion30 Dec 2023
- Study completion10 Jan 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Physical FitnessStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Riphah International UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 22 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Abdul Rehman, Principal investigator, Riphah International University Islamabad
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06155071
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 014242 Abdul Rehman
- Status last verified
- Jan 2024
- First submitted
- 24 Nov 2023
- Last updated
- 19 Jan 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Jan 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of 8 Week Plyometric Training on Physical Fitness and Technical Skills of Domestic Cricket Players
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06155071
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 014242 Abdul Rehman
- Conditions
- Physical Fitness, Technical Skills
- Keywords
- Plyometric training, Physical fitness and technical skills, Domestic Cricket players
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 22 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Riphah International UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 14 Aug 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 10 Jan 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 4 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Detailed 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.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Plyometric training) | Experimental | Other: Plyometric Training |
| Group B (Conventional) | Other | Other: Conventional Exercises |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 15 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- domestic cricket players between 15-25 years.
- actively engaged for 1 year
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- history of trauma/injury in last month
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Plyometric TrainingThe group will receive plyometric exercises in a controlled environment. Following Plyometrics would be performed. 1. Plyo Pushup. 2. Chest Pass. 3. Overhead Throw. 4. Squat jump. 5. Plyo Step-up. 6. Cone jumps. 7. Med Ball drop. 8. Kneeling Squat jump. 9. Lateral jump over hurdle. 10. Overhead throw. 11. Under hand throws. 12. Dynamic Rotational Chest pass. 13. Overhead throw with step. | Other | Group A (Plyometric training) |
| Conventional ExercisesThe group will receive conventional exercises in a controlled environment. Following conventional exercises would be performed. 1. Pushups. 2. Situps. 3. Lunges 4.500m running. 5.Squats | Other | Group B (Conventional) |
Primary outcome
Aerobic Fitness
Time frame: 8 weeks
Yo-Yo test
Endurance
Time frame: 8 Weeks
One mile run test.
Flexibilty
Time frame: 8 weeks
Sit and reach test
Speed
Time frame: 8 weeks
Run a three test
Strength
Time frame: 8 weeks
1 rep Max test
Balance
Time frame: 8 weeks
Star Excursion balance test
Reaction time
Time frame: 8 weeks
Ruler drop test
Bowler accuracy test
Time frame: 8 weeks
Bowler Speed test
Time frame: 8 weeks
Throw length test
Time frame: 8 weeks
Throw accuracy test
Time frame: 8 weeks
Catching test
Time frame: 8 weeks
The drop feed
Time frame: 8 weeks
The bobble feed
Time frame: 8 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Jan 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Abdul Rehman principal investigator
Riphah International University Islamabad
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Plyometric Training and Conventional Exercises in people with Physical Fitness and Technical Skills, run by Riphah International University at 1 site in Pakistan.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Jan 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Pakistan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Aerobic Fitness (time frame: 8 weeks). The study lists 14 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Jan 2024.