期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
卷 21, 期 8, 页码 1119-1128出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2020.1819434
关键词
Throwing performance; cricket; fielding; musculoskeletal; kinetic chain
资金
- National Research Foundation [113376]
- University of Cape Town [436946]
The correlation between musculoskeletal variables and overhead throwing performance in cricketers was investigated in this study. The findings showed that non-dominant hip abduction strength was correlated with throwing speed, while non-dominant pectoralis minor length was correlated with accuracy in amateur cricketers.
Optimal throwing speed and accuracy is built on a complex interaction of multiple variables. Although strength and power has been associated with throwing speed in cricketers, the individual muscles that contribute to optimal function of the shoulder-complex has not been adequately explored in connection with throwing performance. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the correlation between musculoskeletal variables and overhead throwing performance in cricketers. Thirty-two amateur male cricketers were tested using a battery of 16 tests (strength, flexibility, scapula positioning) as well as a throwing speed (TS) and a novel accuracy test (TA). Only two of the sixteen tests were correlated with throwing performance in the multiple regression analysis. Non-dominant hip abduction strength correlated positively with TS (p < 0.05): on average, a strength increase of 10 newtons (N) was associated with an increase in TS of 0.60 km/h (95% CI: 0.12-1.08). Non-dominant pectoralis minor length correlated positively with TA (p < 0.01): on average, a one-centimetre increase in the length correlated to an increase, of 0.633 points (95% CI: 0.225-1.041). This cross-sectional study demonstrated that from an array of musculoskeletal variables, only non-dominant hip abduction strength correlated with TS, while only non-dominant pectoralis minor length correlated with TA in amateur cricketers.
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