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Predictors of throwing performance in amateur male cricketers: A musculoskeletal approach.

Abstract：

: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. Highlights This study highlights the importance of considering the contribution of the entire kinetic chain, specifically hip abduction strength and pectoralis minor flexibility in cricket throwing performance. Throwing speed positively correlated to hip abduction strength, and throwing accuracy positively correlated to pectoralis minor length. However, the effects of these variables on throwing performance need to be further assessed by a randomised controlled trial. Improving shoulder internal and external rotation strength may also contribute to throwing performance and should not be excluded from a proposed cricket throwing performance intervention.

journal_name

Eur J Sport Sci

journal_title

European journal of sport science

authors

Ahmed S,Brown J,Gray J

doi

10.1080/17461391.2020.1819434

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-10-27 00:00:00

pages

1-10

eissn

1746-1391

issn

1536-7290

pub_type

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Predictors of throwing performance in amateur male cricketers: A musculoskeletal approach.