Association of Explosive Power and Agility among Cricketers of State Level
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i4.1762Keywords:
Fast twitch muscle type, anaerobic capacity, fitness testing, professional cricket, performance.Abstract
Often cricket is stated as an aerobic sport however when broken down the game is played by the players
performing at various speeds and intensities-jumping, sprinting, catching, diving, majority of the play is
in intervals and the activity does not lasts for long periods of time (e.g.; batting, bowling, fielding, wicket
keeping, making a run).Purpose of the study is to determine association between explosive power agility in
state level cricket players. Previous studies have investigated physical performances with respect to injury
incidence and prevention. In this study physical aspects such as power, agility and anaerobic fitness shall
be considered. Also due to paucity of evidences and studies on this literature it is important to find an
association between the explosive power, agility among cricket players of state level. Total 100 male state
level cricketers from different cricket academies were included in the study. Subjects with age group of
16-23 were taken in the study. Screening and assessment protocol were followed to select participants.
Performance tests were measured. Explosive power with vertical jump test, agility with run a 3 test. Result
of study showed:
1. Correlation between explosive power and agility was -.305** and it was significant at .002.
Present study concluded that explosive power is negatively correlated with agility.
