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NCT Number: NCT06577129

Effects of Ladder Training Versus Plyometric Training Program

A team sport such as cricket consists of irregular sequences of high- and low-intensity motions utilising different metabolic pathways. Athlete performance in this sport is correlated with every facet of physical fitness, including muscular strength, agility, speed, anaerobic power (vertical leap), and aerobic capacity. All aspects of physical fitness, such as aerobic capacity, anaerobic power (vertical leap), agility, speed, and muscular strength, are related to success in this sport. Plyometric training that is repetitive and intermittent has been recommended as a useful tactic for cricket-specific training regimens. Plyometric exercise training is a type of workout regimen designed to enhance nervous system functioning and generate powerful, quick movements, ultimately improving sports performance. Plyometric training aims to increase muscular explosiveness, which enables an athlete to run more quickly, leap higher, or exert force more quickly. Because it takes into account the aspects of strength, power, balance, agility, coordination, core and joint stability, foot speed, hand-eye coordination, response time, and mobility, ladder training is a multidirectional kind of exercise. During ladder training, the four fundamental abilities utilized are running, skipping, shuffling, and leaping. These ladders are lightweight and portable, making them easy to carry and use both indoors and outdoors. The player's footwork will be significantly enhanced, leading to an increase in quickness, agility, and coordination following consistent use of various speed ladder training.

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Key information

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Riphah International University

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

About this study

A team sport, cricket combines high- and low-intensity motions employing different metabolic pathways on occasion. Ladder training is a multidirectional type of exercise because it combines the elements of strength, power, balance, agility, coordination, core stability, and joint immovability. In many sports where the ability to leap, run, and change direction is required, plyometric training is used to enhance physical performance. These two have proven useful in helping athletes train for a variety of sports.

The study's goal was to compare the benefits of a plyometric training program vs a ladder training program on the agility, speed, and power of domestic female cricket players. The 42-person research sample was chosen at random. Two groups were created from the sample: group 1 received ladder training, while group 2 received plyometric training. The agility T test, the vertical leap test, and the 30-meter dash test were the result procedures. Following an 8-week course of therapy, the patients' outcome factors were evaluated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ranging from 18-25 year.
  • Only female cricket players.
  • Player with minimum 1- year experience of cricket.

Exclusion criteria

  • Any cardiopulmonary problem.
  • Lower extremity injuries of last 6 months(fractures, ligament ruptures).
  • Players who were unable to complete ladder and plyometric training.

Treatment and study plan

Ladder Training

Other

Players exercised three times a week for sixty minutes apiece on a ladder for eight weeks. The drills were divided into three categories: steady state drills, burst drills, and elastic reaction drills. While steady state training focused on agility and endurance, burst drills were more focused on fast foot movement. Elastic response drills targeted the reactive speed components of the lower leg.

Plyometric Training

Other

For eight weeks, the players performed a 60-minute plyometric training program three times a week. A fifteen-minute warm-up, stretching, and jogging session comes after the thirty minutes of plyometric training. The cool-down consists of fifteen minutes of light running and stretching.

Primary outcomes

  1. Vertical Jump test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Players stand up against a wall and use the hand that is closest to the wall to measure how high they can reach while standing. Then, using their arms and legs to propel their body higher, they do a vertical leap. The score, which is determined by subtracting their standing reach height from their jump height, is best of three attempts.

  2. 30 Yard dash test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    A 30-yard sprint is required for the test, with the front foot on or behind the starting line and the shoulders parallel to the floor. Once you have held the starting stance for two seconds, you are not allowed to rock. Timing starts when the timing mechanism is triggered or the initial motion takes place.

  3. Agility T test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    The subject starts at cone A, runs to cone B, sprints there, touches the base of cone B with their right hand, shuffles sideways to cone C, then to cone D, runs back to cone B, and repeats the process until they reach cone A. The timer stops when they pass over cone A.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Ladder Training Versus Plyometric Training Program on Agility, Speed and Power in Domestic Female Cricket Players

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Aug 29, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 29, 2024

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