A Study to Find Out the Effectiveness of Swiss Ball Push Up Training on Throwing Performance among Cricket Players

BACKROUND: Throwing is a very important skill for cricket players. Throwing is the most common problem seen among cricketers. Recent studies show that throwing velocity is an important aspect of fielding in cricket to affect the run scores and reduce the opponent run scoring opportunity, in this study Functional arm scale for throwers is type of outcome measure used to measure the throwing performance. PURPOSES: To find the effect of Swiss ball push-up training on throwing performance among cricket players. METHOD: The study design was experimental study;30 male cricket players were selected from WILLMA cricket club (Pondicherry). they divided into two groups, GROUPA (n=15) Swiss ball push up training and GROUP B (N=15) dynamic warm up training for four weeks. The outcome measure is FAST were measured in pre-test and post-test for 4 weeks. RESULTS: the analytical test showed that Swiss ball push-up training and dynamic warm-up training (GROUP A) is more effective than dynamic warm up training alone (GROUP B) on throwing performance among cricket players. CONCLUSION: This study concludes that the swiss ball push up training along with dynamic warm up training (GROUP A) shows significant effect in improving throwing performance when compare with dynamic warm up exercise alone (GROUP B) among cricket players following 4 weeks of intervention. Hence, the null hypothesis is rejected.