A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Shoulder Tap Push-up and Half Kneeling Press in Distance Throwing among Amateur Cricket players

Abstract

Objective: To find out the effect of shoulder tap push up with grip strengthening in distance throwing among cricket players and to find out the effect of half kneeling shoulder press with grip strengthening in distance throwing among cricket players. Materials and Method: 110 voluntary participants were recruited according to the selection criteria and were randomly allocated to Group A shoulder tap push up exercise (n=55) and Group B half kneeling shoulder press exercise (n=55). The exercise program underwent training for 30 min, 4 times per week for 4 weeks. Result: When post values of Group A for hand dynamometer i.e., 39.98 ± 12.461 and Group B i.e.; 47.21 ± 8.841 was compared there was improvement in group B as compared to Group A the p-value was extremely significant that is (0.0001). When post value of group A and Group B for 2 kg medicine ball were compared i.e., 4.51± 1.259 and 5.45 ± 1.044 there was improvement seen in group B as compared to group A with an extremely significant p value of (0.0001). Conclusion: The results from the present study are very encouraging and demonstrate the benefit of half kneeling shoulder press with grip strengthening over shoulder tap push up with grip strengthening in improving throwing distance. Thus, half kneeling shoulder press can be incorporated into training programs of cricket players for enhancing their performance levels.