Effects of Isolated and Combined Strength and Yogic Programme on Corporeal, Physiological and Skill Performance Variables Among College Cricket Players

Abstract

Cricket performance is known to be influenced by skills to overall development. Present, training sessions typically involve fielding-specific drills and conditioning exercises. Scientific evidence for inclusion of a comprehensive yoga involvement in daily training and exercise sessions remains unknown. The present explored the effects of isolated and combined strength and yogic programme on corporeal, physiological and skill performance in cricket players. The study were conducted among60 male college cricket player aged 18 to 25 years. The fitness and skill performance was evaluated to physical fitness variables as speed, physiological variables VO2 Max Skill Performance Skills cricket batting before the training and after 8 weeks of training. The subjects were randomly assigned into four groups, namely strength training group, yogic training group, combined strength and yogic training and control group. Statistically significant improvements in baseline scores in speed, physiological variables VO2 Max Skill Performance Skills cricket batting were comparable between the three groups of college cricket players. Speed improved by 6.68 in strength group, 6.83 in the yoga group 6.78 combined strength and yoga group 73.26in the control group. VO2 Max improved by 74.03in strength group, 72.20in the yoga group 6.78 combined strength and yoga group 69.89in the control group. Batting ability improved by 8.05in strength group, 6.28in the yoga group 7.33 combined strength and yoga group 4.98in the control group additional research on long-duration intervention in elite players may help to establish the role of yoga in conventional cricket-batting ability for training.