Effect of Ballistic Training on Strength of Cricket Players

Ballistic training, also called power training, was first used among elite athletes who were looking for a method to develop explosiveness. The word ballistic comes from the Greek word ballein which means “to throw.” In this type of training the athlete accelerates and releases the weight into "free space." The prevalent objectives of the study were to find out the effect of ballistic training programme on strength of cricket players.40 cricket players from Delhi/ NCR were selected as the subjects for this study whose age were ranging between 15-20 yrs.Random group design was adopted for distributing the subjects into two equal groups. The control and the experimental assignment were done randomly to both the group. A systematic ballistic training programme for 6 weeks (3Days per week) was given to the experimental group. The control group received no treatment. Pre-test and post-test data were collected on upper extremities strength for both the groups.The data were further analyzed by using one way ANOVA to find out the training effects if any on the participant. The result of the study showed that there was significant improvement on upper extremities strength of the experimental group.Hossam El Sayed El Araby 2010 investigate the effectiveness of using ballistic training to enhance the muscular ability of the arms and legs on the strength and accuracy of high-jump shooting and after obtained the data from pre and post training, result revealed that the planned ballistic training program has a significantly impact on the muscular ability of the arms and leg.P. SIVARAMAN 2012 study revealed that resistancetraining significant improves in upper extremity strength (shoulders strength).It was concluded that the ballistic exercise training programme was useful in improving the upper extremities strength of cricket players.