Effects of Ladder Training Versus Plyometric Training Program

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: Plyometric training; Other: Ladder training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06577129

F22C14G79010

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Ladder training

Experimental group

Description:

Participants 21 out of 42 received ladder training.

Treatment:

Other: Ladder training

Plyometric training

Active Comparator group

Description:

21 participants out of 42 received ladder training.

Treatment:

Other: Plyometric training