Biomechanical analysis of selected kinematic variables with accuracy among different phases of pace bowling in Cricket

Abstract

Cricket is one of the most popular games which is played across the globe, the game of cricket consists of skills like batting, bowling, wicket-keeping and fielding. The art of medium-pace bowling in cricket is one of the toughest and also important skills to execute. Accuracy plays a very vital role in making a medium-pace bowler more successful in modern day cricket, there can be many factors affecting the accuracy of a medium-pace bowler in cricket, hence for the purpose of the study a total of six phases were chosen i.e. run-up phase, pre-delivery stride phase, back-foot, front-foot phase, release phase and follow-through phase, and all the six phases were analyzed biomechanically. For the purpose of the study a total of 30 medium pace bowlers were selected from cricket academies of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. To, evaluate the accuracy of the bowlers Richard Aldworth Stretch Pace Bowling Test was used, the bowlers were given a total of 10 trials and the test area was marked accordingly on the cricket pitch, the whole process was recorded through videography technique and later the data was analyzed. For the purpose of the analysis Multiple Regression analysis was employed with the help of IBM SPSS 23 software.