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The influence of cricket fast bowlers’ front leg technique on peak ground reaction forces

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posted on 2016-03-10, 14:08 authored by Peter J. Worthington, Mark KingMark King, Craig A. Ranson
High ground reaction forces during the front foot contact phase of the bowling action are believed to be a major contributor to the high prevalence of lumbar stress fractures in fast bowlers. This study aimed to investigate the influence of front leg technique on peak ground reaction forces during the delivery stride. Three-dimensional kinematic data and ground reaction forces during the front foot contact phase were captured for 20 elite male fast bowlers. Eight kinematic parameters were determined for each performance, describing run-up speed and front leg technique, in addition to peak force and time to peak force in the vertical and horizontal directions. There were substantial variations between bowlers in both peak forces (vertical 6.7 ± 1.4 body weights; horizontal (braking) 4.5 ± 0.8 body weights) and times to peak force (vertical 0.03 ± 0.01 s; horizontal 0.03 ± 0.01 s). These differences were found to be linked to the orientation of the front leg at the instant of front foot contact. In particular, a larger plant angle and a heel strike technique were associated with lower peak forces and longer times to peak force during the front foot contact phase, which may help reduce the likelihood of lower back injuries.

Funding

This project was funded by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volume

31

Issue

4

Pages

434 - 441 (8)

Citation

WORTHINGTON, P.J., KING, M.A. and RANSON, C.A., 2013. The influence of cricket fast bowlers’ front leg technique on peak ground reaction forces. Journal of Sports Sciences, 31(4), pp. 434-441.

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© Taylor & Francis

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2013

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sports Sciences on 25th Oct 2012, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.736628

ISSN

0264-0414

eISSN

1466-447X

Language

  • en

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