Proximal cueing to reduce elbow extension levels in suspect spin bowlers: A case study

Abstract

Cricket bowlers must be able to deliver the ball with less than 15 of elbow extension or face suspension. The aim of this case study was to report the findings of a technique remediation programme on the elbow joint kinematics of an international cricket bowler. The bowler underwent a three-dimensional bowling analysis to measure his elbow joint kinematics before and after a technique remediation programme. The bowler was required to bowl six deliveries of each of his off-break, quicker and doosra variations. The remediation programme focussed on modifying the bowler's run-up, shoulder alignment and ball/hand position at back foot impact. Elbow joint waveform data were analysed using statistical parametric mapping tests and coefficient of multiple determination. Elbow flexion-extension angles at discrete events were compared pre-and post-remediation using paired-sample t-tests. Results showed that the remediation programme was effective in reducing the amount of elbow flexion, particularly in the first 60% of the delivery cycle. Elbow extension range was significantly lower post-remediation for the off-break and quicker deliveries. It was concluded that basic short-term technique remediation can be effective in reducing elbow extension range.

The impact of augmented feedback (and technology) on learning and teaching cricket skill: A systematic review with meta-analysis

“…The literature search resulted in 8,262 records from six databases. The PRISMA flow diagram of search strategy, study selection and exclusion reasoning are presented in Fig 1 . A total of 11 studies were included in qualitative synthesis [42][43][44][45][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]. Two studies incorporated a study design that consisted of multiple experiments [50] or case studies [53].…”

“…Seven studies were conducted in Australia [42-44, 50-52, 55], with the remaining four from the United Kingdom [45,49,53,54]. Two single-case studies did not include participant information (n = 2) [50,52], with the remaining studies reporting all male participants (n = 168) ranging from the ages of 13 [55] to 36 years [42]. Five studies focused on the cricket skill of batting [42][43][44][45]53], five focused on bowling [49,50,52,54,55] and one on the skill of fielding [51].…”

“…Two single-case studies did not include participant information (n = 2) [50,52], with the remaining studies reporting all male participants (n = 168) ranging from the ages of 13 [55] to 36 years [42]. Five studies focused on the cricket skill of batting [42][43][44][45]53], five focused on bowling [49,50,52,54,55] and one on the skill of fielding [51]. Seven studies involved adults of differing skill levels; four from an elite level (state cricket and above) [43,51,52,54], and three from a sub-elite level (district cricket/semi-professional) [42,44,49].…”

“…Five studies focused on the cricket skill of batting [42][43][44][45]53], five focused on bowling [49,50,52,54,55] and one on the skill of fielding [51]. Seven studies involved adults of differing skill levels; four from an elite level (state cricket and above) [43,51,52,54], and three from a sub-elite level (district cricket/semi-professional) [42,44,49]. Three studies involved juniors, two from elite environments [45,53] and one from a school-based environment [55].…”

“…All studies involved the provision of augmented feedback within the intervention, with only one study exploring multiple types of augmented feedback [45]. Mechanisms of feedback provided included verbal [44,53], visual [42,43,51,52], or a combination [45,49,50,54,55].…”