Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Plyometric PU and Swiss Ball PU in Badminton Players

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Active, not recruiting

Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to find out the comparative effect of plyometric push up and swiss ball push up in the management of throwing distance and accuracy among badminton player.

Detailed Description: In previous researches, little literature is available regarding comparison of the effectiveness of plyometric push-up and Swiss ball push-up specifically in the management of throwing distance in badminton players. There is a dire need to explore the comparative effects of these two training methods within the context of badminton. Moreover, Further studies exploring different approaches for throwing accuracy in badminton players are required in the existing researches.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Both Male and Females
Age 16-30 years
Sporting activity of minimum 40 minutes thrice a week
Subjects being engaged in sports that require athlete's arm to be above shoulder height on a repetitive basis during throwing.

Exclusion Criteria

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional throwing performance index	6 weeks	Functional ability of the shoulder joint will be assessed using FTPI. The subject stood 15ft from a target, a 1ftx1ft square on at a height of 4ft from the floor. The object of the test is to throw a standard leather ball into the target as many times as possible over 30 second trails. Before testing, subject's will perform 8 throws as a warm-up. Test began immediately after the warm-up consists of the subject 22 throwing the ball into the target, catching the rebound of the wall and repeating as many times as possible within 30 seconds. The FTPI is calculated as the number throws with in the target divided by total number of balls thrown.
Medicine ball throw test	6 weeks	Medicine ball throw test will be used to assess upper-body explosive power. Throwing distance will be measured by using the medicine ball throw test. In this test, participants will be instructed to throw a medicine ball as far as they could, in a walk stand position, holding the ball overhead with the dominant hand. The medicine ball will be used had a mass of 2 kg and diameter 56cm each subject performed 5 trials with 1 min rest between trails. The distance in meter to which the subject threw the medicine ball was measured with the measuring tape. The best of 5 trials will be taken and used for further analysis.

Secondary Outcome Measures

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