International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Authors
Snehal Patel, Vishva Patel

Abstract
Primary objective: To compare physical agility between female batsmen and bowlers cricket players. Secondary objective: To help sports physiotherapist, fitness trainers and players themselves to appropriately train and improve performance by introducing modification in practice sessions. Methods: 50 female players who had played cricket for a minimum of six months between the ages of 18-24 years were included in the study. Twenty-five players were batsmen and 25layers were bowlers. All participants provided informed consent and completed self-administrated questionnaires. The IAT was carried out for all the 50 players. Independent t-test was used to compare female batsmen and bowler players. Results: Significant difference was found between batswomen and bowlers for Illinois Agility Test with p =0.000 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: This study concluded that agility was better in bowler player’s then batsmen players in female cricketers.