Passive range of motion of the hips and shoulders and their relationship with ball spin rate in elite finger spin bowlers

Sanders, L, McCaig, S, Felton, PJ ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9211-0319 and King, MA, 2019. Passive range of motion of the hips and shoulders and their relationship with ball spin rate in elite finger spin bowlers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22 (10), pp. 1146-1150. ISSN 1440-2440

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Abstract

Objectives: Investigate rotational passive range of motion of the hips and shoulders for elite finger spin bowlers and their relationship with spin rate.

Design: Correlational.

Methods: Spin rates and twelve rotational range of motion measurements for the hips and shoulders were collected for sixteen elite male finger spin bowlers. Side to side differences in the rotational range of motion measurements were assessed using paired t-tests. Stepwise linear regression and Pearson product moment correlations were used to identify which range of motion measurements were linked to spin rate.

Results: Side to side differences were found with more external rotation (p = 0.039) and less internal rotation (p = 0.089) in the bowling shoulder, and more internal rotation in the front hip (p = 0.041). Total arc of rotation of the front hip was found to be the best predictor of spin rate (r = 0.552, p =  0.027), explaining 26% of the observed variance. Internal rotation of the rear hip (r = 0.466, p =  0.059) and the bowling shoulder (r = 0.476, p =  0.063) were also associated with spin rate.

Conclusions: The technique and performance of elite finger spin bowlers may be limited by the passive range of motion of their hips and shoulders. The observed side to side differences may indicate that due to the repetitive nature of finger spin bowling adaptive changes in the rotational range of motion of the hip and shoulder occur.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Creators: Sanders, L., McCaig, S., Felton, P.J. and King, M.A.
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: October 2019
Volume: 22
Number: 10
ISSN: 1440-2440
Identifiers:
Number
Type
10.1016/j.jsams.2019.04.012
DOI
S1440244018310661
Publisher Item Identifier
Divisions: Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by: Linda Sullivan
Date Added: 20 Sep 2019 09:40
Last Modified: 07 May 2020 03:00
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/37717

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