Department of Sports Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Dec;24(12):3484-7. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e7261b.
The aim of this study was to determine if upper body muscle strength (as measured by the 1 repetition maximum bench press) was associated with cricket batting performance. Cricket batting performance was defined by the maximum hitting distance during a batting task and batting average and strike rate during 1-Day and Twenty/20 (T/20) matches. Eighteen, provincial level, elite cricket batsmen participated in the study. Upper body muscle strength was found to be positively correlated with maximum hitting distance (p = 0.0052). There were no significant correlations between upper body strength, batting average, and strike rate for both the 1-Day and T/20 matches. The results of this study have implications for coaches choosing a particular batting line-up. Batsmen who have stronger upper bodies could be favored to bat when a match situation requires them to hit powerful strokes resulting in boundaries. However, coaches cannot use upper body strength as a predictor of overall batting performance in 1-Day or T/20 matches.
本研究旨在确定上肢肌肉力量（通过 1 次最大重复卧推测量）是否与板球击球表现相关。板球击球表现由击球任务中的最大击球距离以及 1 天和 20/20（T/20）比赛中的平均击球数和击球率来定义。18 名省级精英板球击球手参与了这项研究。研究发现，上肢肌肉力量与最大击球距离呈正相关（p = 0.0052）。上肢力量与 1 天和 T/20 比赛的平均击球数和击球率之间均无显著相关性。本研究结果对教练选择特定的击球阵容具有启示意义。当比赛情况需要他们击出有力的击球并获得边界时，身体更强壮的击球手可能会被优先选择击球。然而，教练不能将上肢力量作为 1 天或 T/20 比赛中整体击球表现的预测指标。
