A Study on the Relationship Between Motor Fitness and Sports Performance in Elite Female Cricket Players of Bangladesh

Farjana Akter Boby

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A Study on the Relationship Between Motor Fitness and Sports Performance in Elite Female Cricket Players of Bangladesh

Farjana Akter Boby

Published in American Journal of Sports Science (Volume 11, Issue 2)

Received: 13 March 2023 Accepted: 4 April 2023 Published: 18 May 2023

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Motor fitness and athletic performance are important concepts in sports and physical activity. While motor fitness is a general concept that applies to a wide range of physical activities, athletic performance is specific to a particular sport or activity. Athletes require a high level of motor fitness to perform at their best, but motor fitness alone does not guarantee athletic success. The current investigation aimed to examine the relationship between female cricket players' motor fitness and athletic performance. For this study, a total of 30 elite female cricket players who earned spots in the Divisional Cricket Camp were chosen as participants. The motor fitness variables, including agility, abdominal strength endurance, speed, arm strength, and cardiovascular endurance, were assessed using the shuttle run (4X10 Yard), sit-ups, 50-yard dash, medicine ball throw, and 9-minute run/walk tests, respectively. The correlation between motor fitness parameters and sports performance among female cricketers was investigated using Pearson's Product-Movement Correlation Test (PMC) through SPSS software. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between motor fitness and sports performance in elite female cricket players. The current study's findings showed that abdominal strength, speed, and cardiovascular endurance variables all favorably influence cricket players' ability to perform better in competition. But arm strength and agility had negligible correlation with better athletic performance among elite female cricketers. These findings suggest that improving motor fitness, especially abdominal strength, speed, and cardiovascular endurance, may improve sports performance in elite female cricket players. Therefore, coaches and trainers should consider incorporating motor fitness training programs into their training regimes to enhance the performance of female cricket players.

Published in	American Journal of Sports Science (Volume 11, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajss.20231102.11
Page(s)	41-45
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Motor Fitness, Sports Performance, Elite Female Cricketers

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Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh

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