- Title
- Battlezone: an examination of the physiological responses, movement demands and reproducibility of small-sided cricket games
- Creator
- Vickery, William; Dascombe, Ben; Duffield, Rob; Kellett, Aaron; Portus, Marc
- Relation
- Journal of Sports Sciences Vol. 31, Issue 1, p. 77-86
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.720706
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- As cricket training typically involves separate skill and conditioning sessions, this study reported on the movement demands, physiological responses and reproducibility of the demands of small-sided cricket games. Thirteen amateur, male cricket players (age: 22.8 ± 3.5 years, height: 1.78 ± 0.06 m, body mass: 78.6 ± 7.1 kg) completed two sessions of a generic small-sided cricket game, termed Battlezone; consisting of six repeat 8-over bouts. Heart rate and movement demands were continuously recorded, whilst blood lactate concentration and perceived exertion were recorded after each respective bout. Batsmen covered the greatest distance (1147 ± 175 m) and demonstrated the greatest mean movement speed (63 ± 9 m · min−1) during each bout. The majority of time (65−86%) was spent with a heart rate of between 51−85% HRmax and a blood lactate concentration of 1.1−2.0 mmol · L−1. Rating of perceived exertion ranged between 4.2−6.0. Movement demands and physiological responses did not differ between standardised sessions within respective playing positions (P > 0.05). The reliability for the majority of movement demands and physiological responses were moderate to high (CV: 5−17%; ICC: 0.48−1.00) within all playing positions. These results suggest that the physiological responses and movement characteristics of generic small-sided cricket games were consistent between sessions within respective playing positions.
- Subject
- cricket; small-sided games; movement analysis; heart rate; RPE
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1321887
- Identifier
- uon:24469
- Identifier
- ISSN:0264-0414
- Language
- eng
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