Background: Football is a dynamic sport that requires athlete to perform many different movements and skills such as rapid acceleration and deceleration, jumping, kicking, and sliding, quick changes of directions. Hamstring muscle injury being the commonest injury is due to hamstring tightness. Prevalence of hamstring injury is common in football players because of its tightness. Muscle energy technique helps in increasing Hamstring flexibility of football players with hamstring tightness.
Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of Muscle energy technique on kicking speed in football players with hamstring tightness. The players were given 6 days Muscle energy technique on hamstring muscle to improve its flexibility. Kicking speed time was checked pre and post Muscle energy technique.
Materials and Methodology: Football players with hamstring tightness [n=40] were included in this study. Muscle energy technique was given for hamstring tightness for 6 days. Pre and post kicking speed time of the players were noted.
Result: There was decrease in kicking speed time of the players when compared with pre [0.785] and post [0.4450] Muscle energy technique was proved statistically significant [p=0.000].
Conclusion: It is concluded that Muscle energy technique helps in decreasing the kicking speed time i.e. the ball will cover the given distance in shorter period of time in football players with hamstring tightness and hence helps in bringing out their best performance on field.
Key words: Muscle energy technique [MET], Hamstring tightness, kicking speed time.
Muscle Energy Technique, Stretching and Strengthening on Hip Rotation Range and Kick Distance in Football Players with Adductor Related Groin Pain
