The Effect of Hanging Ball Training Method to Improve Kedeng Smash Skill of Sepak takraw Athletes in Panca Event Games
Tri Aji (a*), Dewangga Yudhistira (b)

Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang
sekaran Gunungpati, Semarang

Abstract

Abstract
Improving technical and physical ability is one of the sepak takraw exercises. Hanging ball media is a simple method that can be used. The study aimed to put the hanging ball training method to the test to improve the skills of sepak takraw athletes in the Panca Event game to smash kedeng. An experiment with field testing and a one-group pretest-posttest design was employed as the research method. Sepak takraw athletes totaling 15 athletes were the research subjects. Data were gathered through observation and tests. The data were analyzed descriptively using paired sample t-test with the help of SPSS version 23. The research instrument was a test of smash skill. According to the research findings, the pretest average value was 1.83, the posttest average value was 3.87, the difference value was 8.41, and the significant value was 0.000 > 0.05. The results revealed that the hypothesis test was accepted with the average value and difference in the posttest which was greater, indicating that there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest. The exercise with hanging ball media was found to be effective in improving kedeng smash skill in Panca Event sepak takraw athletes. According to the findings of this study, the hanging ball method is recommended to be used as one of the training methods for improving technical skills in sepak takraw.

Keywords: Training Method, Hanging Ball, Smash Skill, Sepak takraw

Keywords: Training Method, Hanging Ball, Smash Skill, Sepak takraw

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