The Influence of Plyometric Exercise on the Long Pass Results of Football Players in One Football Club in Magelang Indonesia

摘要

This study is aims to determine the effects of exercise applying a plyometric method to determine the extent which the players of Arkansas football clubs of Magelang perform long passes. This study was an experimental study. The research design was "pre experimental." The Population in study was the Arkansas football club players in Magelang aged 17-23 years and the research involved as much as 24 people. The sample was determined by the purposive sampling with data analysis techniques which used statistical tests. The average long pass recorded distance in the pre-test is 41.89m, while the average long pass recorded distance during the post-test is 44.57m. The results display a difference between the pretest and posttest mean. The average value of the posttest > pretest mean value when the samples performed long passes. According to these results, it can be interpreted that there is a mean increase in the long pass after being given a plyometric workout of 6.39%. When plyometric exercises are added to the routine training, it significantly increases the long pass distance of Arkansas Football clubs player of Magelang.