Effect of ladder drill training toward agility level among basketball players

Abstract

A basketball player must have good physical condition includes endurance, strength, speed, power, agility, coordination and flexibility. Agility has very important role among these physical conditions, Efforts to improve the basketball player’s agility through right training program are essential. The study aims to determine effect of ladder drill training toward agility level among basketball players. The study was quasi-experimental design study with time-series experimental research design approach. The study population was all basketball players in SMP Bosowa International School, Makassar. The samples were 25 male students who met the inclusion criteria. The sampling technique was non probability sampling using purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by gathering primary data through the measurement instrument such as Illinois Agility test. The study was conducted for 6 weeks with 16 times of training. The data was analysed using Wilcoxon test with SPSS program. The result found there was influence of ladder drill training toward agility level with significant value of p=0.001.