The Effect of Tabata Training and High-Intensity Interval Training on Agility Improvement

Abstract

The main goal of every athlete is to reach the highest peak of achievement or become the first champion in every sporting event. However, one of the most supportive factors to become a champion in every match is an excellent physical condition, for that it takes the proper training according to the target, such as Tabata Training and High-Intensity Interval Training which is the appropriate form of exercise to improve the components of physical condition. This study aimed to analyze the difference in the effect of more effective exercise on increasing agility. This study uses a "randomized group pretest and post-test design". The population in this study were male students of the 2016 PKO FIO UNESA Study Program, amounting to 100 people. The sampling technique used random sampling with a sample of 30 people, divided into three groups, namely the Tabata Training group, High-Intensity Interval Training and the control group. This type of research is quasi-experimental, with a quantitative approach. Data were collected by measuring technique using a side step test tool to measure agility. Data were analyzed using the MANOVA technique, using 0.05. The results showed that the effect of Tabata training on increasing agility with a value of p = 0.000, then the effect of high-intensity interval training on increasing agility with a value of p = 0.000. The two exercises turned out that high-intensity interval training was better than Tabata training in increasing agility.