THE PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ON FREE THROW SHOOTING ABILITY AND SKILLS IN BASKETBALL

Abstract

This research aimed to reveal the effect of the plyometric training on free throw shooting ability and skills in basketball of the Physical Education and Sports Faculty, Universitas Jambi students. This research used the experimental method by using One Group Pretest-Postest Design. The independent variable of this research was plyometric training, while the dependent variables of this research were one-handed free throw shooting ability and skills in basketball. The collected data were analyzed by using a t-test which done a normality and homogeneity test before. Based on the results of the hypothesis test (1), it was got tcount = 10,3 > ttable = 1,658. This means that there was an effect of plyometric training on one-handed free throw shooting ability in basketball, while for the hypothesis (2), it was got th = 10,55 > ttable = 1,658, there was an effect of plyometric training on one-handed free throw shooting skills in basketball. Then, the conclusions of this research were (1) the plyometric training effects on one-handed free throw shooting ability in basketball of the Physical Education and Sports Faculty, Universitas Jambi students that program basketball course, (2) the plyometric training effects on one-handed free throw shooting skills in basketball of the Physical Education and Sports Faculty, Universitas Jambi students that program basketball course.