The Effect of Passing Movement and Pair Passing Training on Shortpass Skills and Agility in 9-12 Years Old Students at the 89 Selindung Football School in Pangkalpinang City

Abstract

This research aims to axamine (1) the effect of passing movement training on short pass skills and agility of 9-12 year old athletes of Sekolah Sepakbola 89 Selindung (89 Selindung Football School), Pangkalpinang City, (2) the effect of passing in pairs training on short pass skills and agility of 9-12 year old athletes of 89 Selindung Football School, Pangkalpinang City, (3) the difference in the effect of passing movement training towards short pass skills and agility and passing in pairs training towards short pass skills and agility of 9-12 year old athletes of 89 Selindung Football School, Pangkalpinang City. This research method used a quantitative approach with a research design known as Quasi Experimental Design. There were two types of quasi-experimental designs: Time-series Design and nonequivalent Control Group Design. The research subjects were conducted at Selindung football field located in Selindung Baru, Gabek District, Pangkalpinang City, Bangka Belitung Islands Province. The research sample consisted of 40 students divided into two groups: experimental group given the passing movement training and control group given passing in pairs training. The data collection was carried out through shortpass and agility tests before and after treatment (pretest and posttest), with a total of 16 meeting sessions, consisted of 14 training sessions, 1 pretest, and 1 posttest. The results of data analysis show that both passing movement and passing in pairs training have a significant effect on improving students' shortpass and agility skills. Hypothesis testing proves that there is a significant increase from the pretest to the posttest results in each group, both in shortpass skills (t count = 6.185 for passing movement and 6.658 for passing in pairs) and agility (t count = 9.797 for passing movement and 8.469 for passing in pairs), with a ttable value = 2.024. And the results of the difference test between groups show that there is no significant difference between passing movement and passing in pairs trainings in improving short pass skills (t count = 0.265 < t table = 2.024) and agility (t count = 0.809 < t table = 2.024). This means that although both training methods are equally effective, both have relatively equal effects. Both trainings have been proven to improve skills, technical, and basic physical aspects of playing football significantly at an early age.