The Effect of Lower Body Plyometric Exercise on The Power of Soccer Athletes Ages 12-16

Abstract

This study aims to (1) Determine the effect of lower body plyometric training on the power of soccer athletes aged 12-16 years, (2) Know the effect of traditional physical training on the power of soccer athletes aged 12-16 years, (3) Know the difference between lower body plyometric exercise with traditional physical exercise against power soccer athletes aged 12-16 years. The subjects of the study amounted to 60 Soccer School (SSB) athletes aged 12-16 years. The samples were divided into 2 groups, namely group 1 totaling 30 people and group 2 totaling 30 people and given different treatment for 8 weeks. Group 1 was given lower body plyometric exercises and group 2 continued to do traditional physical exercises. This research instrument used Multiple Five Bounds Test (MB5). The data were analyzed with a paired t-test to determinethe difference between before and after training in both groups and a t-independent test to test the difference in power in both groups. The results of this study show (1) there is an effect of lower body plyometric training on the power of soccer athletes aged 12-16 years with a significance value of 0.00<0.05, (2) there is an effect of traditional power training on the power of soccer aged 12-16 years with a significance value of 0.00<0.05, (3) there is a difference between Lower body plyometric training with traditional physical training on power soccer athletes aged 12-16 years with a significance value of 0.00<0.05. It can be concluded that lower body plyometric exercises are better than traditional physical exercises to increase the power of soccer athletes aged 12-16 years.