Dumbbell Training and Its Influence on Power Among Handball Athletes

Abstract

The background of this research highlights the lack of proficiency in shooting skills among senior male handball athletes in Tegal district. This deficiency is attributed to inadequate strength in the athletes' arm muscles (power), leading to poor shooting accuracy. One effective method to enhance power is through dumbbell exercises. This study employs an experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest approach. The participants include all 12 senior male athletes from the Tegal Regency handball club, using a saturated sampling technique. In this research, the independent variable is dumbbell exercises, while the dependent variable is arm muscle strength. The results indicate a significant impact of dumbbell training on the power of senior male handball athletes in Tegal Regency in 2023. This conclusion is supported by hypothesis testing using the t-test, processed with SPSS version 25, at a significance level of 5% (0.05). The t-value calculated was 7.918, which is greater than the t-table value of 2.201, and the significance value was 0.000, which is less than 0.05.